WEB SITE
New student page seems unnecessary

Call us creatures of habit, but we’re not on board yet with this (my.tcu.edu).

The new Web site is a portal that offers personalized TCU links, e-mail, weather, news and other features.

It is meant to complement the university’s main Web site, which now is considered too cluttered for surfers who want to find information quickly.

Maybe we’re just traditionalists, but we don’t see anything wrong with the university’s main Web site. Sure, it does seem like information overload when you first open the page, but its layout is user friendly. It doesn’t take much clicking around to go to the registrar’s page or the library’s site.

Most college students today are savvy Internet surfers who instant message with friends continents away, order pizzas online and download music and movies — sometimes before they have even been released.

Navigating the TCU Web site, quite frankly, is a piece of cake.

Still, (my.tcu.edu) is here to stay for the time being. The university should make some modifications if it wants a large number of students to use it.

We suggest creating a link for the online directory.

Also, create a link for departmental or student pages. And finally, make the site more visually appealing.

The intentions behind the site are good, but it still needs some improvements before students start making it their home page.