Hydra Project

Mission Statement
The Hydra Project is a group of students who have an interest in offering unofficial and student run computing services to the Hampshire College community, faculty and students alike. We wish to provide the community with a wide range of computer services and resources that are/can/will not be provided by the Hampshire College IT department due to lack of time, resources and manpower. This group aims to enrich student life on campus and promote student learning and collaboration in many interdisciplinary areas. We plan to offer services such as, but not limited to a Direct Connect file sharing hub, Gaming servers, a Hampshire College implementation of chatroulette, File repositories, Web blogs ,Temporary and Permanent Div III web file space, an XMPP server, Chat servers, Student Group Web server Space and Gaming servers among others. Any and all services that we plan to offer, shall be offered after notification and consultation with the IT Department. We also intend to hold events and discussions and talks during which the community will have the opportunity to learn numerous computer skills and also gain experience in starting and managing web services for communities. All services and resources we provide, shall be restricted to only the Hampshire College Community and Intranet and shall be subject to the Hampshire College Community Code of Conduct, Hampshire College Acceptable Use Policy and all relevant local and federal laws.