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.

Humans vs. Zombies Banned

The Technician has received information indicating that the "Humans vs. Zombies" game planned by students for this term has been officially banned from campus by the school administration. Students who engage in the game could face judicial charges through the University.
Mike Antonacci, the game's planner, said in an email that he did not plan to pursue the activity any further, but added "I think this decision is a violation of student rights".
Sources have indicated that other students involved in planning Humans vs. Zombies began to distance themselves from the game after preliminary discussions with the administration were unfavorable.

Student Senate Meeting, 01/21/2010

Here's a look at what's currently going on:

As mentioned on Kettering's homepage, applications for the five available Student Senate positions were due Thursday. To recap, these positions are: Administrator, Senior Representative, Freshman Representative, and 2 Multicultural Representatives. The candidates are to be interviewed and (if all goes well for them) appointed to these positions by the end of next week, possibly filling every vacancy in the Student Senate.

Recently, the plans to construct cellphone "towers" that would aid ailing carrier coverage in Thompson Hall were effectively nixed. The two coverage aids were refused existence primarily because it would be ludicrously expensive to allow it with the accompanying price tag, which was ,at the very least, in the six-figure range. It is interesting to wonder how the prices for these two devices were set, as they can be found on ebay.com for far less.

For those who are willing to gain more knowledge of the niceties of co-op periods, there will be a forum info session for co-op held during the lunch hours of 4th week's Thursday (February 4th). Guest speakers will also be present to contribute their knowledge, and food will be provided by Italian Gardens.

Ops Council Meeting, 01/20/2010

Here's a look at what's currently going on:

Several positions in the Ops Council have recently become vacant, as their former occupants have resigned! Resignation details are as follows: Kyle Weirauch has resigned from the Student Activities position, Khadijah McGuffie from the Diversity Week position, and Katy Zayan from the Philanthropic chair.

With the black advent of the magnitude 6.1 earthquake that recently devastated Haiti (and the more recent aftershock), Ops Council is considering a philanthropic effort to aid the many quake victims. However, there is one rather large obstacle preventing the possible donations from becoming reality: Ops Council currently has no Philanthropy chair, as Katy Zayan (as mentioned above) resigned from the position some time ago. Technically, the Philanthropic chair is necessary for this action, as he/she would be able to clearly state the goals and methodology of the donations, rather than the rest of the council consigning donations outside of their appointed authority.

Finance Council Meeting, 01/19/2010

Welcome to the first of a theoretically-infinite-part series! For those of you who are unsure about the raison d'être of this kind of post, know this: the Technician is attempting to bring to public light that knowledge which has been retained in the various facets of the Kettering Student Government like so many bits of matter attempting to escape the clutches of a black hole. Onto business:

The Finance Council is about to modify its operation policies, and in those revisions is something that could drastically alter the financial security of the Technician and the Reflector. According to these revisions (which are not final), both of these entities would no longer be covered under the current fundraising policy. The way it currently works is that advertisements are printed in the Technician and Reflector, and money is made: 25% goes to the organization that printed said advertisement, and the other 75% is battled in the Battle of the Bucks. If 75% seems like a bit of a hefty figure, do keep in mind that the Finance Council pays for the printing of both the Technician and Reflector. To obtain this 25% post-revision, the Technician and Reflector would have to fill out a line item transfer to their accounts. The reason for this new level of complexity is an attempt to curb what is deemed “unnecessary spending” by the Finance Council.

On a somewhat less serious note, a new club is about to make it onto the Kettering scene. For those of you who are fans of such illustrious entities as those behind the OpenOffice.org suite, then this may come as a rather pleasant surprise: the Open Source Club is officially in the wings. So what do they plan on doing, anyway? As the name may suggest, the club plans on promoting awareness of – what else? - open-source software (OSS), so by association, anyone who's even remotely interested in the multifarious Linux distributions may want to check it out. If you're also a history buff to some extent and are also interested in OSS, then you may take solace in the fact that there appears to be an overview of OSS's history as part of the Open Source Club's activity.

MLK Day: Volunteer!

Kettering University's Student Civic Engagement Center in partnership with our Michigan Campus Compact - Campus Engagement Fellows will be hosting a day of fun and education for local Flint Middle School students to come to campus and experience what college has to offer them.

In the spirit of living the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Kettering will be inviting 50 middle school age students from The Classical Academy in Flint to Kettering University to learn about the opportunities and benefits of staying in school, studying math and science in High School and realizing their potential to attend college. The participants will take part in a tour of campus, an admissions session, activities in the recreation center, and also opportunities for the students to participate in some of the many hands-on labs that Kettering has to offer. We will be having a special lunch with a keynote speaker, Mr. Patrick McNeal, from My Brother’s Keeper, who will help bring into focus the legacy of Dr. King and the importance of working hard for your dreams.

Please contact Robert Marias at 810-762-9743 or Rmarias@kettering.edu if you would like to participate in this first ever Kettering/MLK Day of Service Program.