SGA had its second general meeting yesterday, in the Tod Hall Board Room. In it, we adopted a resolution about wireless internet, discussed possible hurricane relief efforts, and discussed the Luminis portal.
Right now, we are recommending that students be able to use their own laptops and PDA’s on the Maag Library wireless network by the beginning of next semester. Currently, students must sign out one of Maag’s laptops in order to access that network. We think that this incremental approach to WiFi is important, as it is unreasonable for us to expect the campus to go wireless, say, tomorrow. Or even next semester. We are hopeful that Maag is a possibility for the spring.
Hurricane relief efforts discussed include a possible “battle of the bands” or partnering up with the City of Youngstown’s “Bail Out On the Bayou” event which coincides with the final Party on the Plaza (23 Sep). In the meantime, be on the lookout for the Student American Dental Hygiene Association (SADHA)’s toothbrush sale, the profits of which will go to hurricane relief. Any other groups or individuals involved in hurricane relief, please let me know, and I’ll be sure to give it a mention.
Finally, the Luminis portal is something which will be fazed in beginning in January. It is similar to My Yahoo! or Personalised Google in that you have a homepage on which to put things useful to you… except that it’s for YSU. There’s a page on YSU’s website for a naming contest for it (Luminis is just the software name) which you can find here.
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