by Charles Hogg A University World Wide Web site can be amongst the most boring stops on a trip through the internet. A problem that has been solved by an innovative project headed by the UNBC Program Chair of English, David Dowling, and UNBC En- glish professor Stan Beeler. The web site, called “the Ideas of a University”, is based on Dowling’s CORE !)! Humanities course taught last year. The site is different from most university sites because it moves beyond the standard information of course - calendars and library hours and allows students to explore the soul of a university. “Universi- ties are an intellectual maze, and this home page open the doors to the university campus for stu- dents, and lets them talk to in- structors from the various dis- ciplines.” Explains Dowling. However the web site has even more to offer than access to in- structors; it offers a transcript of an interview with each in- structor, a segment of recent publication, photographs, and a list of easily accessible related ‘web sites. Doling summarizes the project saying, “ By simply clicking a mouse button and navigation the home page, pro- spective students will learn what’s involved in various sub- jects, how they can major in them, why they might proceed to further degrees, and what jobs those degrees may lead to.” The project had twenty-five UNBC faculty and nine UBC faculty contribute to the project and covers a huge variety of subjects from Agricultural Science to Music. Dowling feels this project wiil benefit UNBC by putting it on the electronic map. Allowing people from around the world to investigate what our school is all about and gain an understand- ing of the vast array of knowl- edge they will encounter and at nearly all universities in the world. IN brief, it takes UNBC to the cutting edge of internet technology and accessibility. The project was funded by a $30 000 grant from the BC Government’s Innovation Fund, and offered three students sum- mer employment, Basia Siedlecki and David Steele from UNBC and Julian Dowling of UBC. The site was officially opened on A QUEST-ION OF LEARNING Student Success? The Saga by Jason Expect the unex- pected at UNBC. I went to a Learning Skjlls Centre workshop on note-taking in class, got talking to the presenter afterwards, and wound up writing this regular column for Over the Edge. I guess someone wrote a column last year about adjusting to residence life, and it was pretty good. So the concept here is that I’ll write about adjusting to university life, about acquiring the learning strategies necessary to make it through the year— hopefully with good marks. I say “hopefully” because I’ve never been a great student. But I have my roommate Curby, a second year Forestry student, to keep me on track. The first day of classes, we climbed out of our basement suite and into his 1978 Vauxhall, chugged up University Way (the Vauxhall is a prairie car), and Curby shared his three tips for success in my first semes- ter: 1. Push the Vauxhall when necessary. 2. Take the shrink wrap off your texts. (Seriously, at the end of last year some students sold “used” un- opened texts back to the bookstore.) 3. Manage your time. This will be the toughest. First, make a semester schedule. On a calendar, or on a form you can get from the Learning Skills Centre, write in every assignment due date and every exam date—anything you get a mark for. Looking at this picture of the semester, identify where things get busy. Last year Curby had three term papers due in the same week. Also identify major projects like term papers that you should approach bit by bit. Then move something from the busy times, set a nearer due date for yourself, and get started on it before the semester gets really busy. For day to day operations, use a Day Timer or a weekly schedule form you can get at the Learning Skills Centre. At the start of every day, write in what you're going to do every hour. If there’s a blank spot, you'll waste time, even if the Wintergarden of blank spaces that look isn’t the greatest place to hang out. With only 13 hours of classes, I see a lot suspi- ciously like free time. Student Success brought to you by the Learning Skills Centre over The EDGE page 10 ; Wednesday, Sept 20, 1995 INTERACTIVE WEB August 31st and is accessible at http://quarles.unbe.edu/ideas. So drop in, explore and ask ques- tions of the many people who contributed to this valuable project.