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Le Moyne College recognizes the importance for maintaining direct-line of communications with students on campus. In 1999, the college initiated a "port per pillow" project and invested a considerable sum of money to provide each student with their own telephone number and network connection. In the past three years, this concept has faded away and fewer students are bringing telephones to plug in and use. All Le Moyne College students are encouraged to bring personal cell phones to keep in touch with family and friends. We have seen an enormous increase with the growth and popularity of cellular phones. Cellular telephones, along with text messaging, have become the dominant mode of communications among college students. Students of Le Moyne College are required to register their cellular telephone information. This can be accomplished by signing on in ECHO and updating your student profile. You can select to have your cellular telephone information made public or non public for viewing in ECHO. Le Moyne College respects the privacy of this information. Calls to student cellular telephones will be limited strictly to college business and/or emergency contact.
Beginning this Summer/2007, the college will begin installing one college owned telephone within each student room on campus. The college is undertaking a new "hotel style" approach. Similar to a hotel, the room is equipped with a landline telephone which will have a message waiting light to alert for voice mail messages. Since this telephone is the property of the college, no other substitute or replacement telephone will be allowed (including cordless telephone). The telephone will be active with a college telephone number beginning with 315-251-xxxx. The number will be consistent with the room throughout the academic year and will likely change from year to year. The telephone voice mail has been simplified. Much like an answering machine it will be shared among the room occupants and will not need to be set up. When the message waiting light is on, the student only needs to dial into the voice mail system, from the room telephone, to retrieve messages. No password is required. Four digits campus dialing, local calling, and toll free service will be available at no charge. Students will not need to register for phone service as was required previously.
With the adoption of this new concept the Housing Office has instituted a new policy which all resident students will be expected to follow. The policy is as follows:
Telephone System
Each student room within the residential facilities is equipped with a College owned landline telephone which provides local and campus telephone service at no cost to the student. All telephones shall have an assigned telephone number which can be dialed directly from off campus. Students will be informed of the assigned telephone number upon the receipt of their room key and they are encouraged to share individual contact information with family members and friends. Long distance calls can be made from these telephones using a preferred calling card or similar pre-paid calling card service offered through the College.
A shared voice mail box has been created for each of the telephones within the student rooms. Telephones are equipped with a message waiting light to alert students of voice messages. Students should note that because this is a shared voice mail, privacy of message content cannot be established or expected among the room occupants. The voice mail service is designed as a simple answering service and does not require individual set up or a password. Messages can be retrieved by dialing into the system directly from the room telephone. Although messages can be saved in the system, as a matter of courtesy students are expected to inform each other of any messages.
Students are prohibited from removing the telephone or connecting any other telephone devices to the telephone jacks located within the rooms. This includes (but is not limited to) any other corded telephone, cordless telephones, fax machines, modems, adaptors, extension cords, and answering machines. Penalties for violating this policy shall be accessed as follows:
1 st Offense - $50.00
2 nd Offense - $75.00
3 rd Offense - $100.00, referral to Director of Residence Life/Coordinator of Judicial Affairs
The telephones are to be shared among the occupants of the room and courtesy of its use is expected by all. Students are responsible for the telephones within their assigned rooms and are expected to safeguard them as with any other furnishings provided by the College. Any loss, stolen, defaced, or damaged telephone or damage to any of the telephone jacks within the student rooms shall be subject to a damage assessment fee of $50.00.
Penalties for all violations will be assessed to each occupant in the room unless individual responsibility is determined. In all such cases the College shall confiscate any prohibited device found connected to its telephone system.
Students experiencing trouble with a particular telephone or telephone service shall report the trouble immediately to the Technology Help Desk. Students are encouraged to bring and utilize personal cell phones while residing on campus as they are the preferred method of communicating with family and friends.