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FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010
VOLUME 121 ISSUE 147
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Server outage causes campus-wide frustration
Internal electrical problems left campus without e-mail and network access all day
BY ERIN BROWN AND ROSHNI OOMMEN ebrown@kansan.com and roommen@kansan.com
An internal electrical issue in Lawrence caused the University's server to shut down yesterday at about 9:30 a.m., leading to
frustrations for the entire campus. An electrical problem occurred with the University's uninterrupted power supply. The UPS protects the University Data Center, where the server is located. The electrical problem caused UPS to shut down power to the Data Center, and the University lost accessibility to the Internet, e-mail and network drives.
said Jack Martin, deputy director for University Communications.
A KU-issued alert informed students that computing services would begin running on back-up power at around 9 p.m. Thursday. Some KU servers were back online by 5 p.m. and everything was back online by 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Until that time, however, students and faculty across campus had to make serious adjustments to their daily routines, ranging from lost opportunities to finish last-minute homework assignments to not
being able to use Beak 'Em Bucks at establishments on and off campus.
In Watson and Anschutzlibraries, about half of the computers would not allow students to log on. The working computers allowed students to log on, but Maggie Carter, a tech assistant in Anschutz, said that the log-on process took at least 15 minutes.
"It's been very, very slow here today," said Carter, a junior from Shawnee.
Once logged in, students could access the Internet but none of
the KU websites. Printers stopped working at 9:30 a.m., but students could print for free from a flash drive using computers behind the library desk, Carter said.
Kyle Hamer, a senior from Prairie Village, said he wasn't able to do homework for his mechanical engineering 661 class. Because he and other students couldn't access the computer program needed, his professor extended the homework due date.
"Because the disruption made it impossible for people to access
Blackboard or their online assignments, we're asking faculty members to be flexible with their deadlines," Martin said. "We're anticipating the faculty members to be flexible, as they're having the same disruption."
Danielle Moccia, a junior from Atchison, said she was not able to access documents she needed for an in-class presentation.
"I spent an hour and a half working on my Spanish PowerPoint
SEE INTERNET ON PAGE 3A
Hear students' reactions and watch KUJH video about the outages at kansan.com/videos/
COST OF WAR
Flags covered the Stauffer-Flint lawn Thursday in a memorial to fallen American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. The memorial was planned by KU's Young Americans for Liberty to raise awareness about the costs of the ongoing conflict. Almost 6,500 Americans have died in the overseas fighting.
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KU group's memorial protests foreign war
BY ROBERT ALTMAN
raltman@kansan.com
Students tilted their heads in curiosity walking past the red and yellow covering the Stauffer-Flint lawn Thursday.
From in front of Wescoe, a group of girls thought the items were newly-planted flowers, but said they were depressed when they found out what the items really were: yellow and red
flags holding the name, age and hometown of one of the growing number of fallen soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The memorial was an effort by KU's Young Americans for Liberty, who teamed up with other state organizations such as the Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice to place the flags.
The groups promote an American foreign policy that doesn't use military force to intervene with other nations.
"We should be an example to nations, but shouldn't dictate how they should live," said William Stewart-Starks, an 2009 graduate and Young Americans For Liberty member. "We thought the best way to get that across was this flag display, these are all deaths."
The United States' casualty count in Iraq and Afghanistan approaches 6,500, according to i-casualties.org. This doesn't include the estimated 850,000 Iraqi and Afghan civilian deaths.
"You hear a number on the news, but it's different to see it," said Tommy Kennedy, a sophomore from Kansas City, Kan., as he walked by.
Trent Stepanik, a junior from Overland Park who got back from his second tour of duty in Iraq last May, stopped to crouch near some of the flags.
"I was looking for a couple names," he said. "It's especially striking on a day with the wind like this, knowing each one of
these represents someone's brother, sister, daughter or son."
The Young Americans for Liberty spoke of other costs of war, including the monetary, moral and philosophical drawbacks. They gave individuals a chance to sign a petition to end the war.
"We're all about giving students a way to be active in issues, and this petition is just an outlet for people to express their discontent with the way things are going"
Stewart-Stark said.
Although Stepanik said some soldiers might take the display as a protest against them, he didn't think that was the case.
"I think it's awesome," he said. "You've got to raise awareness, and it's just so nice to see civilian students involved with young veterans and young soldiers."
Edited by Cory Bunting
See KUJH's coverage of the memorial at kansan.com/videos
ARTS
Spencer showcases students' art
BY NANCY WOLENS
nwolens@kansan.com
Out of 150 entries five artists emerge with $200 awards
Thursday's Juried Art Show began with 150 student entries. That was narrowed to 27 pieces, which were showcased at the Spencer Museum of Art.
each of the five winners. The votes were tallied, and the winners of the second annual Juried Art Show were recognized for their talent.
museum judged and voted on their favorite pieces of art displayed at the opening of the art show Thursday night. The five winning artists received monetary awards of $200 and the prize money was only made possible by an anonymous donation.
Chase Bray, a senior from Kansas City, Kan., and president of the Student Advisory Board, said the $1,000 the man offered to
Members of the Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board and two curators of the
The theme was set: Illusion Disillusion, Impression, Reality. The awards were ready: $200 for
"We're trying to make it more democratic instead of having first, second and third place." Bray said. "So we changed it to five winners so there's no distinguishing within the five who got the most votes."
donate was a donation he planned to give every year. SAB didn't want to allot the money to the winners in an unfair way.
Bray said the museum really
Cory Gene Mayer, a senior from Medicine Lodge, Kan., shows Grace Peterson, a junior from Denver, a piece that he created entitled "Monstro and the Peramubulator." Spencer Museum of Art's Spring Student Night host art created by KU students.
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