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■ Modest Proposals As the spring semester begins, students offer their humble suggestions to the new COR adrriinistration. ■ Resident Advisors With Peace Signs and Flowers in Their Hair Flamboyant dresses,large afros, cheers and spirit—Res Life went retro. ■ Unconditional Surrender of the Arts We visit the re-enactment of the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee held in—where else?—Orange County. ' ■ Men's Lacrosse With their eyes set on a playoff prize, the men's lacrosse team,which went 9-4 last season, will begin their season Sunday, Feb. 18 against U.C. Berkeley. WHITTIER ♦ COLLEGE John Qreinkaf Quaker February 15,2001 The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 US http://www.wfiittiep.edii/qc Internet Failure Due to User Overload, Maintenance Provider Automatically Cuts Service When College Exceeds Maximum Bandwidth Amount ■ COMPUTER CENTER by Rebecca Wolf QC Managing Editor Service to the Internet was once again inaccessible from campus Wednesday, Feb. 14 from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. as the Internet Service Provider (I.S.P.) Earthlink was upgraded, according to Earthlink Technical Support Representative Phil Jones. Service was shutdown due to an overload of users attempting to access the Internet on Tuesday, Feb. 13. The I.S.P. Point of Presence (POP) located in Long Beach, also failed on campus Tuesday, Feb. 6 through Friday, Feb. 9 because of equipment failure at Earthlink, according to Computer Center Network Manager George Harvey. At the time of publication, service was down for what Earthlink Customer Service described as "scheduled maintenance." The school operates on a Tl m~ 0.0,k 18 16 14 12 19 8 ■- " ill I " I : :: M : j = : i ■''■ : ■ : ?s *-■ 2 ■ • : ''■■■• • ■':■ ■ 0 22 20 18 16 14 12 Whittier College's net usage over a 36-hour period Tuesday, Feb. 13 through Wednesday, Feb. 14. The gray area represents incoming traffic while the black line represents outgoing traffic. The Internet was inaccessable twice Wednesday during the periods when net usage was at zero. The service was disconnected for an upgrade between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. Shortly before 5 p.m. service was again interupted when the bandwidth connection become overloaded. bandwidth which allows 1.55 Megabytes (MB) of operation at one time. If, at peak usage, the school exceeds that amount, the I.S.P. automatically cuts service to the College for a minimum of one hour. If service is not automatically restored in an hour, it must be manually reset, taking more time to restore" service. Whittier often experiences peak usage during the lunch hour and after 4 p.m. when most students are out of class. Harvey said that the Tl connection is enough to satisfy the College's needs and that at peak usage approximately 95% of the bandwidth is used according to monitoring equipment at the college. However, Harvey said that Earthlink's equipment has measured the school's usage above 1.55 MB. "When they say we max out our bandwidth, they automat ically drop us," Harvey said. According to Jones the POP connection to Whittier College had been reset three times within the last two days because of high usage. "Napster or video transfers will suck up the bandwidth fast," Jones said. "Because Internet use fluctuates so often, you rarely can predict shutdowns." Napster has been blocked from the campus since January. According to Harvey, the failure at the beginning ofthe semester, Tuesday, Feb. 6 through Friday, Feb. 9, was caused by Earthlink's air conditioner going out, causing the equipment to overheat and fail. It was also due to someone at Earthlink accidentally pulling out telcom wiring which connects the College to the network. Four other companies were also disconnected but.their names were not released by Earthlink. The College is currently reviewing the service and is considering adding another Tl connection separating student service from administrative. "We are working hard at keeping the Internet connection working. We are presently looking at other I.S.P.s," Harvey said. Currently the POP in Long Beach is using a company named I.C.G., but they are in the process of switching to Global Crossing in order to improve service. There is no estimated time in which the switch will be complete. Napster Blockage a National Trend Storm Mishaps ONLINE MUSIC by Amy Stice QC News Editor The Whittier College Computer Center's recent management of on-campus students' usage of Napster and similar Inter- netmusic-sharing services is consistent with numerous other colleges and universities in the United States. The College has decided to limit use of such services on campus because ofthe amount of bandwidth (a measurement of data transferred through an eth- emet connection) they require, and in order to ensure the speed of other Internet activities. Most of these institutions report the blockage or limitation of access to such sites to prevent excessive bandwidth usage, but some schools have shut down Napster access entirely or seriously limited it because of legal fears. The rock band Metallica filed suit against Napster and three universities—the University of Southern California (U.S.C.), Yale University and Indiana University— in April 2000, alleging that allowing students to access Napster from campus encouraged a violation of copyright and that the universities "Could easily block this insidious and on-going thievery scheme." "They're facilitators and en- ablers, and from a legal standpoint, that makes them copyright infringers because they're aiding and assisting in an ongojng series of copyright infringements," Metallica lawyer Howard King said. All three universities immediately banned or restricted the use of Napster from on-campus computers, and the suit was dropped by Metallica. However, the band has also threatened to sue individuals for their usage of Napster. Any person who has a Metallica song saved on their hard drive could possibly be sued. U.S.C. had previously tried to restrict Napster use because of bandwidth problems, but student opposition and dissatisfaction from the University's General Counsel's office made the decision not to follow through with the ban. Instead of singling out a particular service, their Information Services Division shuts off the ethernet connections of students who use more than their allotted bandwidth for more than two hours. However, students reportedly drastically cut back on their Internet usage once the ban was proposed. According to U.S.C.'s Daily Trojan, the university had considered restricting such music services because of copyright rules, but had decided against such a plan because it did not want to single out a particular music site. Many large universities have reportedly received requests from the Recording Industry Association of America (R.I.A.A.) for the schools to cut off online music services. According to Director of Computing and Telecommunica- See MUSIC, page 4 On the morning of Tuesday, Feb, 13 two trees were felled by the previous night's rains. According to the Maintenance Department, the trees fell overnight and were found early that morning. One tree was in front of Ball Residence Hail (shown) and the other was in front of Garret House. It was unclear whether the trees were blown over by winds or because Monday's rains had weakened the soil. Maintenance spent Tuesday clearing the trees. ISSUE 16 • VOLUME 87
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Title | The QC, Vol. 87, No. 16 • February 15, 2001 |
Publisher | Associated Students of Whittier College |
Description | The Quaker Campus (QC) is the student newspaper of Whittier College. The newspaper has been in continuous publication since September 1914. |
Subject | Student newspapers and publications -- Whittier College (Whittier, Calif.) |
Date | February 15, 2001 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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Repository | Wardman Library, Whittier College |
Rights-Access Rights | Property and literary rights reside with Wardman Library, Whittier College. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections. |
Date-Created | 2013-10-24 |
Image publisher | Whittier, Calif. : Wardman Library (Whittier College), 2013. |
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Title | 2001_02_15_001 |
OCR | ■ Modest Proposals As the spring semester begins, students offer their humble suggestions to the new COR adrriinistration. ■ Resident Advisors With Peace Signs and Flowers in Their Hair Flamboyant dresses,large afros, cheers and spirit—Res Life went retro. ■ Unconditional Surrender of the Arts We visit the re-enactment of the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee held in—where else?—Orange County. ' ■ Men's Lacrosse With their eyes set on a playoff prize, the men's lacrosse team,which went 9-4 last season, will begin their season Sunday, Feb. 18 against U.C. Berkeley. WHITTIER ♦ COLLEGE John Qreinkaf Quaker February 15,2001 The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 US http://www.wfiittiep.edii/qc Internet Failure Due to User Overload, Maintenance Provider Automatically Cuts Service When College Exceeds Maximum Bandwidth Amount ■ COMPUTER CENTER by Rebecca Wolf QC Managing Editor Service to the Internet was once again inaccessible from campus Wednesday, Feb. 14 from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. as the Internet Service Provider (I.S.P.) Earthlink was upgraded, according to Earthlink Technical Support Representative Phil Jones. Service was shutdown due to an overload of users attempting to access the Internet on Tuesday, Feb. 13. The I.S.P. Point of Presence (POP) located in Long Beach, also failed on campus Tuesday, Feb. 6 through Friday, Feb. 9 because of equipment failure at Earthlink, according to Computer Center Network Manager George Harvey. At the time of publication, service was down for what Earthlink Customer Service described as "scheduled maintenance." The school operates on a Tl m~ 0.0,k 18 16 14 12 19 8 ■- " ill I " I : :: M : j = : i ■''■ : ■ : ?s *-■ 2 ■ • : ''■■■• • ■':■ ■ 0 22 20 18 16 14 12 Whittier College's net usage over a 36-hour period Tuesday, Feb. 13 through Wednesday, Feb. 14. The gray area represents incoming traffic while the black line represents outgoing traffic. The Internet was inaccessable twice Wednesday during the periods when net usage was at zero. The service was disconnected for an upgrade between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. Shortly before 5 p.m. service was again interupted when the bandwidth connection become overloaded. bandwidth which allows 1.55 Megabytes (MB) of operation at one time. If, at peak usage, the school exceeds that amount, the I.S.P. automatically cuts service to the College for a minimum of one hour. If service is not automatically restored in an hour, it must be manually reset, taking more time to restore" service. Whittier often experiences peak usage during the lunch hour and after 4 p.m. when most students are out of class. Harvey said that the Tl connection is enough to satisfy the College's needs and that at peak usage approximately 95% of the bandwidth is used according to monitoring equipment at the college. However, Harvey said that Earthlink's equipment has measured the school's usage above 1.55 MB. "When they say we max out our bandwidth, they automat ically drop us," Harvey said. According to Jones the POP connection to Whittier College had been reset three times within the last two days because of high usage. "Napster or video transfers will suck up the bandwidth fast," Jones said. "Because Internet use fluctuates so often, you rarely can predict shutdowns." Napster has been blocked from the campus since January. According to Harvey, the failure at the beginning ofthe semester, Tuesday, Feb. 6 through Friday, Feb. 9, was caused by Earthlink's air conditioner going out, causing the equipment to overheat and fail. It was also due to someone at Earthlink accidentally pulling out telcom wiring which connects the College to the network. Four other companies were also disconnected but.their names were not released by Earthlink. The College is currently reviewing the service and is considering adding another Tl connection separating student service from administrative. "We are working hard at keeping the Internet connection working. We are presently looking at other I.S.P.s," Harvey said. Currently the POP in Long Beach is using a company named I.C.G., but they are in the process of switching to Global Crossing in order to improve service. There is no estimated time in which the switch will be complete. Napster Blockage a National Trend Storm Mishaps ONLINE MUSIC by Amy Stice QC News Editor The Whittier College Computer Center's recent management of on-campus students' usage of Napster and similar Inter- netmusic-sharing services is consistent with numerous other colleges and universities in the United States. The College has decided to limit use of such services on campus because ofthe amount of bandwidth (a measurement of data transferred through an eth- emet connection) they require, and in order to ensure the speed of other Internet activities. Most of these institutions report the blockage or limitation of access to such sites to prevent excessive bandwidth usage, but some schools have shut down Napster access entirely or seriously limited it because of legal fears. The rock band Metallica filed suit against Napster and three universities—the University of Southern California (U.S.C.), Yale University and Indiana University— in April 2000, alleging that allowing students to access Napster from campus encouraged a violation of copyright and that the universities "Could easily block this insidious and on-going thievery scheme." "They're facilitators and en- ablers, and from a legal standpoint, that makes them copyright infringers because they're aiding and assisting in an ongojng series of copyright infringements," Metallica lawyer Howard King said. All three universities immediately banned or restricted the use of Napster from on-campus computers, and the suit was dropped by Metallica. However, the band has also threatened to sue individuals for their usage of Napster. Any person who has a Metallica song saved on their hard drive could possibly be sued. U.S.C. had previously tried to restrict Napster use because of bandwidth problems, but student opposition and dissatisfaction from the University's General Counsel's office made the decision not to follow through with the ban. Instead of singling out a particular service, their Information Services Division shuts off the ethernet connections of students who use more than their allotted bandwidth for more than two hours. However, students reportedly drastically cut back on their Internet usage once the ban was proposed. According to U.S.C.'s Daily Trojan, the university had considered restricting such music services because of copyright rules, but had decided against such a plan because it did not want to single out a particular music site. Many large universities have reportedly received requests from the Recording Industry Association of America (R.I.A.A.) for the schools to cut off online music services. According to Director of Computing and Telecommunica- See MUSIC, page 4 On the morning of Tuesday, Feb, 13 two trees were felled by the previous night's rains. According to the Maintenance Department, the trees fell overnight and were found early that morning. One tree was in front of Ball Residence Hail (shown) and the other was in front of Garret House. It was unclear whether the trees were blown over by winds or because Monday's rains had weakened the soil. Maintenance spent Tuesday clearing the trees. ISSUE 16 • VOLUME 87 |
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