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WI-FI Whether it’s a wireless problem in the dorms or on campus, students can contact the Information OVERLOAD Technology department with questions or issues. Students in the dorms or living in complexes owned by University Housing can email ResNet at reshelp@ resnet.uoregon.edu or call 541-346-4223. They can also visit the office, 112% located in 101 Douglass INCREA SE IN WI-FI Hall, open from 9 a.m. DEVICES ON CAMPUS to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. Students having connection issues on campus can email Information Services at [email protected] or call 541-346-HELP hen it comes to taking online (541-346-4357). The midterms, relying on off- office is located in 151 campus Internet can be a McKenzie Hall and is pain — lost connections and open from 8 a.m. to 5 Whaving to completely restart a test are p.m., Monday to Friday. nightmarish. However, the solution of coming to campus to take advantage of a stable wireless network or may be a thing of the past. According to Patrick Chinn, Interim Communications Manager for Information Services, the inconsistent Wi-Fi that has plagued certain parts of campus for the past couple weeks is the BLAME IT ON YOUR IPHONE. result of two main problems — the network Campus-wide Wi-Fi problems are the result of reaching its maximum capacity paired overused and outdated technology. with outdated equipment. Freshman Grace Rogan and her reaching and being pushed over capacity is a complete overhaul were authorized. roommate recently started noticing that a result of students bringing multiple Wi- “I don’t have a firm number. I do know the Internet in their dorm, Bean East, Fi compatible devices (cell phones, iPads, that we have about 1,100 access points disconnecting at times. Rogan says that tablets) in comparison to previous years on campus, so it’s not an insignificant she’s had problems doing homework, but where laptops used to be the main device number and it’s also, as you can imagine, thankfully has never been cut off while brought on campus. quite a project to swap out that many taking a test online. “Some numbers that our networking access points that are scattered through “It is manageable, but it would be nice to folks put together showed between Oct. so many locations on campus,” Chinn not have to deal with it,” Rogan said. 2010 and Oct. 2012 we saw a 112 percent said. “It’s one thing to be able to pull up a Although last week’s issues were the increase in the number of Wi-Fi devices on piece of software on your computer and result of a wireless controller that had campus,” Chinn said. make changes to all 1,100, but we have to stopped working, it exacerbated the According to Chinn, the University of physically go out and swap them out. So overall situation that affected students and Oregon also saw a 5 percent increase in there’s some staffing requirements that are faculty in certain areas of campus (e.g. the the total number of students. involved as well.” School of Journalism and Communication Chinn added that the majority of Information Services is currently in and Lundquist College of Business). equipment that consists of access points the process of putting together budget “No one was particularly angry. They placed around buildings (think more proposals for the UO’s next fiscal year (students) brought it to our attention professional versions of modems people (each one ends and begins each June). that it was impacting their ability to do have in their homes) and controllers that “Going into this upcoming fiscal year work that they were here to do,” said each manage up to 150 access points is 7 to that’s one of the key things we’re focusing Shandon Bates, Director of Information 12 years old. on,” Chinn said. “We understand that both Services and Instructional Technology Rogan says that while it would be the administrative and academic functions at the Lundquist College of Business. nice to see the equipment updated, she on campus, nowadays, all of that runs on “Some opted to stay and work in the lab understands the amount of work that kind top of the network, whether you’re talking and others, I think, may have gone to the of overhaul would require. about Wi-Fi or Ethernet … and if, much library to try to find other wireless places Both Bates and Chinn consider the need like electricity, there’s no network, people to work.” to update equipment a high priority. Chinn aren’t going to get any work done.” Chinn compared what happened to predicts that because of the age of the driving his car at 110 mph — it would equipment, spotty Wi-Fi will continue to probably fail as a result of pushing it to be an issue unless equipment is updated its maximum. The reason for the network but says it would definitely be expensive if BY DANA MACALANDA, @DMACALANDA PAGE 4 EMERALD MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 / NEWS The history of United FACULTY UNION SEEKS Academics Pre-2007 Repeated attempts to start a EMPOWERMENT WITH faculty union fizzle out. 2007 All Oregon public universities are unionized except CONTRACT NEGOTIATION Oregon State and University of Oregon. It might be the most In spring, Professors Marie Vitulli and important debate on campus Gordon Lafer meet in empty classrooms right now and most students to discuss starting a faculty union. have never heard about it.