Wednesday, May 18, 1994 - The Michigan Daily - 3
8f'U' to switch e-mail systems

Unix to replace
MTS for new first-
year students
By Julie Becker
DAILY STAFF REPORTER
This fall, students at the University
will be introduced to a whole new
system of electronic communication.
For the first time, incoming stu-
dents will not be encouraged to set up
MichiganTerminal System (MTS)ac-
counts for e-mail and other computer
needs. Rather, they will be given ac-
counts on the new, Unix-based system.
Contrary topopularrumor, MTS is
notleaving campus, atleast not imme-
diately. The system, which was devel-
oped at the University and has been in
place for 26 years, will be around until
at least June 1995.
MTS is becoming an obsolete sys-
temasotheruniversitiesandbusinesses
turn to the more universal Unixsystem.
In response, the University is gradually
phasing out MTS in favor of the more
versatile and widely applicable Unix-
based system.
Kitty Bridges, directorof theInfor-
mation Technology Division's (ITD)
Future Computing Environment
Project, said MTS is not applicable
anyplace but the University.
"The University is training students

on a system they will use nowhere else
in their lives,"Bridges said.
Bridges also said the new systemis
an improvement because its software
looks more like other Macintosh win-
dow programs, rather than the separate
formatcurrently used by MTS.
The most significant change for
students will be in e-mail. Pine -the
new Unix program-is already avail-
able to students who request it.
"A lot of people are hearing horror
storiesofMTSdisappearing, andcom-
ing in and wanting help, so we're get-
ting them setup," said School ofMusic
senior Michael Todd Glazier, an ITD
consultant at Angell Hall.
When students want to set up an
account, they receive a "quicknote"-
a set of instructions composed by ITD
for campus computing sites - that
tells them how to get started on the new
system.
"It'spretty self-explanatory," said
Glazier.
Pine differs from the MTS e-mail
system because the commands are on
the screen at all times, making them
easier for first-time users to learn.
Incoming messages are displayed
in menu form and can be retrieved in
any order, rather than one by one as
with the current system. The format of
Pine also allows outgoing messages to
be more easily edited.

In general, Glazier said, Pine is "a
more user-friendlyenvironment" than
MTS e-mail.
Many students who have used Pine
agree.
"Ilike it better than MTS. It's easier
to use and there's more things you can
do," said School of Pharmacy third-
yearstudentJillBurkiewicz. Sheheard
about Pine from a friend, an ITD con-
sultant, who encouraged her to switch
from MTS to Pine.
Togetpeopleintroducedtothenew
system, the University is planning to
targetnew students. It will set students
who request accounts up with Pine and
makeobtaininganMTSaccountasepa-
rate step. This differs from previous
years, when students who requested
computer funds were automatically
given MTS accounts.
As for current MTS users, they can
usetheoldsystemforatleastonemore
year,butatsomepointMTS willdisap-
pear, forcing everyone to use Unix.
Glazier said the University is at-
tempting to make it "as inviting as
possible," so that when MTS does dis-
appear it will come as less of a shock.
Howeversomestudents donotlook
forward to learning the new system.
"Itseemskindofbothersome,"LSA
junior Tamiko Nicholson said. "It took
a lot to learn MTS, and now we have to
learn something new."

She's like butter
Barbra Streisand sings in her first Detroit area performance since 1961.
Former 'M' hockey player to
face trial for sexual assault

By James M. Nash
DAILY EDITOR IN CHIEF
Brian Wiseman, a former Michi-
gan hockey captain, is expected to
stand trial this fall on charges of sexu-
ally assaulting a teen-agerin Chatham,
Ontario.
A trial date for Wiseman will be set
at a hearing scheduled for next Friday
On Chatham's Assignment Court. He
and Cory Beausejour, a friend from
Grande Pointe, Ontario, face impris-
onment of up to 24 years on charges of
sexual assault and being a party to a
sexual assault.
Although Canadian courts have
banned the media from releasing details
on the case, the Chatham Daily News
reported that the charges stem from an
scident in the summer of 1991 involv-
ing a Chatham area teen-ager.
The charges were filed Aug. 31,
1991. In a preliminary hearing in
Chatham on April 14, Wiseman
pleaded not guilty to both counts.

Wiseman and Beausejour each
could be sentenced to 14 years on the
charge of being party to an assault
and 10 years on the assault charge.
Wiseman is expected to stand trial
in the fall. Chatham's High Court
adjourns for the summer and recon-
venes Sept. 6.
Wiseman and Athletic Director
Joe Roberson have refused to com-
ment on the case. Bruce Madej, a
spokesperson for the Athletic De-
partment, said in a statement that
officials "have confidence in Brian."
Contacted yesterday, Madej declined
further comment, except to say: "He
pleaded not guilty - that's what he
said. Idon't want to say anything that
would upset the prosecution."
Chatham police did not return
phone calls yesterday.
Wiseman, is the second all-time
leading scorer in University of Michi-
gan hockey history. He is the all-time
assists leader.

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