Issue date: 2/26/09 Section: Campus News

Media Credit: Lydia Gantert Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich discusses campus changes at the Chancellor's Roundtable Wednesday afternoon in the Davies Alumni Room. Topics included campus sustainability, large-scale campus activities and Davies.

Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich discussed laptop requirements, Davies Center and the university's carbon footprint with students Wednesday afternoon in the Alumni Room of Davies Center as part of the monthly Chancellor's Roundtable.

Starting in fall 2009, College of Business students will need to have access to a laptop computer. Business classes that spend more than 25 percent of the class on a computer will be requiring students to bring a laptop with them.

"In today's world of business, more than ever before, the use of the Web … has almost become a necessity," said Tom Dock, dean of business.

Dock also said that faculty members have increasingly begun to integrate the use of the computer into their classes.

One of the objections to this plan was on account of the laptop minimum requirements.

"I came with a laptop, but I bought it in 2006," said junior Student Senate Public Relations Representative Adam Sorelle. "My laptop may not meet these minimum requirements."

Sorelle, who will be graduating next year, is concerned with the idea of having to buy a new laptop for one year.

Dock said there would be a three-year guarantee on the absence of required upgrades, but based on the discussion during the Roundtable, that may be changed to four years so that students wouldn't have to worry about upgrading their laptop during their four-year education. There will also be a lot of software available for free to business students in order to cut down on student spending.

Following the laptop discussion, the Roundtable turned to the new Davies Center project. The university has been working with architects to find a site for the facility, Levin-Stankevich said. There have been some objections to the project because of upcoming budget cuts, but the building is being funded by students, so the money can't go to any other project.

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