Karen Renaud noon, there was a general power pop started to work on Friday, but As a result, GES installed a Cisco N !Work Manager outage at the AT&T Nework facil­ without all the features related to 70l00n Wednesday,N vember 27, ity, where GES has collocated their th ir network configuration. We when they expected the load on the POP equipment. When the power were able t get to the Internet part networ to be light. The Thursday before the Thanks­ was restored, GES' equipment did of riday afternoon, but the con­ They have infonned u that they giving break, our Imem et provider not recover. They immediately dis­ nectivity didn t last are "in {he mid tofthe implemen­ (Global Enterprise Services (GES)) patched their network engineers to During the w ekend GES's en­ tation for an upgrade of our net­ experienced a major hardware fail­ the site and found that part of the gineering staff worked on a plan to wor to increase performance and ure which caused most oftheir New equipment ha experienced hard­ replace lbe equipment the week of reliability." Intemetacce ha had E ng and customers to 10 se Internet ware failures. Thanksgiving. GES realized that intermittent prabl ,ms since the connectivity for nearly four days. Several of their Cisco GS TOut­ the routing instabiH ties were caused tart of this week. If you experi ­ OUT Internet backbone connection ers required [1 plac menl pans. By by the software version ofthe rout­ ence pToblem connecting to the runs from Providence to Bridge­ midnight., they bad received the parts ers. The ver ion that was instalJed Internet from on campus, please port, CT and to ewark, NJ. On from Cisco and were working to get 'd n t support many of the fea­ reporttheproblem to the TSC Help Thursday, November 21, just after them installed and configured. The tures thaL GES bad configured. Desk at x24357. The 20th annual Festical of lit by President and Mrs. Machtley, Lights, a campus-wide, multi-de­ followed by the lighting ofeach and nominationa holiday celebration every candle within the Rotunda. held last night in the Rotunda. was As the ljghts were dimmed and a huge success. the"oobs" and "aahs" ecboedagainst With an interdenominational ser­ the glass panels, Melissa Criscuolo vice and carols by Dave Binder, the and Christina Agorilsas, Festival of Bryant community gathered be­ Lights' Co-Chairs, joined the neath the dome of the U nistructure Machtleys in leading the procession aglow with smiles. A nice relief of students and faculty down the fr m the stress ofexams, some stu­ candlelit path towards the Bryant dents had quite a time of cutti ng a Center Commons, where the cam­ rug and belting out "I'd Like to pus tree was subsequently illumi­ Teach the World tg Sing." nated, making the evening a won­ Soon enough, the Menorah was derful holiday season opener. Page 2 THE ARCHWAY Thursday, December 5, 1996 Bah bah earningth Blac Friday ard w~y Ahh, the day after Thanksgiving-let's This holiday season, like every h Ijday, we enjoy spending time with our family and friends. We reminisce about good go hopping! So easily distracted by the times.Wecannot imaginewhattheholidays would be like ifwe pretty circulars nd the thrill ofa day off, the all ofa sudden10 t a relative or friend. T.ry to imagine spending majority of consumers did as they always Thanksgiving or Winter Break without just one ofyour many do: they pent the entire day as a shop-a­ friends. It is hard to imagine, right? Losing a fri nd is like losing a pan of you. It is hard to picture thinking about 10 'ing DANIELLE P RTER hotic. However, this year marked the begin­ a friend and then knowing that you will never see that friend Editor-in-Chief ni ng of a new tradition for those of us out again. Then, try thinking thal your fri nd's death o uld have there who are fed up with consumerism and beeDaverted. MELISSA RISCUOLO it' massive waste; we b nnedBlackFriday Well, that happenedtome. It was M nday morning ataround 7 am. on November 18. My fri Dd. Ryan, had just dropped off Managing Editor (idea has anadian ances try).It~ ally didn't his girlfriend al the airport and was driving bac to the Univer­ take that much effort, either. ity of Connecticut., from which he was to gradua~ thi The idea is that the huge amount of waste December with a degree in Politics and Economi . He wasj ust JOYCE CHANG produced from the holiday season is really ten minutes from UCONN when he fell asleep at the wheel. He Photography Editor not necessary to making life complete. A swerve over to the left lane, hit some rocks on th sid of the road and then swerved back onto the left lane where hehit a car large portion of the gift ex hanged during head on. He was rushed LO the hospital, but jt was too late. He LETIEN this joyous holiday season end up collect­ died a couple of hours later. Sports Editor ing both dust and record shelf Jives. It' all Ryan Albon was a great kid. He was a good friend wbo would j ust rna erial wealth anyway; what do uch do anyth ing for you and who would do it with a smile .. He was EILEEN DEMJEN a nice brother who was also his best friend. I am a friend ofhis A dvertising Sales Manager pieces of stagnant junk real1y matter in the brother. Scot4 and ithurts me even more to think that he is no whole scheme of thing ? without his nly brother. cott and Ryan would hang out a lot ANNE BRADNICK Dh, but that's the whole point of the with each otherand that is howI gotto knowRyan.. They would Production Manager holiday season; ripping up trees and build­ go to Pb ish shows t gether parties together, and jost hang out together. They had everything in common except that Ryan ing yourown little landfill of nail olish and was a few years older than Scott. Ryan and his girlfriend had JONATHAN MA11JNAS candy anes in the privacy f your own plans of going t law school, and I know they would have Production home. And with the wonderful world of gotten manied eventually. They were perfect together because technology encompassing us like starved they bothenjoyed the outdoors. Now his girlfriend is alone, and NIGEL FUBARA rocodiles, perhaps we'll be able to soak up it will take her a long time to heal. She is taking it the hardest because she thinks it is her fault because Ryan w giving her MYRON GORHAM a ni e chunk of fossil fuels during' this MUKESH VASANDANI a rid to the airport. No one is to blam for this tragedy. It is festive eason. Life's such a gas. something that happens everyday which you pray will not KEN WAKEFIELD happen to someone you know. StaffWriters H doe o't have to be this way. People can till find some thrill in simplicity 'itself. ] am writing this letter to try save Ii es.. Al the time of the accident.Ryan was nOl wearing his seat belt IT he had been, be roDD WILLIAMS Heck. time itself would be a great gift~ to not would be a) ive today. Also. ifhe had ju t pulled over when he Business 11lanager wa te hour engaging in sm II (al kor pol ­ ell drow y and taken a lIuJ t n P. ul n tt l gie ("I do not intend to offend, but often asleep at the wheel. So I am asking you. why would you ris SONIA ALDERS offend with my intent." - K.Lemoi ) would your life everyday by not wearing a seat beltwhen itjust takes JULIAAR! eRO afew seconds to put it on?Wearing a seat belt saves lives. Also, give me the greatest joy. Even bener, giving ifyou feel tired while driving. you can do a variety ofthings. ANGELO CORRADINO gif thatyoll know will be ofsome use isn't You can open a window, tum the music up, slap yourselfin the BRIAN EPRO uch a bad idea. Who couldn't use a karate face or do whatever; however, the safest thing to do is pull SIEVE JAEGLE Ie son or two, or even a massage? over. SUSANNE MAlUONE J hope that this letter does not make you feel sad. Lt is meant So, put away your checkbooks and PAtJLNUNES ATM to let you know lhal accidents do happen. But., ifyou take the Consulting EdUors cards, moneybags. Save your elfthe aggra­ neces ary precautions. you can waJk away from itThank you vation of findi ng the perfect gift . 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