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***************************************************** Edupage is a service of EDUCAUSE, a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. ***************************************************** TOP STORIES FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2006 Internet2 Provides Details of Abilene Replacement Finding out What College Students Do Online Feds Sue to Protect NSA Activities INTERNET2 PROVIDES DETAILS OF ABILENE REPLACEMENT Following a decision to let its current contract with Qwest expire in 2007, Internet2 has announced that the network that will replace Abilene will be built by Level 3 Communications and Internet2. Douglas Van Houweling, president of Internet2, said that in addition to common Internet transmissions, the new network will allow researchers to establish high-speed circuits for special demands on an as-needed basis. Harvey Newman, physics professor at the California Institute of Technology, said that offering researchers a somewhat dynamic network, one that can be modified and adjusted to meet varying demands, will "spark creativity in the way we exploit networks." Van Houweling said that the costs to Internet2 member institutions will not change considerably when the new network debuts. Internet2's new network is expected to be running in about a year. Chronicle of Higher Education, 15 June 2006 (sub. req'd) http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/06/2006061501t.htm FINDING OUT WHAT COLLEGE STUDENTS DO ONLINE A new study by an assistant professor of communications and sociology at Northwestern University attempts to identify what today's college students spend most of their time online doing. Based on her survey of more than 1,300 students at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Eszter Hargittai said that a number of common assumptions about students and the Internet turned out to be wrong. Most notably, the notion that college students follow politics online, and on blogs specifically, was not born out by Hargittai's study. Although about one-third of respondents said they have their own blogs, very few write about politics. Similarly small numbers of students visit political blogs. Social sites, on the other hand, draw considerable numbers of students. Fifty-one percent of respondents said they have visited MySpace, and 78 percent have visited Facebook. Students also reported using the Web for research, to download music, or to read news. Inside Higher Ed, 16 June 2006 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/06/16/internet FEDS SUE TO PROTECT NSA ACTIVITIES The U.S. Justice Department has filed suit against the attorney general of New Jersey to prevent her from finding out whether telecom companies in the state have provided customer information to the National Security Agency (NSA). An uproar followed the reporting last month that several companies had given call data to the NSA as part of its efforts to find and fight terrorists. Citing a range of privacy concerns, many objected to those transfers of information and filed lawsuits to prevent further such cooperation. Zulmia Farber, attorney general of New Jersey, sent subpoenas to a number of telecom companies, seeking to find out whether they had provided data to the NSA. The new lawsuit from the Justice Department argues that complying with those subpoenas would reveal information that would ultimately threaten national security. The suit claims that Farber does not have the authority to request such information. CNET, 16 June 2006 http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6084665.html ***************************************************** EDUPAGE INFORMATION To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your settings, or access the Edupage archive, visit http://www.educause.edu/Edupage/639 Or, you can subscribe or unsubscribe by sending e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE, in the body of the message type: SUBSCRIBE Edupage YourFirstName YourLastName To UNSUBSCRIBE, in the body of the message type: SIGNOFF Edupage If you have subscription problems, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***************************************************** OTHER EDUCAUSE RESOURCES The EDUCAUSE Resource Center is a repository for information concerning use and management of IT in higher education. To access resources including articles, books, conference sessions, contracts, effective practices, plans, policies, position descriptions, and blog content, go to http://www.educause.edu/resources ***************************************************** CONFERENCES For information on all EDUCAUSE learning and networking opportunities, see http://www.educause.edu/31 ***************************************************** COPYRIGHT Edupage copyright (c) 2006, EDUCAUSE |
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