A petition proposed by Student Government (SGA) senator Daniel Brookins, junior legal studies major, was used last year to show that 97 percent of students wanted access to the video chat service, Skype. The petition prompted the lift of a Skype ban that was placed by the Office of Information Technology (OIT) last year.
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Skype blocked on campus
Students who are accustomed to using Skype, the Internet-based program that allows people to video chat with one another anywhere in the world, cannot do so on campus. The service is blocked. Greg Horne, executive director of Information Technologies, said students are barred from using the popular video chatting service, Skype, on campus to protect […]
Students petition to have Skype on campus
A survey of 354 residential students conducted by the Undergraduate Student Government Association, two weeks ago, revealed that nearly 97 percent of those students wanted access to Skype, an online video chat service, on campus.
OIT official gives reason for Skype block on campus
Greg Horne, executive director of Information Technology Systems and Services, said students are barred from using popular video chatting service, Skype, on campus to protect the university’s computers.
Skype blocked on campus
Students who are accustomed to using Skype, the Internet-based program that allows people to video chat with one another anywhere in the world, cannot do so on campus. The service is blocked.