var newsId = 0;
var itemList = new Array();

itemList[0] = "<p class = 'content'><a href = '' class = 'news'>UConn Engineering Students Put Boy on Special Wheels</a></p>";
itemList[1] = "<p class = 'content'><a href = '' class = 'news'>UConn student creates piano for disabled girl, November 10, 1999</a></p>";
itemList[2] = "<p class = 'content'><a href = '' class = 'news'>Article on Sr. Design, Alumni Magazine, May 11, 1999</a></p>";
itemList[3] = "<p class = 'content'><a href = '' class = 'news'>Senior Design Students Recognized for Excellence at Two Conferences, April 8th and 9th, 1999</a></p>";

function fade(objId, currColor){

/*
         var elemColors = Array("red", "redorange", "orange", "gold", "yellow", "white");
         var elemId = null;

         if(currColor < 6){

                      if(!document.all){

                      elemId = getObject(objId);
                      elemId.backgroundColor = elemColors[currColor];
                      setTimeout("fade('" + objId + "'," + (currColor + 1) + ")", 100);

                      }

         }
*/
         return ;

}

function clearCell(){

         var elemList = new Array("siteMapTbl", "useFulLinksTbl", "resLabsTbl", "facTbl", "gradStuTbl", "uGradsTbl", "aboutTbl", "faqTbl", "empOppTbl", "preMedTbl", "semSeriesTbl");
         var elemId = null;
         var i = 0;

         for(i = 0; i < elemList.length; i++){

         elemId = getObject(elemList[i]);
         elemId.visible = "hidden";
         elemId.display = "none";

         }

}

function getObject(objName){

         if(document.getElementById){

         return document.getElementById(objName).style;

         } else if(document.all){

         return document.all[objName].style;

         }

         return null;

}

function displayContents(elemName){

         var elemId = null;

         elemId = getObject(elemName);
         elemId.visibility = "visible";
         elemId.display = "block";
         elemId.width = "100%";

}

function submitForm(){


	return ;
	
}

function makeSmall(){

	var elemId = null;
	
	elemId = getObject("pObj");	// retrieve object from document
	elemId.style.fontSize = elemId.style.fontSize - 1; // set objects font size

	return ;
	
}

function makeBig(){

	var elemId = null;
	
	elemId = getObject("pObj");	// retrieve object from document
	elemId.style.fontSize = elemId.style.fontSize + 1; // set objects font size

	return ;
	
}
/*
function newsScrollIt(){

	var newsElem = getObject('newsBanner');
	var newsItem = document.createElement("span");
	
	newsItem.setAttribute("id", "newsSpan");
	newsItem.innerHTML = itemList[newsId];
	newsElem.appendChild(newsItem);
	
	if(newsId < itemList.length){

	newsId++;
	setTimeout("newsScrollIt()", 2000);	
	
	} else {
	
	newsId = 0;
	setTimeout("newsScrollIt()", 2000);
	
	}

	return;
	
}
*/

// by orlando echevarria