Andrew J. Bestwick ’07, a Weld Hall resident, said having wireless access spared him some of the network troubles.

“At one point, one of my roommates whose computer was plugged into the wall wasn’t working but I was getting a wireless signal from Widener,” Bestwick said.

Matthew A. Gline ’06, said that in addition to being deprived of access to the UNIX server and course websites, he particularly missed AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) last night.

“It’s kind of funny,” Gline said. “I guess a lot of people use AIM—it’s a pretty popular service—and it’s kind of weird being without it.”

—Staff writer Joshua D. Gottlieb can be reached at jdgottl@fas.harvard.edu.