PENNSYLVANIA COMPUTERS STOLEN http://media.www.thelincolnianonline.com/media/storage/paper1282/news/2011/03/24/News/Computer.Lab.Closings.Sparked.By.Abuse.Of.Property.And.Theft-3987460.shtml
COMPUTER LAB CLOSINGS SPARKED BY ABUSE OF PROPERTY AND THEFT
Carla Bynum
Issue date: 3/24/11 Section: News
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Some students may have noticed that the computer labs in University Hall (UH) are less accessible.
Starting last week, flyers were posted throughout UH stating that computer rooms will be available to students between the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Although the computers in UH are not designated for all-campus use, students in the English department or Mass Communications Center of Excellence use the computers to complete papers and projects for their classes.
"If the rooms are open as usual they often times get misused and there's risk of abuse," Marilyn Button, chair of the English department said. "The rooms are now locked because we want to protect the property."
Following an incident that happened last spring where nine computers were stolen from the Mac lab in UH room B1, certain precautions were taken to prevent the incident from happening again. However, this semester another computer was stolen from the room which is part of the reason the lab is only available to students at certain times.
Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety Larry Woods ensures that Public Safety is working on tracking the individuals responsible for the thefts. The incidents are believed to be linked to one another.
Woods believes there is a need to monitor the traffic within the computer labs; however, he feels that it is difficult to do because of the student need for the computers.
"It's a shame that it has to be done this way but if we don't preserve things, we will not have anything to use," Woods said.
There are designated computer labs on campus in Dickey Hall and in the Thurgood Marshall Living Learning Center; however, the computers are often times misused. That is the primary reason Woods believes the decision to lock the rooms in UH came about.
"We don't take care of computers," Woods said in reference to the student carelessness of the labs. "If you go in Dickey Hall and LLC, the computer labs are filthy."
Starting last week, flyers were posted throughout UH stating that computer rooms will be available to students between the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Although the computers in UH are not designated for all-campus use, students in the English department or Mass Communications Center of Excellence use the computers to complete papers and projects for their classes.
"If the rooms are open as usual they often times get misused and there's risk of abuse," Marilyn Button, chair of the English department said. "The rooms are now locked because we want to protect the property."
Following an incident that happened last spring where nine computers were stolen from the Mac lab in UH room B1, certain precautions were taken to prevent the incident from happening again. However, this semester another computer was stolen from the room which is part of the reason the lab is only available to students at certain times.
Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety Larry Woods ensures that Public Safety is working on tracking the individuals responsible for the thefts. The incidents are believed to be linked to one another.
Woods believes there is a need to monitor the traffic within the computer labs; however, he feels that it is difficult to do because of the student need for the computers.
"It's a shame that it has to be done this way but if we don't preserve things, we will not have anything to use," Woods said.
There are designated computer labs on campus in Dickey Hall and in the Thurgood Marshall Living Learning Center; however, the computers are often times misused. That is the primary reason Woods believes the decision to lock the rooms in UH came about.
"We don't take care of computers," Woods said in reference to the student carelessness of the labs. "If you go in Dickey Hall and LLC, the computer labs are filthy."
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