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Finals Week Events - Late Night Breakfast Correction

The Technician will be hosting its "Techno With The Technician" rave party tonight, 11th Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. in BJ'

Late Night Breakfast will be 11th Thursday night, 10: 30 p.m. in the Sunrise Room.
Note: The third edition of The Technician incorrectly stated that previous Late Night Breakfasts had taken place on 11th Tuesday. This was in error; there was discussion of moving Late Night Breakfast to Tuesday, but this idea was not executed for the reasons expressed in the column.

Phishing emails reach students, faculty, staff

Have you received an email that looks like the following?

"From: HoefsN@pbso.org Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:34:58 -0500 To: ithelpdesk@kettering.edu Subject: Your mailbox has exceeded the storage limit Your mailbox has exceeded the storage limit which is 20GB as set by your administrator, you are currently running on 20.9GB, you may not be able to send or receive new mail until you re-validate your mailbox. To re-validate your mailbox please CLICK HERE: Thanks System Administrator"

Emails requesting passwords are universally fake. According to Kettering IT, the university will never ask a user to send their password in via email. The above message takes various forms, frequently posing as a message from the university administration or IT.

Student Senate Meeting 02/04/2010

In Student Senate this week:

There will be another co-op thesis forum during lunch hour on the 6th week's Thursday in the Academic Building, room 1817. Since the definition of what counts as a co-op term is more open-ended than in recent years, there may be a bit of confusion as to what does and does not constitute a co-op term; this forum should help alleviate the confusion. The various department heads will be there to answer questions, so if you're not sure whether or not your planned co-op is legitimate, then head on down.

As a resolution of Senate elections last week: Bryannan Santo has been elected as the new freshman representative, finally forming a complete Senate. Congratulations!

Just as a bookkeeping reminder: club budgeting forms are due 5th Friday, and Battle of the Bucks forms are due 6th Friday. Clubs will be notified by 7th Tuesday if they have received any money. For reference, there is about $4000 to battle out this term.

Speaking of money for clubs, there is still plenty of capital left over for clubs that are planning on making a long-term investment in the new and reusable. Just remember to fill out the capital request form.

Ops Council Meeting 02/03/2010

A rough formulation of Diversity Week (7th week) has been recently established. Here are the tentative details:

• The usual T-shirts will be handed out on Monday in the Great Court.


• As stated in a previous post, a Haiti fundraising effort will also take place during this week. A bar chart (presumably located in the GC) will display a certain goal that is desired to be met. The various Greek houses will also be able to get in on the action through a "penny war", for those familiar with the term from high school or wherever. There's also a possibility that Hydrade will contribute water filters to the Haiti relief effort.


• In the past, various clubs have taken over certain sections of a day to do a special promotion. That may or may not happen again this year.


• The faculty may be involved in Wednesday's event, most likely an iteration of Quiz Bowl. It is best described as a team version of Jeopardy for those unfamiliar with the game.


• Diversity week will close in the International Room via either one of two events: a dance or (most likely, given its nature) a diversity food-fest.


• There is approximately $6000 to allocate to the week's events.

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Contact Cynthia Cardinas at card3969 [at] kettering [dot] edu.

Network Login Issue Resolved

An issue which caused network login problems for all computers on the Kettering University network was resolved midday on Monday the 8th, say Information Technology representatives.

The issue, which resulted in extended load times when logging into the network, troubled students, faculty, and staff members alike. Additional details will be posted when they become available.

Finance Council Meeting, 01/26/2009

Today, an important revision was made to the Finance Council Ops Policies concerning advertising in the Technician and the Reflector. According to the new amendment, unanimously passed, "advertising by the Reflector and the Technician in their assigned publication will be exempt from FCOP Chapter II, Section F. Advertising by the Reflector and Technician shall continue to be covered by Bylaw Thirteen in the KSG Constitution."

Basically, this means that the formerly disallowed subsidizing and fundraising of/for anything that supports a non-approved or unfunded line-item, as well as the necessitation of forms for co-sponsorship with other non-Kettering-sponsored organizations, is now possible for both publishing entities. However, line-item transfer forms are still required for spending money on items not listed in either organization's budget, and the advertising of alcohol to Kettering's student body is still a state and federal offense (though it would otherwise be possible under this new state of exemption).

The decision does not affect both sections, as it was made under only A-section's Finance Council.

For those who wish to know what exactly is meant by Bylaw 13's continued coverage of the Technician and Reflector, click here. Bylaw 13 has not been amended since the date on that iteration of the constitution.