COMPUTER ACCESS AT THE NIU MATH DEPARTMENT
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Members of the Math Department and the Division of Statistics
can use our computing facilities in varying degrees.

All users are assigned a local username, such as "smith", even
if they don't plan to use the system.

Those who have and use an outside e-mail account (e.g. yahoo
or hotmail) should tell us what that address is, and keep us
informed of all changes. This way we can arrange for email to
smith@math.niu.edu to be reliably forwarded to the place of
your choice. This forwarding can be easily maintained as long
as it's needed even after a user leaves the Department.

In interactions with students and faculty it is best to give
them that local Math Department address as a point of contact.

If you are certain that you will soon need to use software on
our Unix workstations, you will have to get a full-fledged
account for the system. The password can be picked up from the
system manager, Watson Hall 323.

All graduate students are encouraged to consider learning the
typesetting system TeX before starting to type up the thesis.

Please answer the questions below and return them by email or
on paper to the system manager, admin@math.niu.edu, WH 323,
(815) 753 6727.

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Your name (first, last):

Division:         math   stats

Outside e-mail account, if any:

Do you want NIU Math e-mail forwarded to that account?

Are you currently a TA?

Do you need a Unix account at this time?
  if so, briefly list the software you plan to use:


Do you need to access the workstations remotely?

Are you interested in attending talks/workshops about:
  Unix
  TeX/LaTeX
  compilers and programming
  creating Web pages