Some Students on Computer Use Here's a sampling of students' views of computing from each of IC's five schools. Rachel Berlin ’00, corporate communication Berlin owns a "brand spanking new" Dell with a Pentium II processor, an internal Zip drive, and a DVD player, among other things. A self-proclaimed computer addict, she usually starts the day by reading the on-line New York Times. As managing editor of the Ithacan, she spends a lot of time troubleshooting computer problems and laying out pages on a computer. Despite having a top-of-the-line computer, she would like more presentation software or a digital camera. "I’ll buy a scanner by the end of the year," she vows. Jill Charney ’00, applied psychology Although Charney has a relatively new PowerMac, she doesn’t use it often — only about 20 percent of her schoolwork requires the use of a computer. However, many of her friends can often be found typing up papers or checking e-mail in her room. Her parents and sisters do have e-mail, but Charney says she prefers the more personal contact that the telephone offers. "I just like talking on the phone better," she explains. "The other night my mom and I were on the phone until after one in the morning, just talking." Francis Koiner '99, music Although she owns an old PC, Koiner decided to leave it at home this year. "There wasn't really any room for it in the car and, as a music student, I don't have as much computer work as others," she says. Koiner's a cellist. Only about 20 to 25 percent of her schoolwork is done on the computer. Last semester she needed a computer for only a couple of papers, a midterm, and a few take-home tests. She used the College labs. Wayne Saunders ’00, business "I would love to have a computer, but I can’t afford it," says Saunders. "It would be much more convenient. Most of my classes require checking certain Web pages on a daily basis." He has been expected to turn in short essays via e-mail and access class notes and practice exams on the Web. Saunders uses friends’ computers or goes to the computer labs. But if he doesn’t have to, he doesn’t spend his day in front of a computer: "If I’m going to be sitting at the computer, it’s to do work, not for recreation." Kalyan Pande ’99, biology Pande came to Ithaca College accustomed to writing papers by hand. Although technology is growing in his homeland of Nepal, it hasn’t reached the same level as in the United States. Computers are not relied on at home, Pande says, because the country is so poor. But since he’s been at Ithaca, Pande has become more and more reliant on computers, which he usually accesses at a lab. "I used to write my papers by hand, then type them," he says. "But now I’ve gotten so lazy that I write one paragraph and my hand is sore."