Talk to your advisor, they handle offices. The department official policy is that if you are either a fellowship recipient, or an RA or an TA, you are qualified for an office space. In case you cannot get any but still need a small space to store your belongs, you can contact Judy William at 4732J to get a locker. It's free and you need to prepare a combination lock yourself, pick one of lockers and tell Judy its number.

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If you are working for the department, there are a limited number of parking permits in Structure 8 available each quarter. In structure 8 you have to "stack park". This means you park behind other cars and give them your keys. They move your car (hopefully not taking your loose change) when they need to, and give your keys back to you when you return.

Note that you can also apply to parking services for a permit, but to succeed you need to do this well in advance of each quarter.

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You need to talk to Charlie Fritzius at 3413 BH.

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The GSWR (Grad Student Workstation Room) is full of workstations that are always available to use. You can almost always get a computer here, except near the very end of the quarter when projects are due. They are on the 3rd floor of Boelter hall. You can access the lab from two different doors, both labelled 3286 BH.

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There are several ways to do this.

The best way is to get a Bruin Online Account. This will give you PPP/SLIP access. From there you can telnet into whatever CS machines you would like.

If you are using a e-mail program like Eudora, and login through BOL, you cannot send e-mail from your CS mail server. This is a security precaution for spam. The workaround is to send the e-mail from the BOL servers, and to retrieve it from your CS mail server. (ie configure your POP settings to get mail from your CS mail server, and to send e-mail from the Bruin Online Server. [ben2])

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For general information on DCF (Departmental Computing Facility) you can visit the DCF FAQs. There is also the User Run FAQs for information about specific tools. If you still have questions, you can send a message to the "help" alias for DCF support (help@cs.ucla.edu).

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You can get the swipe key from Terry Valai (terry@cs.ucla.edu) in 4732D BH. You can also get the regular key to your office from her.

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Graduate students have shared mailboxes in the Graduate Affairs Office, 4403BH. They are located on the left hand side just as you enter the office. Mail is filed alphabetically. You should check there once in awhile if you are paid by the department since your payslip usually ends up there.

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You never have to do anything. Your fellow graduate students are a good resource. Often they can share their own experiences or those of other grad students. Prof's in classes you are taking can be a resource too, depending on the prof you have.

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This is handled by Roberta Nelson in 4732 BH. Deferring your fees just extends the deadline for paying you registration fees. This is useful for RAs and TAs since fee remissions usually lag a little behind deadlines set by Murphy Hall. Normally you will get an initial bill for each quarter that says you have to pay the entire registration fee. You defer paying this with a fee deferral until your fee remission has been processed. Then you get a second bill that notes the remission (via a Fee Payment Authorization) and you just pay whatever is left (usually a few hundred dollars).

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