Jason Boots, president of the Student Senate at the University of Kansas, may be one of the first successful college candidates to run on a pro-wireless platform: During his campaign, he promised to expand the campus’s network to include a number of unconnected buildings.
Now Mr. Boots is trying to make good on that promise, according to The University Daily Kansan. The student-body president is working with the university’s IT officials on a plan that would bring wireless Web access to high-traffic classrooms, labs, and common areas.
There’s still one matter that Mr. Boots has to solve, though: how to pay for all the new wireless access points. The Student Senate may seek funds from campus departments—or it may have to press for a small tuition increase. —Brock Read
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