Tengkia Times - NUS Section

Raids in E2 pc cluster

This week saw the sudden step up in efforts of the authorities in NUS to cut down the recently increasing abuse of computer terminals in the pc clusters in block E2.

Raids were conducted daily in the afternoon, and numerous students were caught violating the rules or having undesirable behaviour. Offences include:

• installation and playing of games


• watching videos


• tilting the monitor sideways


• students from other faculties coming over to use the facilities

Offenders caught in the act had their matriculation numbers taken down by the authorities and a warning was sent to each of offender.

There was a noted trend of rising number of students playing LAN (local area network) games, mainly Warcraft 3 and Counterstrike in the clusters over the past 2 months. These students are mostly in their final year and have completed their final year projects and exams. Thus the spare time on their hands are spent on entertainment - where else can be a better place than the facilities provided by the campus.