Brief introductions to the campus computing facilities and the Unix operating system are found on the web at
http://www.math.wpi.edu/Course_Materials/SAS/tutorial98.html
This web page also contains a tutorial for the SAS statistical software you will be using in the labs.
In addition to allowing you to use SAS, the CCC computer account will enable you to use electronic mail (email) to communicate with fellow students and with me (my email addresse is above).
You are free to use SAS at WPI for homework and projects. You are also free to use other software.