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  Accessing the Zoo
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<h4>Where is the Zoo?</h4>
<p>
  The Zoo is located on the third floor of Arthur K. Watson Hall
  (the <a href="http://www.cs.yale.edu">Computer Science Department</a>
  building) at 51 Prospect Street.  One half of the Zoo is enclosed in Room 
  AKW300, while the other half is in the third floor atrium.
</p>
<p>
  The Zoo is open 24-hours a day, so if you're noctournal (like some of us) and
  thus do your best hacking at night, you need not be concerned. Just keep in 
  mind that the door into AKW is locked on weekends and in the evenings on 
  weekdays, so you will want to have your ID card validated for use with the 
  scanner in order to enter the building during those times. Entrance to the 
  closed portion of the Zoo (AKW300) also requires a swipe from a validated 
  card. At the time of this writing (Fall 2002), Lori Hammel is in charge of ID
  card validations. Her desk is at the end of the right-hand hallway on the 
  ground floor of AKW. Be sure to list all the areas of the building to which 
  you will require access when you sign up for ID validation.
</p>
<p>
  The Zoo has a telephone (aren't we hip?) so that you can call your
  friends there to remind them to eat and sleep. The phone number for the
  closed portion of the Zoo is 432-2266; for the open portion, 432-2169.
</p>

<h4>Getting and Maintaing Zoo Accounts</h4>
<p>
  To apply for a Zoo account, use the   
  <a href="http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/cgi-bin/accounts.pl">account request</a> 
  script. Your NetID will be your UserID on the zoo. Individuals who do not 
  have a NetID must go to Workstation Support Services on the ground floor of 
  AKW to have an account created manually. You should also use the account 
  script to register the CS classes you're taking at the beginning of each 
  semester. Doing so will ensure that the system adds you to the proper groups 
  and creates the necessary working-directories in your home directory. It'll 
  even archive your course-work for you at the end of the semester! You may 
  register as often as necessary if you later decide to take additional 
  courses. Registration data from the form is processed periodically by a 
  Workstation Support staff member throughout the day. You will receive e-mail 
  confirmation once your registration has been processed.
</p>
<p>
  Your Zoo account entitles you to, among other things, 60MB of space on 
  Artemis, the central file server for the Zoo; a URL at which to publish HTML 
  documents (see the <a href="/help/user-web.shtml">Web Publishing</a> section 
  of this help system for more information); and a nice, comfy office 
  swivel-chair (not to be removed from the Zoo!). 
</p>
<p>
  Finally, make sure you read the <a href="/help/etiquette.shtml">Etiquette</a>
  page to familiarize yourself with the rules and regs.
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