News - Jul 2004

Jul 28 2004 - The tigger system will be down from 1:30AM until 3:00AM early Wednesday morning July 28 for emergency file system maintenance.

Jul 28 2004 - The tigger system will be down again for further repair work on corrupted file systems. It will be brought down at the completion of its backup at 10:00PM, and will probably remain down until 4:00AM.

We regret the multiple extended downtime periods for this, however we feel it is necessary since all of everyone's email inboxes on tigger are at risk until this is resolved.

Jul 21 2004 - The new AIX 5.2 operating system on tigger has been reporting instances of logical data corruption in the 100+GB storage container that holds all of the email inboxes. We hope this is the new OS doing a better job of detecting problems that went unnoticed in the old.

As a precaution, we will bring tigger down tonight at 10pm to run a tool that will check and fix any logical problems in the file system. Tigger should be back up by 2am. We regret any inconvenience caused by this outage.

Jul 17 2004 - Tigger's operating system has been upgraded to AIX version 5.2. The upgrade took much longer than we had planned and we regret any inconveniences caused. Please report any serious problems that you believe may be related to this upgrade via email to systems@uic.edu or a call to the NOC at 312-413-8080 ext 2.

Jul 16 2004 - A UIC student was the victim of an off-campus armed robbery Thursday evening at approximately 9:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of west Cabrini Street (828 south).

An offender, armed with a semi-automatic handgun, forced the victim to the ground and removed his watch, wallet and cell
phone. A second individual apparently served as a lookout. Both fled north on Loomis. The victim was not injured.

The first offender was described as a male black in his early 20s, wearing dark pants and a dark green sweatshirt. His alleged accomplice was described as a male black with dark shorts and bright white shoes.

Anyone with information is asked to call Chicago Police Area 4 detectives at (312) 746-8253 or the UIC Police at (312) 996-2830. UIC Police will be involved with CPD in the investigation through the Joint Robbery Task Force.

***UIC Police strongly advise against resisting an armed offender who seeks only property or valuables.***

Other tips:
--be aware of your surroundings
--try to travel in groups after dark
--use well-lit walkways
--on campus, look for the location of the nearest emergency call box (there are more than 700 across campus)
--the emergency number for UIC Police is 996-HELP (4357).

Jul 08 2004 -

Do you enjoy working with computers? Do you enjoy working with people? If so then you should consider the position of Lab Monitor with the Academic Computing and Communications!

All you have to do is complete the application, attach your resume, and bring it to the test with you. Its as simple as that! Full details can be found at: http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/cso/employment/ Make sure you know what this job entails.

Application Process: If you're learning about this at Orientation, then that doesn't mean you have much time! We're providing pre-printed applications to expedite the application process. However, YOU must complete it, attach a resume and sign-up for the technical test (see below).Bring the application with you to the test.

Technical Test: * Go to: http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/cso/employment/ * Sign up for one of the last 3 test sessions. Note: sign-up at least 48 hours in advance.

Remember! Bring your completed applications and resume with you to the technical test. (Technical Test location will be given upon the completion of sign-up. (See Technical Test paragraph above) The Client Services Office has extended the application period to target new students. However, we must finalize hiring decisions by the third week of July. We can not interview any later than Wednesday, July 21, so please consider that as you apply

See you there!

Client Services Office ACCC http://www.accc.uic.edu 312.413.0003

REMEMBER!!!! Bring your completed application and resume with you to the technical test that you sign up for. You must sign up 48 hours in Advance. See you there!