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                                                       Southeastern Louisiana University
                                           Public Information Office
                                           publicinfo@selu.edu
                                           SLU 880, Hammond, LA 70402
                                           504/549-2341/fax 504-549-2061
    Date: 8/13/98
      Contact:                           Christina Chapple   33

SLU, I-55 OFFER DISCOUNTED INTERNET SERVICE TO STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES
     HAMMOND -- Southeastern Louisiana University is providing students, faculty and staff
with dial-up Internet access at discounted rates through a new contract with local Internet service
provider, I-55 Internet Services, Inc.
     I-55 accounts will allow Southeastern students and employees to use the Internet at any time
from their home, residence halls or apartments. "This contract provides our students, faculty and
staff with an affordable dial-up option,  Mike Asoodeh, assistant vice president for technology,
said.  It provides an inexpensive way of accessing the information and instruction available on
the Internet and Southeastern's web site. 
     The campus community can sign up for I-55 Internet access during a special membership
drive, Aug. 1-Sept. 8. Representatives of I-55 will be on campus during freshman orientation and
fall semester registration, Aug. 17-20, and during the first week of classes, Aug. 24-28. Students,
faculty and staff can sign up by computer in Rooms 105 and 112 in McClimans Hall or can call
I-55, said Pennie Landry, I-55 director of sales and marketing.   
     Telephone numbers for I-55 are 504-345-1170, Hammond; 504-626-4472, Mandeville; 504-
923-1171, Baton Rouge; 504-649-1170, Slidell, and 504-523-1170, New Orleans.
     Landry said the discount rate offered to Southeastern students and employees during the
membership drive will be based on the sign-up drive s success. The more students, faculty and
staff who sign up, the cheaper the rate will be. She said the basic monthly rate of $17.75 ($15, if
prepaid by the semester or year) could go as low as $9.95 per month ($9.20 prepaid), if I-55
reaches its top goal of 10,000 Southeastern members. 
     Kathy Pittman, director of Southeastern Alumni Services, said the $15 per month rate will be
available to active (dues-paying) members of the Alumni Association. 
     For additional information, call Landry or Hunter McAllister, I-55 director of internet
services, at 504-345-1170.
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