A new student organization focused on network security has surfaced on campus called the IU Southeast Computer Security Group. The goals of the group are to inform students about Internet computer threats, create new credit courses for computer security training on campus and attend competitions against other universities. Currently, the group has 17 members.

IU Bloomington has launched a new high-speed Internet service for research and education, which is now available to IU Southeast. The new Monon100 network link is an Internet speed upgrade from 10 to 100 gigabytes per second, making it one of the fastest in the nation. The purpose of the upgrade is to expedite access to IU Bloomington’s super computer, or “Big Red,” in order to compute enormous volumes of data involved in certain types of research.

The Republican primary season is underway as the United States heads toward the 2012 presidential election in November. To explain the primary process to students, a panel of five IUS professors held a lecture in the University Center on Jan. 31. The main topics discussed were primaries, caucuses and the general processes of public selection for political candidates. Within the rules decided by the Democratic and Republican Party committees, each state is free to choose their process of candidate selection. The two processes are primaries and caucuses.

The IUS women’s basketball team lost to Asbury on Jan. 26 with a final score of 76-73. The game was packed with hard fouls, scrums on the floor for loose balls and a double technical foul. The opening tip went to the Eagles as they pushed it up and down the floor for several early baskets.

Jacquelyn Reid, professor of nursing, spoke to students about healthy lifestyles on Jan. 18. The lecture was part of the Common Experience series. Reid has taught at IU Southeast for more than 10 years and said she accepted the opportunity to speak to students outside of her program. “I felt like I could put a presentation together that would relate to a cross section of students,” Reid said. The speech intended to educate students about health and wellness and to present several Internet resources for continuing education.