The computer was traced back to our campus and reported to Computer Services staff. Because of the nature of the work of this department, we make visits to the labs at all hours and have noticed from time to time a student may be occupying the same computer day after day. Computers may be used for course-related or recognized student organizational activities only. Students may not load any software onto college computers . Connecticut State Law prohibits the display of obscene material on state computers.
Federal law prohibits exchange of child pornography on the Internet.
Please take the time at the start of every semester to review these policies with your students. Warn students not to do this. Recently our campus has experienced a rash of hard drive failures, especially with particular brands of computers. The Western Digital brand of hard disks in these systems seems to be very vulnerable to power surges and spikes. Do not leave it running overnight or over a weekend.