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From: marv@vsedev.VSE.COM (Marvin Raab)
Newsgroups: soc.college,comp.edu
Subject: Re: Access to USENET for non-comp sci majors at undergrad institutions
Message-ID: <901@vsedev.VSE.COM>
Date: Sat, 31-Oct-87 23:27:57 EST
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Posted: Sat Oct 31 23:27:57 1987
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References: <515@unirot.UUCP> <894@vsedev.VSE.COM> <1994@ucbcad.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: marv@vsedev.UUCP (Marvin Raab)
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>In article <894@vsedev.VSE.COM> I wrote: 

   I love it! I wonder how many colleges/universities which currently
do not allow students access to electronic networks (BITNET, USENET)
will reconsider if a large portion of recruits include that in their
criteria in choosing a college....Queens College, CUNY: Are you listening?!

In article <1994@ucbcad.berkeley.edu> Max Hauser replies:

 I'm sure that most schools with
some Usenet activity would love to give access to anyone who comes
prepared with, say, their own workstation and disks, and also is
willing to share say 80% of these with others on the campus (which is
what often happens to scarce resources in a university when someone
brings them in -- it would be a good early introduction to the academic
world, a side of it that most undergrads are gloriously ignorant of).

My comments:

   I wouldn't be so sure...I know of many schools which prohibit their 
students from any use of computers for non-classwork activities. In fact,
there is a list somewhere on BITNET for sites to post who can and who
cannot use BITNET at their respective schools. The list informs (warns?)
the net against contacting "unauthorized" users.

  One story I remember from my first year on BITNET (1982) occurred when a 
friend of mine sent a message to a friend at another school. The receiving
school sent a nasty mail file to my site administrator threatening
legal action if it should ever happen again.



                  -marvin

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Marvin Raab                  Arlington, VA 22202            703-521-5449 (h)
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