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Western Carolinian (Volume 69 Number 03)

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  • PAY-FOR-PRINT COMES TO WESTERN OCTOBER 18 As of Monday, October 18, Western will charge for print copies at all open access student computer labs and Hunter Library. In implementing the pay-for-print system, the universitys goals are simple cost recovery, ensuring that people pay for what they use, and reducing the amount of paper wasted. Funds that were previously used to support free printing will enable technology and services in the computing labs and library to be kept more up-to-date. The new printing system will be installed in Hunter Library's open access area, Hunter Computing Lab, and labs in Forsyth 320, Killian 268 (during open lab hours), and Moore 202. The system will include new printers in these labs and a new color laser printer in the Hunter Computing Lab. While the machinery has been installed for the start of the fall semester charging for prints will not begin until Oct. 18, with the exception of color prints. Printing charges will be 8 cents per black-and-white page using a Western CatCard; 10 cents using coins. Cat Cash is the only option in the student computer labs; coins can be used in the librarys public area (not in the Hunter computer lab, however). Anew service this year, a color laser printer has been installed in Hunter Library; color copies will be 75 cents a page. Under the pay-for-print system, a document will not go straight to the chosen printer; instead, it will be held in a print queue. The user will go to a print release station located in each facility mentioned above, find their print job in a directory listing, and see how many pages it is and how much it will cost to print. The document will only print if it is released to the printer and if the user has CatCash on their card (if using a card). IT recommends that users plan ahead and keep CatCash on their card to pay for printing in the labs and library. Another pay-for-print service of special note to students is the ability to print from their residence hall to any of the print release stations on campus. A further service to printer users, the IT division is promoting alternatives to printing. Suggestions include saving a document to a disk, converting it to a PDF, or emailing it to an electronic mailbox to read and reference at a later date. Informational posters will be placed in the library and computing labs to announce the pay-for-print system's official launch on campus while students, parents, and faculty will be receiving more detailed literature on costs, locations, and related information. For more information on pay-for-print at Western, please contact the ITS Help Desk at 227-7487. FIREWALL TO BRING ENHANCED SECURITY, SERVICES TO WESTERN The Division of Information Technology will be implementing a firewall during the fall semester. A network device that allows the network to be filtered and controlled by the system administrator, the firewall will protect each Western network users personal information from intrusion and threats such as hacker activity, for example. An enhancement to Westerns existing network security, the firewall will realize a huge decrease in the number of systems compromised on campus. It will provide increased reliability in our computing environment, said Scott Swartzentruber, director of networking services. The enhanced security the firewall brings will enable Western to increase vital services in areas such as recruitment, enrollment and admissions. The university also will meet the necessary security standards required by many of the outside services, such as financial institutions, that regularly collaborate with Western. The IT division will be working to identify users firewall needs as the semester progresses. A specific email on this topic will be sent out to the Western community during the semester, said Swartzentruber. Look out for this email, he urged. Your response will help us better serve you. In addition to the email, an area of the IT Web site will be dedicated to the firewall and its implementation. Visit the IT Web site at www.wcu.edu/it. For more information on the firewall, please contact Scott Swartzentruber at scotts@email.wcu.edu or via the ITS Help Desk at 227-7487. * empowering minds through ~ echnology
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