The doors and windows to the room will remain closed at all times . In addition to the security hazard, dust and salt air from outside will cause damage to the computers. Students are not to bring friends or visitors into the lab. In order to prevent software viruses and possible copyright violations, users will not load software on the machines in the lab . This includes personal copies of programs, shareware or freeware programs, or software downloaded off the Internet or World Wide Web.
Students using the lab are jointly responsible for the enforcement of the rules.
For example, if either door to the lab is found propped open, at any time, for any reason, all students in the lab will lose their lab privileges. Students who violate any of these rules will permanently lose their lab privileges. There will be no second chances. This lab opened in December of 1996. In May of 1997 two machines were stolen from the lab.