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Technology is the new “in” of modern days. Today’s generation has been and still is bombarded with new facets of technology. From mobile cell phones to laptops to mp3 players and iPods, today’s children have it all. But the most dominant piece of technology today is the Internet.

Many students “can’t live” without this phenomenon. It has invaded virtually every household in the United States. But this all-powerful force has problems of its own. Due to its ever-increasing expansion, the Internet is facing more and more challenges in technology and in policy everyday.

Vinton Cerf, one of the “founding fathers of the Internet,” is coming to the Urbana-Champaign area, to discuss these various challenges that the Internet is facing today. He is a co-founder of the Internet Society (1992), and was appointed as Google’s Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist on September 8, 1992. He will give his lecture on April 10 at 4 p.m. at Foellinger Auditorium, sponsored by the Chancellor's Office, the Center for Advanced Study, and the Research Board. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, e-mail wildhage@uiuc.edu or call (217) 333-6729. You bring the questions, and he will give you the answers.

post script - The elevators in Krannert are actually hydraulic lifts, designed to fit a baby grand piano (north) and a stand up piano (south). Being hydraulic lifts, they make less noise and don't require a huge tower above them!