Monday, April 20, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
University updates systems to keep up with technology
By Aaron Knopf
aknopf@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
People who work in information systems know how to deal with change. With every day there comes some announcement of a more powerful computer chip, a faster type of networking or a better software package.
That's why the staff of Academic Computing Services — fresh off a year of improvements to much of the information technology that KU faculty and students use every day — is implementing new programs for Fall 1998.
Another server will be added for Web page development. This new server will differ in several ways from the Eagle and Falcon Web servers, which were upgraded at the beginning of the semester.
The new server will be used for instructional support, including putting course materials online, said Wes Hubert, assistant director of Academic Computing Services.
Hubert also said that the new
machine would use Microsoft's Internet Information Server as its Web server software instead of the Apache Web server software in use on eagle and falcon.
"It's something that some people have been asking for already." Hubert said.
This is because faculty members who develop Web pages with Front Page, Microsoft's Web page editing software, want to use several of
manager, said that current usage patterns made the change necessary.
"We're seeing less use inside of our Macintosh lab, so I want to make more PC available," Silkey said.
"It's something that some people have been asking for already."
Hubert said that the Macintosh classroom would remain intact. The six Macintoshes that will be removed
Wes Hubert
Front Page's features that work in conjunction with Internet Information Server. Hubert said.
asst. director of computing services
Students and faculty also are likely to see more changes in the computer labs that Academic Computing Services manages.
By next fall, six Macintoshes will be replaced with PCs in the Computer Center lab. Sue Silkey, help desk
come from the outer area of the lab, which contains Macintoshes and PCs.
Those Macintoshes that remain will not be neglected. By summer, the Macintoshes in Budig and Computer
Center will have Office 98, Microsoft's newest package of productivity applications, Silkey said.
The other change coming to both labs is the use of the smart card system for fee-based printing services, which Silkey hopes will be in place by the fall. She said the Computer Center would replace its existing card system with the smart card system and would add a pay-to-print service in the Bodiglab.
Both labs will continue to have some printers on which people can print documents for free with their own paper, Silkey said.
Along with maintaining the computers labs, Academic Computing Services also manages the University's dial-in service that allows people to connect to the Internet from home.
Hubert said Academic Computing Services was planning to hire a person for the coming year who could make on site visits to campus locations to solve dial-in or Ethernet connection problems.
During this academic year, Academic Computing Services increased the number of its highest speed dialin lines in Lawrence from 256 to 304, Hubert said.
He said that in February 1998, remote users logged about 110,000 hours of dial-in time compared with 90,000 hours in February 1996 and February 1997.
"What's it going to be next year; another jump of the same size or another year where it stays at similar levels?" Hubert said.
Speech to kick off 'Pride Week'
By Marcelo Vilela
mvilela@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Queers and Allies will say it with pride: Pride Week for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered people and straight allies starts today.
ers Pride Week is going to feature.
10 kick off the events for the week, Queers and Allies is bringing Scott Nakagawa to campus to speak on "Making Democracy Work." Nakagawa will speak at 7 tonight in the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union. Queers and Allies spent $2,300 to bring Nakagawa. He is the first of the three speak
"We chose him because he's been so active and involved with the queer community," said Katie Shay,
Lawrence freshman and Queers and Allies president. "I think it's going to be a
cross between a rally speech and an educational one. It will get your blood going."
Nakagawa said that he will deliver a presentation on some of the current trends of gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgendered rights in the political arena.
Nakagawa has extensive experience in movements for gay liberation and is a former field director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
"The gay community in the U.S. is connected to the way Americans see themselves," Nakagawa said. "I'll talk about what it means to be a citizen, to be moral, to experience justice."
Nakagawa is a former director of the Coalition for Human Dignity and a founding board member of Artists for a Hate-Free America.
He is the executive director of the McKenzie River Gathering Foundation, a state organization in Oregon that supports social activism and environmental preservation.
Nakagawa is also a community leader against right-wing political movements and campaigns.
He said that students can be a challenging audience for somebody like himself who hadn't had much of a formal education.
"College campuses became highly polarized about rights movements," Nakagawa said. "It's an ideological battleground.
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- Meet representatives from Brighton.
- Receive a sample of one of the new Brighton Fragrances - "Live, Love, Laugh, or Dream."
- Register to win a door prize.
- Register to win a dream trip for two to Paris, France - compliments of Brighton.
- Lots of other surprises!
There are only 245 Brighton Heart Stores across the nation. We are pleased to have this honor. As a treasured Etc. Shop customer, we're looking forward to seeing you at this exciting event.
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Graduation regalia is now available at the KU Bookstore.
Attention Graduates and Faculty!
Where: The Kansas Union, level 2
When: Bachelor and master candidates purchase your regalia in the store anytime until commencement. Doctoral and law candidates, and faculty members rent your regalia by April 20. Late fees apply on orders placed after this date.
How to Rent: Come to the clothing department of the store to place orders in person. Call 864-4640 to order by phone with a credit card.
When to pick up regalia: Rentals will be available to pick up May 14, 15,16 and 17 until commencement.
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