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Blackboard CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Luna’s idea is to foster com munication. Using the boards students would trade textbooks talk about upcoming events warn each other when there’s no hot water and have some where to talk when the Internet is down (during which the in ternal USC network — includ ing Blackboard — would still work), t Students, he said, are defin ing communities less by geogra phy than by technology. “The de gree to which a community comes together in a cohesive manner,” he said, “is clearly cor related to the degree of its com munication.” The proposal is already being tested. Housing established four experiments, three with the first year students living in the Holiday Inn, the Clarion Townhouse and Adam’s Mark ho tels, and one at the Maxcy honors dorm. “And the students have taken it and run with it,” Ernest Pringle said. “The students in Maxcy recently had hall govern ment candidates posting over Blackboard.” If the experiments succeed, Housing will expand e-commu nities to all residence halls. It hopes to take advantage of pre existing groups, such as the en gineering community at Bates House or the pre-med community in Moore. Their e-communities will be tailored specifically to lo cal needs. ' • The program’s biggest problem so far has been that students haven’t known about it, Pringle said. The program was quickly put in place at the beginning of the school year and lacked a public relations campaign. Justin Smith, a first-year com puter engineering student in Maxcy’s pilot e-community, < agreed. “I was accessing a digital drop- i box for my classes and just hap- ] pened to see it,” he said, “but i there wasn’t really much on there.” He said most of the Maxcy i events he knew of he saw on fly- ] ers and through e-mail. i “I was just looking around,” i said Danielle Dabney, an unde- 1 dared first-year student also in ! Maxcy, and “just happened upon i the community board.” She said 1 that’s typical of how most people find it. “Not many people know it’s there,” she said. “If they put up something that was important, and we knew it was there, it could be useful.” The resident advisers in i Maxcy promote their e-commu- ] nity with prizes for online trivia 1 contests, but still use conven- 1 tional means to send priority in formation. Megan Ivey, a second-year bi >logy student and an RA in Ylaxcy, said she uses the Maxcy ‘-community to post announce nents, but “when I send out e nail announcements,” she said, 'I get more response.” In the future, students who live in campus and log on to backboard will receive a broad :ast message informing them of he e-community. As more pro fessors require students to use the lystem, Housing hopes e-commu lities will increase in populari y Helen Diamond, the Maxcy res dent hall director, confirmed that !3 percent of Maxcy’s residents lave already accessed the Web ;ite. “It’s very early for us,” Luna laid, but he said similar tech lologies such as AOL Instant Messenger had caught on, and hat e-communities over Black ioard could work as well. Comments on this story?E-mail *amecockudesk@hotmail.com Performance CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 sive in the heat — were all cos tume rentals from North Carolina. The students’ professor, Laura Kissel, assigned groups randomly. The pair had the same goals: “We like to shock people - and to entertain people,” she said. They also had the same spirit. bile is too short to he serious, Board said. Students on Monday only stared as the anonymous snow man basted chicken in front of the Russell House. One approached to touch, but she lost her nerve. Most simply passed by and pretended not to notice. At the end of Monday’s hap pening, students lined up inside the Russell House windows to cheer the artists. “What? He must be hot, first of all,” said Kelly Cheung, a first year advertising student, “so why is he in a snowman suit in the middle of September?” She added, “I wasn’t thinking too well when I saw him.” Tuesday, the happening was louder and more in tense, and it gar nered more reac tions. “I wanted to ask,” said Justin Moody, a third-year political science student, “but l was too atraia. “Editing will be the most diffi cult part,” Board said while the spectators left. “The shooting fin ished in 15 minutes.” With three cameras that took separate footage, they must splice the best angles and best reactions into one video to show the class when their project is due in two weeks. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmai l. com “We like to shock people - and to entertain people.” LAURA KISSEL MEDIA ARTS PROFESSOR St. Thomas More Catholic Center Rev. Tim Lijewski Mass Schedule Sacrament of Penance Chaplin Saturday 4:30 pm Saturday 3:00 pm-4:00pm Sunday 9:00 At 11:00 am, or by appointment * Mr. Gaurav Shroff 30 P Newman Club . Director of Christian Formation Tuesday 7:00 pm 1610 Greene St. 799-5870 (Across from School of Nursing} open hearts ope reminds open doors fu.1 tke. w'A.rmm :.5fc I • College Program -Sunday College Class: 9:45 a.m • Sunday Morning Worship: 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. - * K4| -Worship Televised: Sunday, 10:00 a.m., W0L0 TV Sigma Chi CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 trademarks without permission was wrong and was upset when they saw the nature in which it was being used. Greek organiza tions are now encouraged to be careful whom they give their li censing rights. “Students will be encouraged to use only companies that have re ceived trademark permission,” said Dan Shaver, president of Affinity Marketing Consultants Inc., which represents 26 national and international fraternities and sororities. “The goal is to improve quality products for sororities and fraternities and to combat nega tive stereotypes people have of fra ternities and sororities.” “Fraternities and sororities do nothing that is considered racist, sexist or demeaning of others,” Shaver said. “When a company agrees to use trademarks, they have to agree to follow this principal.” Shaver urged students to make sure before buying products that the vendor is approved by the sorority’s or fraternity’s head quarters. This will insure the quality of the product being pur chased, he said. USC students were angry over Taylor Corp.’s using Sigma Chi’s name without permission from headquarters. “I feel that Sigma Chi deserved to win,” said first-year pre-med student and Chi Omega sorority member Ashley Bragg. “Not only did they lose profit, but Taylor Corp. was wrong in going against the ideals of the fraternity and us I mg their letters and symbols in of fensive situations.” Traci Jefferson, a first-year nursing student, agreed. “If the company using the trade mark was advertising something a little closer to what the fraternity stood for, then it wouldn’t be so much of a problem,” she said. “The fact that the company is advertis ing liquor and things that go against the fraternity’s principles makes it a much bigger deal.” Comments on this story? 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