Internet offers lots for CSUS students

Rebecca Lasky
State Hornet
Published November 3, 1999

More and more CSUS students are flexing their computer expertise on the World Wide Web with personalized Web pages. Over a thousand students are listed in the directory for student Web pages. These Web pages can, for many Sacramento State students, be a lifeline to communication and resources from other students.

Freshmen can utilize the Web pages to obtain information from more seasoned students who can relay items in a student-to-student format that is more easily understood.

Anything from the benefits of ginseng teas to student resumes are contained on student Web pages. Many of the Web pages share personal biographies giving readers a chance to get to know CSUS students they may never come into contact with. Sacramento Kings fans show their local pride, fraternities show their Greek lives, and most pages contain links to other sites on the Web that are useful to students.

CSUS students can can also utilize the personal Web page site to locate email addresses of other students.

Senior Brad Maritetti has used the personal Web page directory to locate classmates.

"I had an important group presentation due, and one of the members was absent. I found her email address in the directory."

Although some of the Web pages contain only a few sentences, many pages are entertaining and using the latest computer graphics and technologies. Complex graphics, moving images, and audio make the CSUS student Web pages not only informative, but an interesting place to browse. Students whose pages were created for the computer science course, CSC 1, did many of the more complex and entertaining pages.

To create a personal Web page through CSUS, a student must first obtain a SacLink account. A step by step instruction on how to obtain a SacLink account is available at csus.edu/uccs/saclink/setup.htm. Once a SacLink account is established, the technical procedure can be found on the CSUS.edu Web site Webpages.csus.edu.

Establishing a personal Web page is a simple six-step procedure that does not require a savvy computer user. Once the personal Web page has been established it will automatically be added to the student Web page directory. Any CSUS student can then locate it from a SacLink terminal on campus, lab computers located across campus, or from a personal computer at home.

Students interested in creating a personal Web page must be aware that there are procedures, policies, and guidelines they must adhere to in order to maintain a personal Web page.

According to the CSUS guidelines, personal Web page must, "Be academically related to the mission of the university."