Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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route students inspect classrooms attcr dark Each night, students carrying backpacks containing e -er Thing from a screwdriver to extra batteries, spare parts to a DVD and videotape, trekked across campus. I ' m lucky tonight, Aaron Kitch, senior in philuM.pln. -jIJ. I l ' ' ' f Cartoon Craze as my DVD and Major League as the video. They try to give us really bad movies so we won ' t sit down and watch them. So, we just watch long enough to see that (the DVD player) turns on correctly. Kitch was one of four student technical assistants in charge of maintaining technology- classrooms (classrooms that may have contained a PC with DVD-ROM drive, laptop audio, ideo and Ethernet connections, VCR DVD player, isual presenter, or an LCD projector). At the beginning of each night, the student technical assistants looked at what needed to be fixed based on reports from teachers and problems from pre nous isits. Most of the problems are preny easily fixed, but it depends on the severity, Kitch said. I ' m trained to fix just about anything. TTie only time I wouldn ' t be able to fix a problem is when a mechanical part needs to be ordered. The student technical assistants went to the rooms Sunday through Friday evenings, and the task list remained the same. The biggest thing we do is make sure the projectors get turned off, Kitch said. I always turn everything on to make sure it works right and then turn it back off. We even get to play with the shades if they are remote controlled. In rooms with chalkboards we have to dust, so (chalk dust) doesn ' t get into the equipment and ruin it o -er time. They took two-hour routes to cover all the classrooms on campus. -Afterward, student technical assistants sent reports about their findings and gave friendly reminders to teachers as needed. Checking the classrooms was beneficial for everyxine: the teachers, students and student technical assistants. It the rooms don ' t get checked, it ' s ine itable: they will ha ¥ a problem in the morning, Kitch said. NX ' e check them to help the teachers, so class nms smoothly. Plus, this job keeps me emplo ' ed, so it ' s important tor e er one. — Qiidin Bums - Kitch busy in the recently renovated lecture hall in Leasure Hall. Renovated rooms had more equipment that needed to be checked. — Oinstopher Honewwidke — iT. C 27 i

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jTAC PROVIDES VARIETY OF SERVICES Found in 214 Hale Library, the Information Technology Assistance Center was a resource for electronic assistance. With a Help Desk, equipment checkout, desktop support. Information Technology Client Services and a Media Development Center, iTAC was prepared to fulfill any technological needs. We support anything related to the IT infrastructure on campus and their personal needs, said Anthony Cobb, iTAC knowledge base manager and Help Desk coordinator. Though each section of iTAC had a specific area of expertise, they attempted to find solutions for every case. Our goal is to be the first point of contact for the 23,000 students on campus and 5,000 faculty and staff for their IT needs at K-State, Rebecca Gould, iTAC director, said. Each night Aaron Kitch, S( nior in philosophy, checks Cardwell Hall. The hall had three rooms that were set up similarly, and made the check easier We usually keep the same route each night. Kitch said. I usually do route three since it ' s the easiest and I ' m there first, so I get to pick. — Christopher Honewinckel — In each room it is important to make sui ' : the computer and video connections are working with the projector Kitch turned everything on and in some rooms he said he also played with the remote controlled shades on the windows. — Christopher Hanewmckei — (26 Student Life

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Known as a date doctoi David Coleman explains the six reasons why long- distance relation ships fail. Coleman talked for a little more than an hour about different aspects of relationships. COLEMAN ' S TIP SHEET Students who attended David Coleman ' s Date Doctor lecture received relationship information in the form of a fill-in-the-blank worksheet. ■ ABC ' S of interest: Attraction Believabillty Chemistry Desire ■ Stages of a relationship: 1. Infatuation 2. Discovery 3. Reality 4. Decision 5. Commitment ■ Traits of a healthy relationship: 1. Trust 2. Respect 3. Intimacy 4. Passion 5. Commitment 28Stu, uLife