You can install and run nearly any application on a lab Mac. If you can drop it into user space it's all yours. I've informed professors that they can install applications onto their desktops when they were only given standard user access.
If you've living in a dorm open up file sharing on your Mac and abuse your static IP address. (If you're lucky enough to get on at your university.)
I'm rather sadden that your instructors allow you to use Wikipedia as a source to be honest. Don't you have a library or database subscription from your university? I was also good friends and still am with the campus Macintosh administrator.
Well I am in highschool right now and the lock the computers (all Macs) down to hell and back. I can't run any unauthorized programs, I was able to work around this for awhile by editing the data inside the app to make it appear as Safari or any other program but it just got tedious. Heck I can't even mount a disk image!
2. I assume that is sarcasm
3. It was a joke
And I don't think they are going to let me organize all my music on their servers anyway, really I more or less just need to buy a new computer and I will take it to college.
We're off topic, oh well looks like I should get at least some sort of speed bump, back to school sale and hopefully Snow Leopard + iLife '09 or whatever.