Speed News

November 14, 2006 Editor: Shelly Willingham

ABET: More than an Acronym

By Shelly Willingham Why What
This year Speed School was up The written report from the accredi-
Unless you have been hiding un- for re-accreditation. The first part of tors will not be available for awhile.
der a rock, you have probably heard accreditation consisted of an internal However in an email from the dean,
the word “ABET”. You have evaluation. There was a question- he mentioned that in an exit
probably also heard about them visit- naire filled out and documents from interview with the Provost, the team
ing. So who is ABET? Why were students, curriculum, faculty , ad- had several comments on how
they here? What did they find? ministration, facilities, and institu- strong the engineering programs
tional support. This allowed accredi- were, how qualified the faculty and
Who tors to see if Speed was meeting an staff were. The team also mentioned
ABET, Accreditation Board for established criteria. how impressive the students were.
Engineering and Technology, is re- This past week a team of accredi-
sponsible for accreditation of educa- tors were on campus to check out our The dean’s email also extended a
tional programs in plied sciences and facilities. While on campus the team “thank you” to everyone, students,
in technologies. So what is accredi- reviewed course materials, projects faculty, and staff, on all of the hard
tation? Accreditation is a peer re- by students, and assignments. The work in preparation and the hosting
view, non government process that team also interviewed students, facil- of the team.
is designed to make sure that pro- ity, and administration. The accreditation is meant to con-
grams are up to par. The team of accreditors will now tentiously improve our program. So
prepare a written report for the ad- another thanks for all of the hard
ministration. work!

project in 2003, Firefox was the first browser to

Top 10 Download of the past 10 show the promise of breaking Microsoft's stran-
years By Ben Gerstle glehold on the browser market. Lightweight,
secure, and packed with useful features, Firefox
Cnet.com exemplifies the promise of the strengthening
open-source movement.
Winzip - For many years, WinZip was an essential
ICQ - When ICQ ("I Seek You") was first released
utility. You couldn't download or send large
in 1997, it was truly the first of its kind. Though
files without it. Even the fact that Windows XP
competitors such as Yahoo Instant Messenger
now has built-in ZIP support hasn't diminished
and AIM have since encroached on ICQ's terri-
its popularity. The keys to WinZip's success are
tory, this chat client remains enormously popu-
its simplicity and its singularity of purpose: it
lar with international users
does one thing--compressing and decompressing
Winamp - Nullsoft's Winamp was one of the dar-
files--and it does it very well.
lings of the burgeoning digital audio scene in
I-Tunes - iTunes is not only a full-featured media
the late '90s.
player and library in its own right, it's also the
Napster - Developed by Northeastern University
gateway for Apple's iPod and popular music
student Shawn Fanning, Napster was a ground-
store iTunes is not only a full-featured media
breaking application that enabled users to share
player and library in its own right, it's also the
MP3s painlessly for the first time through a
gateway for Apple's iPod and popular music
peer-to-peer network.
store
Firefox - Developed by the open-source Mozilla
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Letter From Shelly
Hey All!!
The end of the semester is near!! That means
finals. I hope you have started studying so you
aren’t so stressed out this next month.
I have included some study skills on page 4 to
help you out.
Next week there will not be a Speed News
because of Thanksgiving break. I hope everyone
has a safe Thanksgiving break and you all have
lots and lots of good food.
~ Shelly :)
Christmas Shopping Guide: OUTLET MALLS
By Brandon Shelley
Edinburgh Premium Outlet Mall – Edinburgh,
Indiana [80 miles]
Stores you can find: Aeropostale, Calvin Klein,
Guess, Nautica, PacSun, Tommy Hilfiger, Coach,
Adidas, Nike, Claire’s, Zales, Pfaltzgraff, Bose,
Harry and David, Vanity Fair, Liz Claiborne, Eddie
Bauer, Coldwater Creek, Bass
Dry Rigde Outlet Mall – Dry Ridge, Kentucky [95
miles]

Stores you can find: Bible Factory Outlet, Bass

Shoe, Dress Barn, GNC, Kitchen Collection, Lee/
Dates to Remember Wrangler, Nike, Paper Factory, Rue 21, Vanity
Fair, Com-Tec, RT Outfitters
November
Until November 13– Registration
November 22-26– Thanksgiving break West Kentucky Outlet Center – Eddyville, Kentucky
[180 miles]
December
Stores you can find: Wallet World, Kitchen Collec-
December 4- Last day of class
tion, Dress Barn, BonWorth, Walnut Bowls-Chicago
December 5– Reading Day Cutlery, Welcome Home, Teresa Sweets
December 6-12– Finals
December 12– Degree Date
December 14– Commencement Prime Outlets, Lebanon – Lebanon, Tennessee
[160 miles]

Stores you can find: Claire’s, Coach, Eddie Bauer,

Van Heusen, Zales, Carter’s, Ralph Lauren, Gap,
PacSun, Bass, Tommy Hilfiger, Rue 21, Wilson’s
Leather, NineWest, Reebok, Nautica,
Assassins Update!
Assassins is in full swing as of Monday at 5
there were 40 people dead. The games started
with 73 soon to be assassins.
Ray Smith has the most kills with 10 kills
Keep up the good work and complete your
contacts!
The games in next week, so if you have not
completed your contract get to it!

Writers: Ben Gerstle and Brandon Shelley

 Recipe of the Week
Games this Week
By Brandon Shelley

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Submitted by Brandon Shelley

Announcements
An application for the April 2007 administration of
the Fundamentals of Engineering exam is available
A student study area has been estab-
on the Kentucky State Board website at: http:// lished on the first floor of
kyboels.ky.gov/fourappl.pdf Instructions for
completing the application can be found at: http://
the Kersey building. It will be open
kyboels.ky.gov/enfundinstruct.htm Monday thru Thursday 7 am to 10 pm,
The application deadline is February 1, 2007.
The exam will be given on Saturday, April 22nd. Friday 7 am to 3 pm,
Speed School is planning to offer the FE review and Sunday 3 pm to 10
course. Information about the course will soon be
available on the bulletin board outside JB Speed pm. Copy machines, a
Building room 216. Information will also be in- print station and vend-
cluded in a future edition of the Speed News.
ing machines are in-
stalled in the area.

Send items to speednews@speedcouncil.org by noon on Saturday

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SSSC Meeting
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More Announcements
Ekstrom News
The Ekstrom Library has set up an exhibit
"2006 Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry and
Physics" on the lower level across from Chao
Auditorium. It will stay open till December 15,
2006. The exhibit includes their pictures, mate-
rials on the topics of their research for which
they were awarded the prize. Fore more infor-
mation on the exhibit please contact Janardan
Kulkarni, Reference Librarian, Ekstrom Li-
brary, Phone number 852-7645; E-mail:
jmkulk01@louisville.edu
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Ad-Aware - Lavasoft did its part to hold the line
with Ad-aware, a spyware scanner and remover.
Its simple interface and excellent results have
gained the program acclaim over the past five
years
Skype - The prospect of making free calls to folks
all over the globe has persuaded millions of peo-
ple to install the software; the ease of use and
surprising voice quality have earned Skype a
loyal user base
RealPlayer - RealPlayer hasn't always been at the
head of the class, but it was there first, and it
keeps adapting to the developing world of
online media.
Adobe Acrobat Reader - Bridging the gap between
print and Internet publishing, Adobe's portable
document format (PDF) lets publishers distrib-
ute their articles, newsletters, and documenta-
tion online without worrying about formatting
problems or unauthorized alterations.
Forum!
Want to learn how to negotiate benefits once
you get a new job? You are in luck! Speed
School Student Council will be hosting a fo-
rum on negotiating benefits on the 16th of No-
vember from12:20 until 1 PM in Ernst Hall
auditorium.
As always there will be free pizza.
There will be a speaker from Career Services
Study Tips
• Take responsibility for yourself
• Center yourself around your
values and principles
• Put first things first
• Discover your key productivity
periods and places
• Consider yourself in a win-win
situation
• First understand others, then
attempt to be understood
• Look for better solutions to
problems
• Look to continually challenge
yourself
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