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Loading… Augie Wi-Fi remains unreliable

Loading… Augie Wi-Fi remains unreliable

Hailey Glasnovich December 9, 2023

At the beginning of the school year, Augustana students and faculty received an email from ITS about the new AC1 Wi-Fi network, a supposedly new and improved campus Wi-Fi. Other campus networks were said...

YikYak and TikTok: Banning apps leads students to fight back

Hailey Glasnovich February 25, 2023

For those who do not know, YikYak is banned from use on Augustana’s campus Wi-Fi. This app allows users to post anything about anyone anonymously, resulting in cyberbullying. TikTok, another social media...

Emails, data and privacy in the tech era

Emails, data and privacy in the tech era

Brady Johnson March 19, 2019

Countless emails bombard student and staff mailboxes on a daily basis. It is a constant flow of information that is either useful or meaningless. In the last six months, 24.5 million emails were sent over...

Letter to the Editor: Improvements made to printing

May 7, 2015

This letter is to briefly respond to Ryan Silvola’s editorial, “Printing costs not as Augie advertised” from the April 30 issue of the Observer. Ryan mentioned having printed 3,122 pages; if so,...

ITS wants your opinon

April 3, 2015

Many students on campus wonder why their WiFi connection sometimes lacks the power that it is supposed to have. The Informational Technology Service is making sure that they understand the problems that...

ITS improves WiFi system

December 17, 2014

Some Augustana students may have noticed that the campus' wireless has been behaving differently lately. The ITS department  implemented a new wireless system, called Ruckus, that was deployed over the...

ITS and CEC to switch offices; move computer labs

December 5, 2013

The Community Engagement Center and Office of International Programs in Sorenson will switch places with the ITS department in Olin this summer. The multimedia computer lab and printers in Olin will move...

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