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by Melissa Chi in News The Faculty Senate's last meeting of the year missed the presence of its most anticipated guests. Rick Stansley, the chairman of UT's Board of Trustees, and Olivia Summons, one of the co-chairs of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee, were invited to attend the Tuesday meeting. by Dave Hochanadel in News UT Information Technology blocked access to a network used by several popular peer file sharing programs yesterday. This came after receiving a number of illegal use notices from the Recording Industry Association of America. Access at UT to the Gnutella network, which is used for programs such as LimeWire, FrostWire and Cabos, was terminated yesterday evening, according to team leader for quality, communication and security Melissa Crabtree. UT's Student Senate held its last session of the semester on Tuesday night, and during it, two resolutions were passed in hopes of helping students get their opinions to the administration. One of the passed resolutions, written by Student Senators Glenn Mains and Mark D'Apolito, asks UT President Lloyd Jacobs to hold office hours every week. by Melissa Chi in News Students gathered yesterday to fight for the right to defend themselves by carrying concealed weapons on campus. UT Students for Concealed Carry on Campus held a rally this week on campus, led by campus leader Matt Rubin, a freshman majoring in political science and public administration. by Tyler Thomas in News Mike Betz, former Student Government president, said students can expect a lot of progress on Dorr Street development by fall if plans move forward properly. "A large portion of Dorr Street will be developed [by then]," he said. Matthew Schroeder, the director of business enterprise for the UT Foundation said, to date, the foundation has received many requests for information about the development. by Sarah Alfaham in News The AVI Foodsystems Inc. contract with UT ends in July. A search committee, headed by Kaye Patten Wallace, vice president for student affairs, is to make a decision regarding whom to award the next food service contract by May 2. The process begins by sending out requests for proposals, or RFP's. |
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