PROSTHETIC LEG DOESN’T STOP CHEERLEADER, ATHLETE | Page 6 University of Denver student newspaper since 1899
Vol. 117, Issue 21
October 19, 2010
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Band enlivens Homecoming
Teenage suspect caught in car thefts Nelson garage cars burglarized for electronics BY GEORGE DEMOPOULOS Clarion staff
ANDREW FIELDING
| CLARION
The DU Pep Band performs in the Homecoming Parade that led dozens of student organizations, including fraternities and sororities, through the University Park neighborhood on Saturday. For more photos of the weekend’s events, see page 5. The parade preceded Saturday’s hockey game against Boston College, which the Pioneers lost 3-0.
Students out of DU e-mail system Editor-in-chief
Beginning in March, students will no longer be able to use the university WebMail systembut will be required to register a “preferred” off-campus e-mail address, such as at Gmail, Yahoo or AOL, to which their @du.edu address can be forwarded. The e-mail system for faculty and staff will not change. Students will continue using their DU-provided address of their firstname.lastname@du.edu while they are attending DU. Beginning Oct. 1, DU stopped issuing new e-mail accounts to new students. In the announcement e-mail sent to all students yesterday,
University Technology Services (UTS) urges students to register the address immediately. Once the address is registered, UTS will send a confirmation email and students will have 10 days to move all emails to the new address before their DU e-mail account is deleted permanently. Students may change their “preferred” off-campus e-mail address at any time. According to the e-mail, DU has offered basic e-mail services for more than 20 years, and its current system, using Sun Java, is 6 years old. When the initiative was announced in the spring, Ken Stafford, vice chancellor of communications, said it was at the end of a typical lifespan. He then estimated that a replacement
university-wide system would cost $350,000. In an e-mail sent to all DU faculty and staff last week, UTS said, “Considering the online alternatives, the costs associated with continuing and improving our current services, and after reviewing what other higher education sites are doing, the university decided to no longer compete with the low-cost and free email services available to students.” Currently, DU spends around $100,000 per year on e-mail security initiatives, which block some 2 million span messages per day. On a bad day, the DU mail server is hit with 24 spam e-mails, separate from the ones marked “suspicious.” Already, more than half of DU students forward their uni-
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versity e-mails to another account, Stafford said in the spring. Another alternative considered in the search for a new e-mail system as Gmail, however Google could not guarantee privacy, and according to Stafford, the university couldn’t receive answers on the process for holding or archiving e-mails for legal issues. Students’ DU e-mail addresses will remain active until 290 days after graduation, or when students stop taking classes. To register the “preferred” e-mail address, visit myweb. du.edu, select “Personal Information,” then “Update e-mail addresses.” Students with questions may contact the UTS helpdesk at 303-871-4700 or visit www.du.edu/studentemail.
“The bicycle was taken into custody.” POLICE REPORT | Page 3
Campus Safety apprehended a suspect who allegedly stole expensive electronics from cars on and around campus. The suspect was described as a high school student. He was detained when he was seen on a surveillance tape in the parking garage under Nelson Hall. “We had caught the suspect on film breaking into cars before,” Capt. Michael Holt of Campus Safety said. “A dispatcher saw someone matching the appearance of the thief and called it in to us,” Holt said. He added that the dispatcher recognized the suspect because he was wearing the same clothes as when he had previously been witnessed breaking into cars on surveillance tape. When confronted by Campus Safety officers in the Nelson parking garage, the suspect confessed to previous thefts. Campus Safety called the Denver Police Department and officers took the suspect into custody. Holt said the suspect had only been entering unlocked cars, not breaking into them. In most cases, he took electronics such as iPods or GPS units and occasionally took cash left in plain view. Denver Police and Campus Safety are attempting to locate the stolen items. However, tracking down stolen goods and devices could be difficult according to Holt. “We think the thief sold the items he stole on a website like eBay or Craigslist,” said Holt, adding that it is unlikely the stolen items will be recovered. Besides the burglaries in Nelson garage, more than 40 cars have been stolen from campus lots and nearby streets. No suspects have been identified in the car thefts thus far.
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