Chat & Talk Groups

There are a number of computer-oriented or Internet-available talk areas at USD. Some of them use e-mail, some of them use the popular global discussion area “Usenet News”. If they use e-mail, you can take part in them using what you normally use for e-mail. If they are Usenet, you will need a Usenet newsreader. Netscape Communicator has one built in, and you can find them at VersionTracker or other software download sites Besides the USD discussions, Usenet News allows you to take part in discussions with a wide variety of people, on a wide variety of topics, from around the world.

General Chat Areas

You may take part in these discussions via e-mail, the web, or Usenet.

Faculty/Staff Dining	The Faculty/Staff dining room has its own menu, specialty bars, and schedule.
ITS-Faculty-Log	The list will be used by ITS staff to notify you of scheduled outages, major upgrades, implementations of significant fixes/patches to servers, operating systems, applications (academic or administrative), network equipment, etc.
USD Computer Talk	A place for talking about USD’s computers and networks.
USD Talk	A place for talking about life at USD.
VersionTracker	You can download software for many purposes; and find free, shareware, and commercial packages to suit your needs.

Food

To subscribe to USD’s dining services “daily menu”, head to the Dining Services web site.