PHOTO BY BEN FIET
'Dance Party 2,' a piece from a series of photos of the artist Barbara Pollock's son, is one of several pieces on display in the new DeVos Communication Center. See the Features section.
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File sharing gives students porn access
Last Tuesday, a not so run-of-the mill e-mail was sent out to all male on-campus students, addressing the issue of the use of pornography on ResNet. The following day, a similar e-mail was sent to all students living on campus because John Witte, the associate dean of residence life and originator of the e-mail, received some feedback from the male students suggesting that it should be an issue known by women as well. The problem is not on the Internet anymore, since Bess is doing its best to protect Calvin computers from pornography. The problem is now file-sharing programs like Kazaa, Morphius, and Bear-share.
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Disabled profs alarmed by fire threat
When there is a fire drill, most students find it a good excuse to miss some of their class time. However, there is a minority for whom a fire alarm is literally an “alarm.” There have been some questions raised about academic buildings’ accessibility for people with disabilities, after a fire alarm rang in the Science Building mid-October. Because all elevators shut down when the fire alarm rings, people with disabilities have to be assisted down the stairs, but the problem lies in how it’s done. Students and faculty members with disabilities are generally satisfied with the college’s policies and recent changes to better accommodate people with disabilities but have concerns nevertheless.
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Names and Faces distribution policies create uproar
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Finding people’s e-mail addresses and phone numbers is relatively easy as students can type in anyone’s name in the PeopleSearch or look in the directory. The easy access to people’s records has brought up controversies in the Calvin community. Last week, students picked up their Names and Faces book, more commonly known as the “bod book,” but many of them did not realize the policy change on the directory. To prevent the Names and Faces book from falling into outsiders’ hands, the college has always given out one book per student and two copies for faculty. Moreover, to respect community’s privacy, people can go online and edit their PeopleSearch results to hide information they do not want the community to see.
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