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Lab Policies
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No person or persons
shall use the computing facilities of the University without due authorization.
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You must not use
computing resources allocated to another person or group.
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You must not by
any willful or deliberate act jeopardize the integrity of computing equipment,
networks, programs, or other stored information.
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You are expected
to treat as privileged any information not provided or created by you which
may become available to you through your use of these resources; you must
not copy, modify, disassemble or use any part of such information without
permission of the appropriate person or body.
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St. Thomas University
is the owner and operator of these facilities. When there is evidence of
problems, authorized personnel may examine files and systems in order to
identify the cause.
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Improper use of
IT Services may result in withdrawal of access privileges or other
penalties. The following (but not limited to the following) may be considered
improper:
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Use of another's
login id
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Frivolous use of
any workstation, computer or network, e.g., playing games.
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Inspection of data
or functions which are neither allotted to you, nor specified as public
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Inspection of data
which have to do with utilization, authorization or security
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Modification of
data which are not specifically created or assigned to you
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Interference with
other persons accessing the systems, networks or equipment
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Destruction of
data or property which is not owned by you
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Attempting to gain
access to another's resources, programs, or data
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Use of another's
programs or data without their permission
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Sending obscene
or vulgar messages or pictures (A message is considered to be obscene or
vulgar if it is perceived as such by the recipient)
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Abusive or destructive
use of hardware or public software
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Use of facilities
for personal or corporate gain (Examples of such use include the sale of
computer programs or results developed under an internal login id.)
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Improper use of
facilities in accordance with and prioritized by University Policy
7. You are expected
to:
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Be responsible
for the use of your login id. You should make appropriate use of security
features and take precautions against others obtaining access to your computing
resources. You are responsible for any fees incurred by its use.
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Refrain from engaging
in deliberately wasteful practices such as: unnecessary holding of workstations
or telecommunications lines producing unnecessarily large printer listings,
performing unnecessary computations, creating and retaining unnecessarily
large files and unnecessary holding of peripheral equipment.
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utilize efficient
and effective techniques for program execution.
Our Policy on
Food and Drink in the Lab.
Why is food
and drink forbidden in the lab? Well there are a number of reasons for
this. It is our responsibility as well as yours to create a safe and clean
environment to work in. The computer labs are for academic use and should
facilitate this purpose. Even with this policy in place we have found in
the past, old food and garbage behind and around the computers. Also, drinks
have been spilled and bottles full of juice have been dropped and broken
on the ground.
All of these
things not only lower the quality of the atmosphere in the lab, but are
also hazards to the students who use them. Paper and liquid on the floor
are established slip hazards and paper in and around the computers are
fire hazards.
When keyboards
and other computer hardware are broken because of spills, it is one less
computer for you to use, and it is up to IT Services to replace
them not the student who did the actual spilling.
We have this
food and drink policy in place to not only protect ourselves but to protect
you, and to offer students a safe, clean and pleasant atmosphere to work
in. Drinks and other food items may be placed in your bags or left on the
table in front of the help desk. All we ask is that you keep them away
from the computer hardware thus preserving the quality of the St. Thomas
computer labs.
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