University Daily Kansan, February 8, 1985
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Switch may cost $1.5 million
Computer plan is endorsed
By TAD CLARKE Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Administrators yesterday endorsed a plan for the $1.5 million improvement of the KU computer Corp. Digital Equipment Corp. computer
About 30 faculty and staff members attended a meeting in Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union to discuss the new proposal.
William Bulgen, acting chairman of the computer science department and a member of the committee working on the proposal, said the committee would have at least one more meeting before presenting a final recommendation to Chancellor Gene A. Budig next week.
Jerry Niebium, director of computing services, said the main components of the new system would include a VAX 8600 computer made by Digital Equipment Corp., based in Maynard, Mass. This computer, and the start up of the system would cost about $800,000, he said.
THE PRESENT COMPUTER system is split between administrative functions, handled by two International Business Machines Corp. systems, and academic function systems, handled by Honeywell Inc. computer systems.
The IBM and Honeywell systems are operating at near capacity and are no longer sufficient for the University's needs.
The proposed plan would include disconnecting one of the IBM computers and one of the Honeywell computers.
About $75,000 will be needed to buy an IBM computer or one equivalent to it that will be compatible with the new VAX 8600.
Niebaum said the new system
would begin operating in July and would be fully working in January 1986.
The proposed system would allow more users and would process information more quickly than the current system by doubling the MIPS time. MIPS stands for millions of instructions per second.
DEANELT TACHA, VICE CHANCER for academic affairs, said she was glad to see such a small number of students and staff attending the meeting.
"Maybe it means there is less controversy than we thought," Tacha
But Bill Klein, manager of networking academic computing services, questioned Niebaum about
'I want to make sure everything is presented fairly and properly. Each option needs to be presented to faculty and students.'
students.'
—William Bulgren,
William Bulgren, acting chairman of the computer science
department
certain aspects of the proposed system.
Honeywell system to be used with the new one.
Klein asked whether Niebaum's solution was the best system available for the University or whether it worked because it was the most affordable.
KLEIN ALSO SAID he was concerned about the cost of converting computer programs written for the
Niebaum said he thought the system would be acceptable in everyone's terms.
Many faculty and students would have to rewrite their computer programs to suit the VAX 8600 and this would involve a amount of time, he said.
the conversion cost has yet to be reckoned with," Klein said.
Bulgren said none of the cost of updating programs was included in the $1.5 million price of the proposed system.
Niebaum said that he was recommending the VAX 8600 system, but that "tots of things may influence that decision."
Two other options have been discussed by the committee. One proposal would replace the current Honeywell system with a new IBM DCS computer and the firmware computer is the large central equipment used in data processing.
This option would cost about $2.25 million.
THE OTHER OPTION would be to buy a smaller IBM computer to boost administrative computing power. Both Honeywell computers would be retained, and no academic work would be converted to the new IBM system. This option would cost about $800,000, but would not solve the problem of the academic system overload.
Niebaum said one reason he wanted the VAX 8000 system was because it recently had been put on hold and would not become outdated soon.
Bulgren said before the meeting that he was not supporting any one proposal.
"I want to make sure everything is presented fairly and properly," Bulgren said. "Each option needs to be presented to faculty and students."
Raising drinking age could lead to increased abuse of phony IDs
By DeNEEN BROWN Staff Reporter
Students' use of fake identification to get into private clubs has become a way of life in Lawrence. And some local bar owners and officials say raising the legaldrink minimums would increase the use of fake IDs.
Staff Reporter
Jim Flory, district attorney,
said that although the penalty was
stuff for use of false identification,
but no one has seen like IDs
if the drinking age changed.
The Kansas Legislature is considering raising the state's drinking age to 21 so Kansas can comply with a law passed by Congress last summer. The law would cut federal highway funds to states that don't raise their drinking age to 21 by July 1986.
Currently, a person convicted of presenting an altered driver's license could be jailed for a fine of up to $1,000 or a jail term of six months. Flae said.
But those laws haven't stopped some students from using false identification to get into private clubs.
Eric Frischer, a doorman at Gammons, 1601. 193rd St., said about 10 percent of customers who had been tricked to use fake identification
ALSO, A PERSON who lends a driver's license to anyone under 21 with the intent to help buy liquor can face a felony charge. A violation of that law may lead to a $250 or a jail term of one year.
"It's to be expected," he said.
"That's normal. It happens all over the country."
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Ace Johnson, owner of the Sanctuary, 1401 W. Seventh St., said some students tried to get into his private club with fake identification. But most of the students probably didn't realize that they could be arrested at the door, he said.
MANY STUDENTS THOUGHT it was a joke to see whether they
--could get past the doorman, he said, but to him the joke was serious business.
“These kids that use false IDs are playing with people’s livelihood,” Johnson said. “It no joke, we just wait to catch one.”
Johnson said that if a person was caught in his club with false identification, the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control could shut his club down for a week.
Johnson said if he caught someone who tried to enter his club with false identification, he confiscate it and call the police.
"If it is an out-and-out fake, I cut it in half and throw it away."
Kent Ward, assistant manager at J Watson's 21, 9th and Iowa streets, said students still would be able to get into clubs if the law changed.
“A whole group of people would be left out with the increased drinking age,” he said. “I'm sure they'll sink twice about getting fake IDs.”
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