Help with broken shell script

Hi,
We had the shell script below created for our school last year to keep the students from jumping off of our wireless network so they had to go through our content filters. We put the script on all of the student laptops (MacBooks and MacBook pros) so it ran as a process in the background. It worked beautifully for the whole year.
Now we are in the process of upgrading our laptops from Snow Leopard to Lion and we've discovered that the script no longer works in Lion. I am guessing it is something simple but I don't see it. Does anyone know what about the OS changed that would cause this script to stop working?
Thanks
Tim
#!/bin/sh
currentSSID=`networksetup -getairportnetwork Airport | awk {'print $4'}`
if [ "$currentSSID" = "optimumwifi" ] ; then
   echo "Disassociating.."
   /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ai rport --disassociate
   networksetup -setairportnetwork Airport "Student" "only4study!"
fi
if [ "$currentSSID" = "timewarnercablewifi" ] ; then
   echo "Disassociating.."
   /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ai rport --disassociate
   networksetup -setairportnetwork Airport "Student" "only4study!"
fi
if [ "$currentSSID" = "xfinitywifi" ] ; then
   echo "Disassociating.."
   /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ai rport --disassociate
   networksetup -setairportnetwork Airport "Student" "only4study!"
fi

Brilliant, that worked perfectly! Thanks for the your help Linc.
Coincidentally, I found a posting on the website stackexchange.com that helped explain why it stopped working in the first placed and why "Airport" alone used to work in Snow Leopard.
Note what it says at the bottom:
"the port name is Wi-Fi on 10.7 and AirPort on 10.6. The device name can be at least en0,en1, or en2 depending on your setup."
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/36891/bash-script-to-toggle-wifi-in-lio n

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SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.2.0 Production on Fri May 4 17:49:38 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2010, Oracle. All rights reserved.
SQL> SQL> Connected.
SQL> SQL> SQL>           SELECT to_char(c.update_date, 'FMMonth, YYYY') 'Shipment Update Date'||'|'||b.SHIPMENT_GID 'Shipment Number'||'|'||count (distinct (b.SHIPMENT_GID)) 'No of Shipments'||'|'||count(distinct(a.i_transaction_no)) 'Auctions per Shipment'||'|'||count(*) 'No. of Carriers Notified'||'|'||sum (case when a.responding_gl_user_gid is null then 0 else 1 end) 'No of Bidders'||'|'||min (numtodsinterval((b.expected_response - b.insert_date),'day')) 'Duration of Auction'||'|'||min (numtodsinterval((a.update_date - a.transaction_time),'day')) 'Elapse time for first bid'||'|'||max (numtodsinterval((a.update_date - a.transaction_time),'day')) 'Elapse time for last bid'||'|'||numtodsinterval((max(a.update_date) - min(a.update_date)),'day') 'Elapse time of bidding'||'|'||numtodsinterval((max(b.shipment_time) - max(c.insert_date)),'day') 'Lead Time of Auction to P/U'||'|'||(max(a.bid_amount) - min(a.bid_amount)) 'High Bid- Low Bid Diff' from tender_collab_servprov a, tender_collaboration b, shipment c where a.i_transaction_no = b.i_transaction_no and b.shipment_gid not in (select sqa.shipment_gid from tender_collaboration sqa, tender_collab_servprov sqb where sqa.i_transaction_no = sqb.i_transaction_no and sqb.acceptance_code = 'A') and a.i_transaction_no in (select i_transaction_no from tender_collaboration where tender_type = 'Spot Bid') and b.shipment_gid = c.shipment_gid AND c.update_date >= trunc(last_day(to_date((to_char(add_months(SYSDATE,-2), 'MM-DD-YYYY')),'MM-DD-YYYY')) + 1) group by c.update_date, b.SHIPMENT_GID order by c.update_date, b.shipment_GID
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected
Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
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/bin/sh
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whenever sqlerror exit sql.sqlcode
connect glog_read/parker@OTMDEV
spool PROD_Unfinished.CSV
set linesize 32000 trimspool on pagesize 3000
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spool off
EOF
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echo "The return code fronm the sqlplus was:" "$RV"

Looks the SELECT clause have missing pipes. See corrected one below :
The shell script format has alread been given above.
SELECT TO_CHAR(c.update_date, 'FMMonth, YYYY')                                  || 'Shipment Update Date'        || '|' ||
       b.shipment_gid                                                        || 'Shipment Number'             || '|' ||
       COUNT(DISTINCT(b.shipment_gid))                                       || 'No of Shipments'             || '|' ||
       COUNT(DISTINCT(a.i_transaction_no))                                   || 'Auctions per Shipment'       || '|' ||
       COUNT(*)                                                              || 'No. of Carriers Notified'    || '|' ||
       SUM(CASE WHEN a.responding_gl_user_gid IS NULL THEN 0 ELSE 1 END) || 'No of Bidders'               || '|' ||
       MIN(numtodsinterval((b.expected_response - b.insert_date), 'day'))    || 'Duration of Auction'         || '|' ||
       MIN(numtodsinterval((a.update_date - a.transaction_time), 'day'))     || 'Elapse time for first bid'   || '|' ||
       MAX(numtodsinterval((a.update_date - a.transaction_time), 'day'))     || 'Elapse time for last bid'    || '|' ||
       numtodsinterval((MAX(a.update_date) - MIN(a.update_date)), 'day')     || 'Elapse time of bidding'      || '|' ||
       numtodsinterval((MAX(b.shipment_time) - MAX(c.insert_date)), 'day')   || 'Lead Time of Auction to P/U' || '|' ||
       (MAX(a.bid_amount) - MIN(a.bid_amount))                               || 'High Bid- Low Bid Diff'
FROM   tender_collab_servprov a,
       tender_collaboration b,
       shipment c
WHERE a.i_transaction_no = b.i_transaction_no
AND    b.shipment_gid NOT IN ( SELECT sqa.shipment_gid
                                FROM   tender_collaboration sqa,
                                       tender_collab_servprov sqb
                                WHERE sqa.i_transaction_no = sqb.i_transaction_no
                                AND    sqb.acceptance_code = 'A')
AND    a.i_transaction_no IN (SELECT i_transaction_no
                              FROM   tender_collaboration
                              WHERE tender_type = 'Spot Bid')
AND    b.shipment_gid = c.shipment_gid
AND    c.update_date >= trunc(last_day(to_date((to_char(add_months(SYSDATE, -2),'MM-DD-YYYY')),'MM-DD-YYYY')) + 1)
GROUP BY c.update_date, b.shipment_gid
ORDER BY c.update_date, b.shipment_gid
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