When else?
Hey, at least you aren't at that other state university. The one that uses microsoft hosted outlook. If you want an unreliable, insecure, windows only email solution with the same privacy implications as hosted Gmail, Try Outlook Live!
Oh, and just to clarify, this is not an option offered by the university, this is the only option.
If there is a decent implementation of ZFS in the Linux or the BSD kernel, NetApp will sue the hell out of them.
Fixed that for you.
(Though, I am told, the most important servers are permanently connected to a large matrix KVM switch)
KVM over IP is your friend.
This restaurant was advertising breakfast any time. So I ordered french toast in the renaissance. - Steven Wright, comedian