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a Surfing The Information Superhighway Students connect tomorrow’s technology with the campus of today ■MB first time I remember ■ Uj^ feeling old, reullv old, ft ■ ■ U w as during high sdiool I II utter a friend’s microwave broke down. I remember his 8-year-old brother looking distressed. “What are we going to do without a micrtmuive}” he asked, visibb shaken. CYBERADMSSIONS OFFICE: THE REVOLUTION BEGINS Ihc campus of the future starts at the admissions office Some universities, including the l . of Southern California, are moving to a paperless appli cation process And before you sa\ “lla1 .\1\ S.-VI days arc over," keep in mind the pastime displacing alcohol as evcrylxxly's favorite form of escapism: grad school, \ new version of the (iraduaic Record I- sains will lie administered this month Called computerized adaptor tests (C \ I s), they adpist to the test taker’s ahilitv lit- acted like ( olumbus discovered th murimivc I rcmcmltcr a time »lu-n it took 10 minutes to l>oil a hot dog and | we roasted |w>|h orn over an open flame I'm teelmg even older now l he wav he felt about that oven is the wav our future \nswer eas\ questions correct I \ and you gel more difficult ones. ■Vnswer east questions incorrect Is and the computer feeds you less difficult ones. If mo CiRI kuls mil feci .iliout e-mail. I lie most sophisticated pieee of W equipment at my school was the over head protector. But all that is changing America's campuses are at the forefront of a tech nological revolution, and lest you think the changes taking place won’t affect your soon-to-graduate In-hind, think again. The information superhighway running through our schools, homes and offices will affect us all. I hanktulh. universities around the country are lumping on the high-tech bandwagon, and with good reason. If universities are going to train us how to operate anything more advanced than a deep-fat trier, they had better take notice. Hie technology on today’s campuses will become the tools of tomorrow s work place. takers have the same number ot correct answers, the |»erv)n with the more challenging questions gets a hurher score. 1 hey'II uun .ts you tell them how \ou had to walk to class, m the middle ot winter, two, sometimes three times a day. \nd it vs as uphill Imth ways. CONNECTING TO THE INFOMMTION SUPERHIGHWAY H here were you 'when you first heard 'Rush lashstcr?' I lira' was your hair days’ (.hit hen WeXiijigets H hat hind of satire s’ In'i talh Madonna It you're surfing the Internet, an electronic com purer network subsidized h\ surprise the National Science foundation, you too can Ik- privy to meaningful discussions like those listed aliove You can also discuss camel research with a Finnish si icn tist, converse with a best-selling author or engage Hilly idol m a rousing disputation. I ake your pick W ith the recent explosion ot elec tronic communication, the possibilities tor students are unlimited. “Uc .ire going to phase out paper ami pencil ® \nvone with a phone line tail tap into the |CiKl s| complcteh in the next tour or five sears, B Internet and eoiunuinieate tor little or no cost as we will S \ I s eventually," sa\s ke\in < >on/jlc/ B with other users from around the world ot the i dueational I'esting Service, which admin B Students can share software, “talk" in real tsters f>oth tests. tune by splitting the screen, or access the (ir.uiu.itc school hopefuls who take the C'.-VI* can receive their scores immediately. (iraduate school not-so-hopetuls can choose to delete the l!A 1 Indore seeing their scores. Sotnedac you’ll tell your grandkids how your hand ached from painstakingly filling out scantrons. B\ Paul Hclt/cl, 1 ditor on Icllowsliij I il*r jrv cit Congress or the libraries at liars aril l and Johns 1 lopkins L “The Internet is the best resource I'se found at school," says Rachclinc Maltese, a senior at I he George Washington L\ “I hast- learned more on the ’net than I hav e in a lot of classes.” Fleet ronic communication isn’t a ness technology the Internet started with ties to the Department of