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everything and would
be a great time to
give us a couple
extra days to study,
relax, or travel. This
year was the
Gatlinburg-Pigeon
Forge area. So in
memory of a fall
break now past, here
is a rail on why going
to the mountains of
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that I swear I did not
make up) in the cold
of night is great. And
they had no
stipulations on
whether you had to
be sober or not.

You can eat at the
“Burning Bush." (I
did not make that
one up either.)

You can go hiking to a
really neat waterfall
inside the Great
Smoky Mountains.
And to help hikers
really get the flavor
of hiking in the great
outdoors, the trail
was paved.

You can laugh at all the
nasty Tennessee
orange crap. I guess
there isn't much else
to do down there but
be a Tennessee fan.
Which reminds me of
a mean joke: Why did
Tennessee choose
orange as their team
color? So that they
can wear it to the

Internet melds
with daily life

Class goes digital: Internet connects students,

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faculty to the world

The Cuecat allows
computer users to
retrieve product
information from the
intemet by scanning
bar codes from prod-
ucts and magazines.

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Virtual learning: Enter a classroom where the a
student is only limited by their imagination

game on Saturday,
hunting on Sunday.
and picking up trash
the rest of the week.

When a hot tub only has
four seats in it, that
doesn't mean that
only four people can
fit in it. It does mean,
however, that you
need to find a
creative way to fill
up the hot tub in the
morning without a
hose.

Horseback riding is a
highly enjoyable
activity. I now
understand why
people can love
horses and be on a
team to show their
love for the animals.
Our experience would
have been even
better if not for the
weirdness of the
horses, like when
they try to bite your
ankles, stop and rest
to go up hills, or
obviously have a
problem with their
gastrointestinal
tracts.

Picture this: Early
morning. Mimosas
and hot coffee. Cold
air. Hot tub. No
worries.

By Kristi Martin
STAFF WRITER

The Internet is quickly becoming
the “link" to the world for students
and faculty all over the UK campus.

Did you know that now you can
get full-length movies. download mu-
sic. take college classes and do many
other things on the net? The technol-
ogy of the Internet is changing the
way students live their lives.

“It is our link to the world and
the world's link to us." said Dr. John
C. Dailey, creative director of UK‘s
Media Center for the Future.

Twenty years ago. the Internet
had only a few users that were all ex-
perts at computing or networking.

Today. the Internet has broken
into the mainstream. There are mil—
lions of users with millions more be-
ing added each day.

The most valuable aspect of the
Internet. Dailey said. is the ability to
be in two places at once. This makes
it possible to talk to someone 10.000
miles away while sitting in the com-
fort of your dorm or apartment.

Dailey calls the phenomenon of
being both here and there the "digital
representation of self." He said that
people will always find the company
of others fulfilling. but they will not
need to be in the same room or even
the same state to get that satisfaction.

For some UK students. the Inter-
net is the best way to study and keep
in touch with friends and family.

“I use the Internet more than I
ever have before for research. to keep
in touch with friends, and e-mail.“

said Don-Michael Hendricks, pre-
medicine and biology sophomore.

For others. the Internet just
makes life easier.

“The Internet is a great way to
get information about books. get help
with classes and pick up study
guides.“ said Matt Croley. pre-den-
tistry and biology sophomore.

The uses of the Internet are nu-
merous and varied.

“We can email friends. read our
newspapers, follow our teams. get the
latest weather. play games. prep lec-
tures or do homework. Many of us on
campus are already living ‘on the
net.”‘ Dailey said. .

The Internet gives people a
chance to mesh their worlds together
many times over that could have not
been done before the advent of digital
information technology. Dailey said.

“The world of the ‘net‘ makes
each of our worlds smaller and larger
at the same moment."

Another campus Internet revolu-
tion. Dailey said. is the availability of
online courses. which can include
text. still images. animation. audio
and video presentations. He said any
computer can become a digital 1i-

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ogy and how it's impacting people's
lives - from medical innovations to
cool new electronic toys. Each day will
explore a different facet of technology.

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The portable Win Jam mp3
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load mp3's from the internet,
storing them on the device.
The Win-Jam is the first
portable music player to exclu-
sively support Windows Media
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Internet pioneer addresses students

By Mark Vanderhofl
SPECIAL PROJECTS EOiTOR

Vinton G. Cerf. one of the
founding fathers of the Internet.
visited UK Monday to venture his
predictions for the future of the
Internet.

He delivered his ideas with
wit. and forecast possibilities that
ranged from smart refrigerators to
an interplanetary Internet system.

“We're still in the middle of
an Internet goldrush.“ Cerf told
the audience after delivering an
Internet 101 speech explaining the
communications and computing
phenomenon to the lay people in
attendance.

Cerf broke out statistics that
showed how prevalent the Inter-
net has become:

The number of dot.coms. web
sites that end in “.com“ as op
posed to “.org" or similar‘suffixes.
has grown from 1.3 million in 1997
to 15 million in this year.

Half the world's population
will be online by 2010.

Cell phones will become the

dominant hookup to the Internet
in this decade.

Despite the progress. the
world faces an address shortage
on the lntemet. Cerf said. Human
ingenuity will come to the rescue.
though. with a new system that
will deliver 1038 addresses. Cerf
said. That‘s a 10 with 38 zeroes be
hind it.

The Internet is being asked to
do things it wasn‘t designed to do.
and for the most part has respond-
ed well. Cerf said. He cited exam-
ples such as video feeds like
MPEG. two~way interactions
called telephony, audio files like
MP3. and real-time broadcasts.

Real-time broadcasts present
some of the trickiest challenges.
with speed constraints resulting
in choppy feeds and short delays.
Cerf said. Those delays are espe»
cially bothersome. for example.
when you ask your friend Craig
what he thinks of your idea and
then have to wait for his reply.

“That second feels like a
minute or an hour and all you can
think is ‘Craig thinks that‘s the

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dumbest idea.” Cerf joked.

Perhaps one of the most per-
vasive Internet innovations that
will invade homes is a web server
designed at the University of
Massachusetts. Cerf illustrated
the size of the servers with a pic-
ture of one next to two quarters.

"If your house is like mine. I
have a central command device in
the kitchen." Cerf began. “It‘s
called a refrigerator and it uses
paper and magnets."

Cerf‘s joke led into a picture
of a fridge with a computer screen
on the front of it. Such a refrigera-
tor could let you know exactly
what food it contains and when it
spoils.

“Maybe it refuses to open be-
cause it knows you're on a diet."
Cerf quipped.

Cerf helped develop the Inter-
net while working for US. Depart
ment of Defense‘s Advanced Re-
search Projects Agency. His lec-
ture was part of the opening of
UK‘s Laboratory for Advanced
Networking. located in the James
F. Hardymon Btiilding.

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Teachers to
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Professor prizes: Students encouraged to
submit nominations for favorite teachers

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ccii'od you text nominations thus far. thcx cxpcct tho bulk of
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sun! all oftlic studcnts~ nominations act in." Scliaithnlxiiucr said.

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nity to rccogiii/o tilt‘ll' outstandni: instructors

“We are sucking nominations Ii‘oni studcnts tor icachci's."
he said. "We think this is so significant bccausc it is the onh
award on campus whcrc tho nominations conic from studcnts
and nobody but students."

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taiit about submitting the nominations. all it takes is a little ohm.

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teacher is doing his or licr job he said "l.-\ stillii'lill docs haw
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dents to submit nominations tit-causi- this award is so impor
tant Not oiil_\ that. but I! is ilIsli ilic
longest continuous award program for
teachers at l'lx'

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signed to l‘t‘l'llL‘lIl/i- inoiiihois of tho I‘K
t'aculti for thcir icacliinu skills. iiitcrac
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ccivc the award each .\car.

Winners are clioson sriIi*I_\' based on
student responses to the t]Lli‘sll