2A - Wednesday, February 4, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MON0AY~ TUESDAY; ' ' THURSDAY: MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY:i THURSDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Campus Characters -xplained Before You Were Here Y SOME RESiNE HALLS AREN'T d rLEmS Findingf a signal In the dorms FRIDAY: Photos of the Week Finding a comfortable place to browse Facebook in a dorm room can be tough. Without wireless Internet available in most resi- dence halls, using the Internet means struggling to stay plugged in. This isn't a concern in the recently renovated Mosher-Jordan Residence Hall, which is complete- ly wireless. And once Stockwell Hall and North Quad open they will also be equipped with wire- less - but what about the rest of the dorms? Peter Logan, University Housing spokesman, said one of the major challenges for installing wireless in dorms is funding. Logan said that University Housing is a self-sustaining unit with basic revenue that comes from student room and board rates. As a result, Housing has to prioritize plumbing and electrical improve- ments and heating and roofing repairs over installing wireless. "University Housing recog- nizes wireless is important but it's expensive," Logan said. He added that it can cost sev- eral thousands of dollars to install wireless access points throughout an entire residence hall, especially in dorms like West Quad and East Quad with complicated hallways. "The larger and more complex the building, the more it costs to run wiring for the wireless access points," Logan said. "In some halls, existing conduit may work, in oth- ers there have to be new wiring channels constructed." But the renovations of Mosher- Jordan and Stockwell required entire sections of walls to be taken down, making it easy to installwire- less as part of the reconstruction. Though it's expensive, Logan said Housing officials are looking to add wireless to certain locations in the residence halls. To help pri- oritize prime wireless spots, Hous- ing is working with an advisory group within the Residence Halls Association. This advisory group suggested that Housing officials should focus first on installing wireless on North Campus.' As of right now, one wing of Burs- ley Hall is equipped with wireless, and by the end of the academic year, a second wing will be equipped, which will constitute half of the resi- dence hall. Housingofficials and RHA are also workingon installing wireless in chief study areas in the dorms. 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