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The iCARE Center can be found in the Computer Services Center building on the corner of Blossom and Sumter
streets. Technicians can install and run programs that will help keep your machine running smoothly and bug-free.
Do you iCARE?
A
USCs new help center will give your computer a check-up
Aaron Oailin
THE GAMECOCK
Have a problem with
your computer that
is beyond you? Want to
learn more about how to
maintain and protect your
computer? USC’s new
iCARE Center (Internet
Computer and Resource
Center), which opened in
September, is the place for
you.
Don’t let the name fool
you — this is no facility to
W get your eyes checked out.
This center is the place for
students who are clueless
about computer technology
and those tech-sawy ones
who want to acquire new
knowledge about their
computers.
The Computer Services
Center building, located
on the corner of Blossom
and Sumter streets, houses
the iCARE Center. The
center is partly supported
by student technology fees.
To become a beneficiary
of the services of the iCARE
technicians, students must
first register for a session by
B calling the UTS Help Desk
^ at 777-1800, by visiting
http://uts.sc.edu/helpdesk,
or by dropping by the center
itself. However, students
who drop by for a session
without an appointment
are not guaranteed
a seat.
Students showing
up to a registered session
should try to be 10 minutes
early to provide time for
the setup of their computer
before the session starts.
Sessions last for two and
a half hours; students aren’t
required to stay the whole
According to the
iCARE Center homepage,
a technician will assist
students with the following
things during each session:
First, a technician will
use a virus scan program
to search the computer for
viruses. Next, the technician
will configure your wired
or wireless Internet
Don’t let the name fool you — this is no
facility to get your eyes checked out.
This center is the place for students who
are clueless about computer technology.
session.
Monitors, mice and
keyboards are provided
at the center. Students
need to bring only their
computer tower or laptop.
A legal copy of the student’s
operating system must be
brought, as well.
The help and information
iCARE technicians provide
includes showing students
how to protect their
computers and identities
from hackers and viruses,
how to get their computers
connected to ResNet
(residential network) and
the USC Wireless Network,
and how to download
updates and perform
general maintenance.
connection, if needed. He
or she will do a system
restore and configure your
firewall, if needed.
The technician will also
install updated anti-virus
software if none is already
present on the computer.
Spybot and Adaware
SE will be run to locate
any annoying spyware.
Service pack, RPC patch
and CleanAccess will be
installed, if needed. Also,
from the main computer,
a Nessus scan will scan the
computer.
During each session
the technicians stress
the importance of secure
passwords.
“Students need
to really understand the
importance of strong
passwords for their
security,” said Kimberly
South, public information
coordinator for University
Technology Services.
“Hackers can easily find
out your information,”
South said. “You don’t
want your password to be
your brother’s name, your
middle name, or something
that can be easily connected
to you. You want to have
something optimally that’s
not even in the dictionary,
that has a combination
of letters, numbers and
symbols.”
According to the
iCARE site, the iCARE
technicians do not provide
hardware support and will
not reformat a student’s
computer or perform an
operating system restore
either. They will not help
troubleshoot application
software, nor will they
install application software.
Assistance will also not be
provided in troubleshooting
or installing peripheral
devices. Dial-Up modems
are not supported at the
center and only Windows
2000, XP and Mac OS X
10 operating systems are
supported. The center
ICRRE • II
Myspace offers
meeting place
for Web surfers
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Among other uses, site links bands with fans
Jeremy Turnage
THE GAMECOCK
Of the millions of Web
sites that exist on the
Internet, one site’s sole
purpose for existing is to
bring millions of Web users
together.
The so-called “place
for friends,” Myspace.
com, has become one of
the most visited Web sites
on the Internet. In fact,
according to Alexa Internet,
a company that monitors
web traffic, Myspace is the
fifth most viewed English
language Web site on the
Internet.
Myspace has gone
through several identities
over the last few years.
The site first began as a
web design firm. In the
late ‘90s, the site became
a file sharing and online
storage site. Users could
register for free and receive
a small quota of disk space
to share and store files. Due
to a lack of revenue and
slow service, that version
of the site closed down in
2001. Tom Anderson, a
University of California at
Berkeley and University of
California at Los Angeles
alumni, created the current
version of Myspace, which
has exploded in popularity.
Getting started on
Myspace is a simple process
that involves giving the site
some personal information
to.get registered. Creating
the actual profile is the part
where users can flex their
creative muscles. Users can
supply as much or as little
information to their profile
as possible. Users start out
by listing their general
interests, such as favorite
TV shows, movies and
musicians. The profiles can
get even more personal, such
as information as marital
status and body features.
One of the major features
of the site is the ability to
link up with other users,
such as real friends, people
in the same hometown, or
even people that go to the
same school.
“What I like about
Myspace is the fact that
I can keep in touch with
my friends who are in
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Pearl Jam recently premiered a single on Myspace. Many
bands use the Web site to stay connected with their fans.
Forget videos, gym —
work out via podcast
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Liz Doup
SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
Personal trainer Mike
Causadias runs nonstop,
working with clients across
southern Florida.
But Causadias recently
learned how to extend his
reach. Now, fitness buffs all
over the country, and the
world, can work out with
him.
They just download
his weekly podcast — an
energetic mix of strength
building exercises and
workout tips — on
Wh a tl WantPodcasting.
com.
Count his fitness-focused
podcast among hundreds
available to anyone looking
for free advice and a little
motivation. It’s the latest
twist in the growing world
of podcasting, which has
mushroomed with the
soaring sales of MP3
players.
Sure, you can get fitness
tips from magazines, books
and TV. But podcasts are
mobile, available any time
PODCRST • 10
Snowboarder group raises funds, breast cancer awareness
Special to THE GAMECOCK
Katherine Gasperini and Lisa Hudson formed Boarding
for Breast Cancer when Monica Steward, their friend and
fel!,ow snowboarder, was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Boarding for Breast Cancer sponsors benefit concerts, appears at national events
Caroline DeSanctis
THE GAMECOCK
Boards, bands, boys and
... boobs?
No, it’s not a bachelor
party — it’s a non-profit
organization known as
Boarding for Breast Cancer.
Founded on the basis of
a dream by snowboarder
Monica Steward, Boarding
for Breast Cancer, or B4BC,
aims to educate whoever will
listen about breast cancer, as
well as spreading awareness
and raising money for
research.
In the U.S., a woman is
diagnosed with breast cancer
every two minutes. Steward
herself became a statistic
after she was diagnosed with
breast cancer at the age of
26.
Katherine Gasperini and
Lisa Hudson, close friends
of Steward’s as well as fellow
snowboarders, decided to
make her dream a feality.
Together with various
supporters, including pro
snowboarders like Tina
Basich and Shannon Dunn,
these two women built
the organization from the
ground up, realizing that this
project was the perfect way
for them to support Steward
and fuse their collective
passions of snowboarding
and music.
Steward was never able to
see her vision into fruition,
however. She died at the) age
of 28, three months prior to
B4BC’s inaugural event, due
to complications from her
breast cancer.
While Steward’s death was
tragic for those who knew
her, she remained a strong
inspiration for the cause and
the meaning behind B4BC.
After its first event, Boarding
for Breast Cancer quickly
inflated into the fundraising
juggernaut that it is today,
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