The use of Bucknell resources is a privilege, not a right, and is granted under the conditions of appropriate usage as stated in this policy. By using Bucknell's network, computing facilities, resources, and accounts, users agree to the guidelines contained herein.
General Guidelines
...Do not be destructive or malicious...
Appropriate Use
Use consistent with the educational mission of Bucknell University.
Use for purposes of, or in support of, education and research.
Use related to administrative and other support activities of the University...
Community Responsibilities
Do not use university resources (including, for example, e-mail, web pages, or newsgroups) to defame, harass, intimidate or threaten any other person(s), or to promote bigotry or discrimination...
Do not publish, post, transmit, or otherwise make available content that is copyrighted, obscene, or legally objectionable...
Ethical Use
...Do not forge, maliciously disguise or misrepresent your personal identity. This policy does not prohibit users from engaging in anonymous communications, providing that such communications do not otherwise violate the Appropriate Usage Policy...
Enforcement of the Appropriate Usage Policy
To insure adherence to the Appropriate Usage Policy and to protect the integrity of Bucknell's computing resources, ISR reserves the right to monitor the network and computers attached to it. In addition, ISR shall have the authority to examine files and account information, and to test passwords, to protect the security of Bucknell's network, computing resources and its users.
Reporting AUP Violations
Reports of problems or violations should be made on the Abuse Report Form.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Appropriate Use Policy
I don't know why, but somehow, reviewing a few highlights of Bucknell University's computer resources policy seemed like it might be--what's the word?--appropriate...
Whoa! Is there a single tenet of the Fair Use Policy that HASN'T been violated by a certain employee of Bucknell University over the past two months?
ReplyDeleteGood thing he's such a shining star in the academic firmament, beloved by his students, his fellow academics, administrators and the Great Unwashed public. His published research projects must be flying off of the bookseller's shelves.
Otherwise, he might find himself in the same boat as Michael Bellesiles of Emory University, who's dishonesty was so legendary that even the people who agreed with his ideology were repulsed enough to publicly bust him.
IMHO, there are two driving motivations behind the desire ban guns. 1) Compassion, and 2) Control.
However misguided I find that they may be, I have some respect for the heart of people who earnestly believe that gun control will make people nicer to each other. These are decent people, and they treat everyone decently. You don't see or hear much of them, because they aren't the ones shrieking invective at other people in public.
But the dark side is control, advocated by people who's contempt for other human beings is the abbatoir of human ambition. The desire to control others is a pathway through a slaughterhouse.
And the bitterly ironic fact is that people like Paul Helmke and Professor Alexander Tristan Riley don't have the slightest inkling of the historical fact that, in the 20th Century, in those nations where the People Controllers successfully implemented their revolution, it was always a bloodbath.
And who were the first people up against the wall?
College professors and politicians.