Wednesday, August 27, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
Halls offer better, faster way to log on
Ethernet provides quick connection for Internet surfers
By Sarah McWilliams
Kansan staff writer
More student housing residents are trying to get a quicker, easier connection to the Internet.
Networking and Telecommunication Services, located behind Ellsworth Hall, every
day is full of people requesting Ethernet access, said Jan Weller, director of NTS. An Ethernet connection allows students to log on to a campus network and surf the Internet without interrupting phone service.
A student with an Ethernet connection also uses
A student with an Ethernet connection can also retrieve information more quickly than a student with a dial-in account. "I think any time you have a direct connection you have a quicker response time," Weller said.
Between August 1996 and July, the NTS office received 347 requests for Ethernet accounts
in residence and scholarship halls, she said. In the past month, 27 new accounts had been opened.
Ethernet access is available in all scholarship halls and in McCollum, Ellsworth, Templin and Oliver Halls, but the network does not yet reach Lewis, Hashinger, and Gertrude Sellars Pearson-Corbin Halls. Weller said NTS was working with the department of student housing to connect the remaining halls within the next two years.
However, the process involves running wiring in the walls and can only be done in the summer when fewer students live in residence halls, she said.
Ethernet access costs $30 for a semester and $45 for an academic year. Students also need to equip their computers with an Ethernet card, which can cost between $50 and $250.
Demand for dial-in accounts also has grown among off-campus students and residents of non-Ethernet halls.
Jerree Catlin, supervisor of training at the computer center, said in the past three years the center has increased the number of phone lines for dial-in
Ethernet access
Residence halls which have access to Ethernet, a direct link to the Internet that does not tie up phone lines:
- McColum
- Templin
- Ellsworth
- Oliver
- All scholarship halls
Hashinger, Lewis and Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin will have Ethernet access within the next two years.
accounts from 56 to 352.
Dial-in access costs $30 for six months, and residents receive 50 hours per month, said Theresa Bateson, technical services coordinator at the computer center. These accounts require computers with modems which can be purchased for $75-$250 depending on the speed of the modem.
Students without personal computers who still want e-mail access can get an account free at the computer center, located next to Robinson Gymnasium.
Campus crooks beware: City streets are no refuge
Local, KU police share jurisdictions
Students can not just step off campus if they are trying to get away from University of Kansas police authority, KU police said.
- Mary Corcoran Kansan staff writer
Joint jurisdiction areas set up between Lawrence and the KU campus extend the University's police authority to off-campus areas.
"Some students think that we stop them outside of our area if we clock them speeding on 19th by Stauffer Place and pull them over passed Naismith," KU police Sgt. Chris Keary said.
north curb line of 18th Street.
The actual area of KU police jurisdiction continues off-campus on 19th Street between Iowa Street and Naismith Drive. On Naismith Drive, it continues from the south curb line of 19th Street to the
In fact, on police jurisdiction maps, the KU campus actually extends to contain all streets directly adjacent to any University owned street, building or property.
"That makes the Wheel part of our area, because it's right next to a building the University owns," Keary said.
KU police responsibility also includes University owned property such as the Sunflower Ordinance Plant Area, the Nelson Environmental Research Area and the Lawrence Airport.
Although students can be arrested on University property, they can be tried in only the county and municipal courts.
The University does not have its own court system, Keary said, so court appearances for suspects arrested by the KU police take place in the Douglas County Courthouse. Prisoners also are initially taken to the county jail before they can post bond.
If a student is arrested on campus, the report goes through the KU police department and is then sent to the county office for processing.
To avoid confusion between the departments, the city regulated its area into three jurisdictions. One includes the University campus in which the KU police department has primary law enforcement responsibility. A different jurisdiction covers the city of Lawrence in which the Lawrence police department has primary responsibility. In the joint areas between the two, both departments have equal responsibility.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Lawrence and KU police departments also have a mutual response agreement, Lawrence police dispatchers said. The agreement allows Lawrence or KU police to respond to the same call if one patrol car happens to be closer than another or if the incident is major enough to require additional resources.
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