SATURDAY
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Technology continued from front page
in all classrooms so that students
will he able to plug laptops into
the Penn State network. One other
addition that should be available
to students within the next
semester is the addition of the New
Enterprise Server, which will
provide local file service to
students that will be able to store
e-mail and other programs.
Hoffman is quick to point out
that all the previously mentioned
upgrades have been funded by the
Student Technology Fee that all
students pay with their tuition.
Before this fee was established,
there was no specific budget
allotted to technology upgrades.
This fee allows Hoffman to have
a more readily available and
reliable source of funding for such
improvements. Also, the Fee is to
he used on equipment that students
have direct access to, not for
general upkeep purposes.
Right now Behrend is on a three
year cycle of upgrades. Within
every three-year period,
computers and other equipment
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Behrend
student
sentenced
in rape
case
by Michael Frawley
managing editor
On Friday, August 18, 2000,
former Behrend student Peter
Yenscik was sentenced by Erie
County Judge Stephanie
Domitrovich for an attempted rape
that took place at Behrend last
year. Yenscik was sentenced to
two years and 90 days of county
supervised probation, was given a
$5OO fine, and was ordered to
serve 100 hours of community
service
The attempted rape took place
on October 16, 1999, in Niagara
Hall. Yenscik, who was under the
influence of alcohol, made
numerous unwanted sexual
advances toward a female student
in the basement of the dorm.
Yen sick then followed the student
up to her room, forced his way in,
and again made more unwanted
sexual advance. After forcing
Yenscik out of her room, the
victim called Police and Safety,
and Yenscik was taken into
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are either to be replaced with
newer models or to be greatly
improved to meet current
technology standards. However,
Hoffman states that "the biggest
challenge right now is space
constraints the next quantum
leap as far as con,puting facilities
will be the REDC Building in the
next few years."
The residence halls have also
had some technology upgrades
added this summer. Until now, all
17 buildings were hooked into one
line. According to Ed Mulfinger,
Penn State assistant director of
housing and food services and
BehremF s former manager of
HFS, if a student in one room
wanted to send an e-mail to his or
her neighbor, the message would
get sent to the main server at
University Park and then hack to
Behrend all on one line. This
caused numerous hassles and
"traffic jams" on the system.
This semester, the residence
halls have now been split between
two different lines. In addition to
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freeing up space for residents, this
split should prevent some of the
register lock-ups that occurred last
year in Bruno's and Dobbins.
Mulfinger believes that this
division should be adequate until
the next wave of computer
improvements. As new housing
arrives on campus, new
technology will be needed as well.
Also, when Perry, Niagara, and
Lawrence halls are renovated in
the next few years, new data
terminals and wiring will be part
of the project.
One other area that took part in
the recent upgrades was the Media
and Instructional Support Center
(MISC). Jim Carroll, manager of
MISC, explained that six new
technology classrooms have been
added to the campus. Also,
several labs have had new video/
data projectors installed. These
projectors improve resolution to
I 024x768 and increase the
brightness to 1,000 lumens, which
"will allow more ambient light in
the classroom or lab," Carroll said.
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