Internet's first link launched in 1969
Los Angeles college researchers led by UCLA's Len Kleinrock connected two bulky computers on September 2 1969 forming the birth of a communications network that would evolve into the Internet. The milestone followed ARPA funding and the work of future Internet pioneers like Vint Cerf and Jonathan Postel. The test used a Sigma 7 host and an IMP delivered by air freight, arriving over Labor Day weekend.
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Vietnam
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Kleinrock
UCLA
Vinton Cert
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Mr Cerf
MCI Worldcom
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ARPA
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Union
Sputnik
Agencs
Massachusetts Insttute of Technology
Menrock
Professors lag behind computer trends in higher ed
Washington AP reports two in three professors feel stressed keeping up with emerging technology as students increasingly rely on the Internet. A UCLA study finds only 35 percent use the Internet for research while 87 percent email and 95 percent write memos. Despite high student access, many professors, like Georgetown’s Thomas King, lack time to integrate computers into lectures.
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Washington
Linda Sax
University of California, Los Angeles
Thomas King
Georgetown University
Dr. King
Harlan Leebo
UCL
UCLA
University of Florida
Education secretary tours southern schools
Education Secretary Richard Riley embarks on a five-state five-day back-to-school tour through the South logging 500 miles. He stresses that a high quality education spurs economic growth as he visits 19 schools from preschool to college starting in Chattanooga Tennessee. He notes the region’s strong job growth and links reforms to regional prosperity as he meets teachers and students.
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Washington
Richard Riley
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Riley
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
North Carolina
Georgia
Chattanooga
Tenn
Dorms overflow across Maryland colleges for fall term
Across Maryland universities students crowd dorms or seek private housing as campus housing hits capacity. At College Park 8350 spaces are full with 700 on a waiting list and 50 in motel temporary housing. Salisbury Frostburg and Towson expand rooms or place students off campus to cope with rising enrollments.
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College Park
Jan Davidson
Millie Yan
Quality Inn
Andrea Ceresa
Chace
Frostburg State
Salisbury State
Johns Hopkins
Dorms Fill Up as Private Housing Waitlists Grow
Colleges report crowded dorms driving students to stay in campus housing to access Internet and avoid private rents. Salisbury State has 300 plus waiting on list while Frostburg and others use converted lounges and triples. Hopkins and Hood accommodate all but Hopkins resorts to off campus housing. In College Park Baltimore students face only inconvenience with private rentals available.
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Ms. Davidson
Kathy Groutt
Salisbury State
Frostburg State University
Dana Severance
Residence Life
Frostburg
Johns Hopans University
Hood College
Frederick
Hopkins
Hopkins Inn
College Park
Baltimore
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