World Wide Web entangles many students Harding is officially on the information roll connoisseur Matt Little "surfed the highway. This year, four new computers net" regularly to turn up groupie tidbits with Internet access were added in the that only the "true fans" knew. Junior library, use of the already existing labs Michael Bass checked out music clubs increased for both school work and and Christian music concerts and wrote "surfing" the Internet, and Harding to his friends at other colleges by e-mail. implemented a plan to put two dorms a "I come in two or three times a week, at year on-line. With all these resources, least," Bass said. Chi Sigma Alpha social students found more ways to use both the club even put their club box on Internet! school's computers and their own. Users Many teachers discovered that agreed that the available resources made computers could make their jobs easier. research easier and communication Spanish professor and travel agent Ava cheaper. "The world is at your fingertips," Conley helped organize mission trips all librarian Ann Dixon said. over the world. She could do it all by SophomoreJeffMcKeand fromPanama computer, even down to printing the City,Fla.,oftenaccessedsportsorpolitical airline tickets. On her annual campaign science sites. "Sometimes I feel like I'm to Venezuela, she saved her students addicted to the Internet," McKeand said. hundreds of dollars in phone bills by Many other students tapped into the allowing them to use her lap-top for new resources for diverse uses. Rock-and- communication with friends and family Patricia Williams takes advantage ofe-mail to keep her friends up-to-date about her life . Students attentively focused on computer screens were a sure sign of Internet or e-mail addictions. Photo by Aaron Gillihan. back home. In the Information Age, the World Wide Webentangledmanywhofound thewealth of available information too tempting to pass up. - Lance Lemmonds and Kate Sugg Luke Gower - West Monroe, La. Jenny Grassl - Anoka, Minn. Heather Gray - Keller, Texas Daniel Green - Goodlettsville, Tenn. Rance Gregg - Little Rock, Ark. Natalie Grovenburg- Ft . Smith, Ark. Tasha Gustafson - Greenville, Texas Amy Haak - Jacksonville, Ark. Danny Hadwin - Newberg, Ore. Schell Haines - Ft. Smith, Ark. Alex Hale - Searcy, Ark. Laura Hale - Hermitage, Tenn. Ryan Halford - Springfield, Mo. Tracy Hall - Beavercreek, Ohio Melissa Hamby - Muskogee, Okla. Ashley Hamilton - Broken Arrow, Okla. Laura Hamilton - Houston, Texas Felicia Hammans - Pangburn, Ark. Stacey Hammitt - Rockport, Ill. Mika Haneishi - Uayasu City, Japan Brian Hansen - Victoria, Texas Danny Hardman - Harrison, Ark. Lanny Hardman- Harrison, Ark. Chandra Harrell - Broken Arrow, Okla. Sophomores 91
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