Student online calendar launches
By HELENA PAYNE
News Editor
Students can now visit an online calendar with a comprehensive list of upcoming events sponsored by student clubs.
Located at underthedome.nd.edu, the new Web site allows clubs to post their events in a color-coded format. Clubs can receive their username and password from student government.
"Hopefully … the student body will have it set as their home page," said Jane Ong, who heads the communications task force of the Campus Life Council.
The calendar is limited to campus events and prevents students from posting inappropriate content.
The idea for a student calendar was conceived in the fall when the communications task force was commissioned to find ways to enhance the available student-to-student communication methods.
"A lot of organizations suffer from [a lack of] attendance," Ong said. "On the other hand, a lot of students complain that there's nothing to do on campus."
Student body vice president Trip Foley said the CLC intends for the new Web site to be more convenient for students and a better way to spread the word about campus events.
"People get sick of seeing posters everywhere. They don't have as much of an impact anymore," he said.
Foley added that the underthedome calendar is not replacing the University calendar that links to the Notre Dame home page.
"The University calendar doesn't focus on student events," he said.
The Notre Dame home page will feature the underthedome link in its "Popular Sites" section for a month to see if it increases the frequency of student visits.
"The success of the Web site depends on students actually going there and using it," Ong said.
The communications task force of the CLC will distribute magnets to every campus dorm this month in an effort to advertise the new calendar.
All News Stories for Tuesday, February 18, 2003
