Airport doesn't pick up my network

I am a college student, and our school has a public wireless network called HOYAS. Everytime I want to use it, it doesn't come up on the airport pulldown menu from the menu bar. Each time, I have to manually go to "Other..." and type in HOYAS. It wouldn't be such an annoyance except for the fact that everytime my computer goes to sleep and airport turns off I have to manually type in the network because it is what you use in viritually every building. Is there anyway to change a setting so that my computer recognizes the network?

Try the following...
Delete Preferred Network(s)
- System Preferences > Network > AirPort > Configure
- In the "By default, join:" pull-down menu, select "Preferred networks"
- Delete the network(s) you regularly use from the list
Delete AirPort Keychain Entries
- Launch the "Keychain Access" application located in Applications/Utilties.
- Click on the "Kind" filter at the top, and look for any "AirPort network password" entries...and delete them.
- Restart, or log out then back in.
Add Preferred Network(s)
- System Preferences > Network > AirPort > Configure
- In the "By default, join:" pull-down menu, select "Preferred networks"
- Add the preferred network(s) using the "+" button.
- Restart or log out then back in.

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