Tuesday, October 5, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Lawrence ready for year 2000 woes
By Derek Prater
By Derek Prater
writer@kanson.com
Kanson staff
The world is not coming to an end... probably.
Apocalypse or not, one still should make preparations for the turn of the century, said speakers at last night's public forum conducted by the Lawrence-Douglas County Y2K Community Information Task Force.
The forum featured speakers from the City of Lawrence, a technology company, the American Red Cross, the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University. A question and answer session followed the speeches, and more than 15 pamphlets and filers were available to provide information about the year 2000 computer glitch transition.
Jerry Manweiler, task force chairman and vice president and general manager of Fundamental Technologies, Inc., said that government agencies and other vital institutions generally were making
the right preparations for the year 2000.
"That doesn't mean you're not going to experience some personal effects of Y2K." Manweiler said.
"If you have a computer, there are tasks that you need to be doing right now," he said.
Hardware that was made before 1997 may not
Unless hardware is updated, computers may freeze up or display the wrong dates.
have been programmed to make a smooth transition to the year 2000, Manweiler said.
Operating systems are another consideration. Manweller said,
All Macintosh operating systems are year 2000 compliant, but some older versions of Microsoft Windows were not originally written with possible computer glitches in mind.
Manweller said that people who used Windows '95, '98 or NT should go to the Microsoft Web site to find information on any updates they may need to make.
Most application software has Y2K issues as well. Manweiler said it was important to contact software manufacturers and find out what steps may need to be taken to keep software running properly.
KU representatives were on hand to provide updates on the University's preparedness for the year 2000.
Marilu Goodyear, vice chancellor for information services, said she thought the University was well-prepared.
"We expect to be able to be up and to be functioning," she said.
Goodyear said the administrative computer system was being replaced and the financial and payroll computer systems already had been replaced. She said KU employees could be sure they would be paid.
The University's official Web site at www.ukans.edu has added a link for more year 2000 information. The link provides information on what the year 2000 means to the University as well as links to other resources that can help evaluate home computer readiness.
Mike Richardson, director of facilities operations, said the department had worked to make sure the 180 buildings on campus were ready for the transition.
"We wanted to make sure that we continued to provide safe and secure buildings on campus," he said.
The University has spent $400,000 updating the energy management systems of buildings, he said.
John Mullens, assistant director of the KU Public Safety Office, said his department's main concern was keeping people safe on New Year's Eve.
"It will be a party," he said, "It will be a New Year's like no other New Year's."
- Edited by Mike Loader
University upgrades admissions system
Despite problems at other universities, new software steady
By Nathan Willis
writer@kanson.com
Kanson staff writer
The first piece of a $2.3 million computer software system meant to eventually coordinate and streamline data throughout the University of Kansas was put into place yesterday.
The Office of Admissions and Scholarships switched to a program called PeopleSoft yesterday morning in order to better track recruiting prospects, admissions and scholarships. Administrators eventually plan to have the entire University using PeopleSoft.
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Alan Cerveny, director of admissions and scholarships, said the new software allowed for
more personalized recruiting.
"Now we'll be able to act more like a small college," he said.
"When a recruit calls, we'll have all his information at our finger tips rather than having to transfer him to different places."
The system replaces five separate systems that the office used before. Cerveny said the previous system was designed in the early 1970s.
Records of 44,000 recruits were transferred into the system during the weekend, Cerveny said, and the first new recruit entered the system at 9 a.m. yesterday.
In conjunction with the PeopleSoft software, admissions soon will launch an online application that allows students to apply for admission to the University on the Internet, Cerveny said. The Office of Admissions already has converted to a single form that allows prospective students to apply for both admission and University scholarships, he says.
"Now we'll be able to act like a small college."
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Cerveny said the new software also increased efficiencies in the admissions office. Previously, someone would enter all of a prospective student's information into the system when he or she applied for admission, even if the office already had most of the information, he said. Now, the unified system will eliminate the need to enter information more than once, he said.
Director of admissions and
University Registrar Richard C. Morrell said this was the only PeopleSoft upgrade that would occur this semester, but upgrades to enrollment and other areas were in the works.
time and on budget, he said.
That's in sharp contrast to the experience of many colleges and universities. The Chronicle of Higher Education reported Sept. 24 that the outney about problems with PeopleSoft was growing.
Ohio State University, for example, has been forced to spend $30 million more than it originally budgeted to complete the upgrades, according to the article.
Other universities have reported problems with the software, too, ranging from billing problems to grade-tracking problems, the Chronicle reported.
But Diana Carlin, interim assistant provost, said the system had passed all of the tests run on it last week, and Morrell said no major problems had been encountered on its first day of use.
So far, the project has been on
"In contrast with some other universities, it's been so far so good for us," he said.
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