Reporter Volume 26, No.1 September 1,1994

Summer vanishes and you are suddenly transported to the hustle and
bustle of campus life. New students, staff and faculty walk around
dazed and confused. Even campus "old-timers" feel somewhat
disoriented! Let WINGS, UB's online campus-wide information system,
provide you with the information you need to get a good start on the
fall semester.
	By logging on to your University at Buffalo E-mail account you
will find a wide range of campus information that Jim Gerland from the
Computing Center and a variety of campus "information providers" have
been busily placing on the system in recent months. Feel like
attending a sporting event? Check out the "Athletic & Recreation"
menu. Need to find a departmental phone number? The University
Directory "blue pages" are now on WINGS. Want to find a part-time job
on campus? Select the "Employment and Career Placement" menu. Need to
find out about the various services offered by the Computing Center on
campus? Try the "Computing Resources" menu.
	The list of campus resources available at a keystroke goes on
and on and includes: Public Safety information, tutorial services
offered by the Learning Center, information on group counseling,
Faculty Senate minutes, electronic journals produced on campus, alumni
activities, computerized databases available in the University
Libraries, even campus publications such as the newspaper you are
holding in your hands at this very moment!
	The beauty of WINGS is that not only does it give you a sense
of the flavor of the campus (hot and spicy to be sure), it also
launches you into Cyberspace! But we will leave that to future
columns. You will also find that WINGS can look and act differently
depending on how you log on. That, too, we will cover in future
columns. But today, for WINGS beginners, we recommend that you start
with the menu-driven, user-friendly Gopher version. All UB E-mail
account users need to do is type wings at the system prompt and select
the appropriate menu options. 
	For information on obtaining an E-mail account or connecting
to WINGS, consult the Computing Center Help Desk at 645-3542. If you
have information or a service you would like to share with the UB
community via WINGS, contact the WINGS staff at
WINGS@WINGS.buffalo.edu 
or 645-3557.
-Gemma DeVinney and Loss Peque