Two virus worms were brought to campus from a computer brought from an outside source, preventing students from accessing the Internet from Tuesday to Friday.

Because of the down server, freshmen in their first weekend at Eastern could not email family and friends. Students were unable to access or change class schedules, while teachers could not look at class rosters and administrators had to schedule and cancel meetings on note pads.

Many students were concerned about accessing class schedules before classes started.

“Not knowing what your classes were was a bit scary,” said Matt Mattis, a junior accounting major.

Judith Ofcarcik, a sophomore communication disorders and sciences and flute performance major said, she was worried about getting her class schedule and uses the Internet to communicate with family members.

“It made me worry, I couldn’t get my schedule and was worried I wouldn’t be able to get to my classes,” Ofcarcik said, “And my parents would wonder why they hadn’t heard from me.”

Other students felt not having Internet access was beneficial.

Mike Parker, a junior athletic training major and resident assistant at Taylor Hall, said “I think it was a good thing because people actually got out and socialized more because usually people stay in and will download music and do stuff like that the first week.”