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==History==
WSO was founded in January of 1995 by [[DeWitt Clinton]] and [[John Kim]], with help from [[Jon Zeppieri]], [[DeWitt ClintonJason Gladstone]], [[Jon KimJessica Mintz]], and others. Originally, the servers were first server was an Apple Powermac 7100 machines running WebStar, on loan from the College Council. The original mandate from the CC was to create an online version daily advisor. John and DeWitt successfully ignored this mandate for serveral years.
1996 saw the beginning of the Internet boom, and the arrival of many new recruits to WSO. With the strong UNIX background of [[Jon Zeppieri]], [[Iein Valdez]], [[Geoff Hutchison]], and [[DeWitt Clinton]] and a blazingly-fast Pentium I 100MHz machine, WSO was migrated to a FreeBSD-based server. Meanwhile, WSO attracted the artistic talents of [[Kate Tan]], [[Eric Smith]], and [[Kenric Taylor]]. Others lending their computer expertise and love for technology included [[Matt Garland]], [[Ken Fowler]], and [[Christine Soarse]]. Finally, [[Jonah Wittkamper]] served as general all-around cheerleader for WSO.
