COMPUTER SCIENCE NEWSLETTER Department of Computer Science January 30, 2002
MSDN Software Available for Student/Faculty Use		The Computer Science Department will begin providing MSDN software CDs to department faculty, staff, and students starting on Friday, February 1, 2002. As many of you are aware, the Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance is an educational program that includes the most current Microsoft developer tools, platforms, and servers for research and educational development. The software includes everything produced by Microsoft except MS Office Suite. Many of the popular software used by students can now be used with no cost to students. All costs in the production of the distribution CDs are being paid for with student fee fund. The MSDN program includes Driver Development Kits, Software Development Kits, service packs, Beta versions, as well as some major software packages, including: · MSDN Library (2 discs) · Windows 2000 Professional (1 disc) · Windows XP Professional (1 disc) · Windows earlier versions: 98, ME, and CE (3 discs) · SQL Server 2000 (1 disc) · Exchange 2000 Server (1 disc) · Visio 2002 (version 7.0) (1 disc) · Visual Studio 6.0 (2 discs) · Visual Studio .NET (4 discs) MSDN CDs will be available in the Systems Administration office in 541-PGH to checkout for three business days. Proof of major in the CS Department will be required of students. Access to MSDN materials is restricted to the terms of the MSDNAA license agreement, which is posted at http://register.msdnaa.net/membership.asp, and information on this program can be found at the MSDNAA homepage, http://www.msdnaa.net. If you are engaging in software development or research in the CS Department that can benefit from access to these applications and developer tools, come by PGH room 541 and take a look at the software available through the MSDN Academic Alliance.
Academic Honesty Violations Taken Seriously		All students should take academic honesty seriously according to a statistics compiled by the Dean’s Office of NSM. The violation ranges from copying someone else program, improperly using other people’s publication, to cheating during examinations. During the last calendar year, 48 students were accused of violating the honesty policy in the 6 departments in NSM. Thirty-eight of them were found guilty by the departments. Eleven of them appealed to the college. All of eleven students were found guilty by a college level committee of faculty and students. Typical penalty for the violation in COSC resulted in an F grade for the student. However, some of the students were given more sever penalties such as probation, suspension of one or more semesters, and expulsion. A finding of guilt at the college level resulted in a permanent mark on the academic record of the student in addition to sanctions applied.