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Tuition CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ment. “In general, tuition and state appropriation do not directly sup port research activities,” Pastides said. All 246 new faculty members should be in place by 2010. In addition, tuition dollars will go toward merit- and need-based scholarships, raising senior fac ulty member salaries, expanding student enrollment services and improving information technolo gy. Tuition has risen steadily since 1997, usually by about two or m r Ji three percent per year. In 2002, state budget cuts forced USC to raise tuition by 17 percent and to accept more students than the university could house in Columbia. Last year, tuition dollars ex ceeded state appropriations at USC for the first time in universi ty history. USC has a total enrollment of about 35,545 students on eight campuses. More than 90 percent of in-state students receive some type of financial aid. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm. sc. edu HJ£^S mill APARTM£Nr^ Est. 1895 ® A FAMILY TRADITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROUNA | • A premiere location (walking distance to USC) • Fully furnished apartments • USC Shuttle service to campus • Computer lab • Free movie rentals • Friendly management team • i, 2,3 and 4 bedroom apartments Call 254 — PHOTO BY MELISSA WALLACE / THE GAMECOCK Jessica Lee, a second-year business student, works on a campus computer. USC computer network to gain SmartEnforcer security measures BY ELLEN TWEEDY THE GAMECOCK Students returning to USC in the fall will find a more secure network when they log in on their computers. After virus attacks led to many computers being shut down and overwhelmed students and computer technicians with problems last fall, Computer Services worked on a solution to prevent the same situation from happening again. mey created bmarttniorcer, which will he test-launched July 6 for 45 days before the fall se mester begins. The pilot will run specifically for East Quad dorms during Summer II. RAs will be given information to help get set up, and flyers will be sent out to assist students as well. students win nave to tog in as always before they are able to gain access to the network. They will start at an Internet browser window and be redirected to an authentication page. Here they will have to enter their network username and password when they first connect to the USC sys tem, as they did last fall and spring. A student’s network user name is available online on VIP. However, in order to complete the authentication, students will now have to download and install the validation client. Instead of being granted access at all times, the system will have an icon stu dents must use to log in or out. For example, if the computer is shut down for more than ten min utes, students will have to log back in by right clicking on the icon to pull up the menu and re gain network access. Veronica Wilkinson, the in formation technology security of ficer, said she feels confident about the launch. “It’s got to go better than last fall. I remember working into the early hours of the morning help ing students who had problems then. This new system should pre vent that kind of mess,” she said. She has the SmartEnforcer on her computer and says that it is only noticeable when she has to log back on, and then it serves as a reminder that her computer is protected. However, she still warns students to be wary of e mails with attachments they are not expecting. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu PHOPO dY MtLISSA WALLAUfc / THt CaAMtuLPUK Computer Services has worked on a solution to prevent further problems with computer viruses.