The Whitman Campus Network is provided as a service to students, faculty, staff, and other members of the Whitman community. This document outlines the policy of acceptable use of Whitman Campus Network resources, the effective protection of individual users, equitable access, and proper management of those resources. Individual Responsibilities Whitman College strives to provide fair and distributed access to computing and network facilities for the entire community of users. It is the intent of Whitman College to make available unfiltered information on the Internet for the College community.
Members are responsible for selecting, viewing, and utilizing resources.
If it is necessary to filter or block any information to enhance security or performance, and if this filtering or blocking occurs regularly or more often than occasionally, a description of and rationale for the action will be posted with other WCTS online information. To foster trust and intellectual freedom, it is necessary to practice courtesy, common sense, and restraint in the use of shared resources. Improper use of Whitman facilities may prevent others from gaining fair access to those facilities. Users are advised to learn and abide by the policies and procedures of these external networks. Likewise, the computer system administrators will act promptly when evidence of serious compromises to the security of the system is detected.