News - Jun 2007

Jun 27 2007 - MESSAGE FROM THE UIC POLICE

Tuesday, around 4:50 p.m., a UIC employee was the victim of a robbery and abduction in the 700 block of south Wood Street.

The victim reported that a female black offender approached her from the rear, placed a knife to her back, and forced her into a white vehicle of unknown make and model. A second female black offender was driving.

The first offender took the victim's wallet and removed currency. The offenders proceeded to drive the victim to an ATM, where they demanded that she withdraw more money. The offenders then drove the victim back to Harrison and Wolcott, where they forced her out of the car and fled the scene.

Anyone with information is asked to call Chicago Police Area 4 detectives at (312) 746-8253 or the UIC Police at (312) 996-2830. UIC Police will be involved with CPD in the investigation through the Joint Robbery Task Force.

*** UIC Police strongly recommend complying with an armed offender's demand for property or valuables, but resisting a demand to enter a vehicle if possible.

Other tips:
--be aware of your surroundings
--try to travel in groups
--use well-lit walkways
--on campus, look for the location of the nearest emergency call box (there are more than 1,000 across campus)
--the emergency number for UIC Police is 996-HELP (4357).

Jun 27 2007 - The argo system will be brought down on Thursday, June 28 at 10AM; all running jobs will be terminated prior to shutdown. Reason: hardware upgrade. Estimated downtime: 8 hours.

Jun 25 2007 - We started haivng problems with west side routers at 9:25am. We are currently looking into the problem and do not have an estimate at this time as to when the probelm will be fixed. NOC

Jun 25 2007 - The westside network came back up at 11:14am. We are still looking into the cause of the problem. -NOC

Jun 19 2007 - Listserv performance, especially in regards to the web interface, has been improved. After experimentation and consulting with Listserv's vendor, a new performance configuration has been implemented which drastically reduces the resources and time needed to complete certain queries. Management of large and very large lists, and site-wide operations no longer negatively affect the performance of the Listserv product as a whole. Listserv's web interface at http://listserv.uic.edu is now more responsive.

-- ACCC Listmaster