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YUSU.org branded a complete disgrace

by Editor

After weeks of technical problems, alligations of copyright theft, and huge criticism over the design and content, YUSU.org is again at the centre of contraversy.

It was recently discovered that massively overpayed webmaster Ranny placed malicious code in certain sections of the www.yusu.org website The purpose of this code was to damage the computers of users who accidently viewed the downloads section of the site.

"YUSU.org crashed my computer and I lost hours of work, I don't really know much about computers and I didn't know what to do. I was so shocked."
- Jim, Politics Student

However, Ranny feels that his actions were perfectly justified:

"As we do not want people to read the YU pages before we print the magazine, so I just add a script their, so some stupid person will not able to access the files. Why you try to open this folder then?"
- Ranny, YUSU.org webmaster

However, no-one else seems to share his extreme opinion. Most find his actions utterly deplorable. The strength of feeling regarding this act of blatant act of electronic terrorism have led to various regular york.su users composing an emergency motion to add to the upcoming UGM.

EMERGENCY MOTION: YUSU WEB PRESENCE

This Union Notes:
  1. www.yusu.org
  2. The new YUSU webmaster
  3. The use of mailiciously destructive code on www.yusu.org
  4. That this mailiciously destructive code can crash and cause damage to students' computers including the loss of work
  5. The Web Forums
  6. The removal by the Webmaster of forum postings criticising his use of maliciously destructive code
  7. The hosting location of the website appears to be in America, when perfectly adequete hosting is available within the University.
This Union Further Notes:
  1. The failure of YUSU to proceed with technological advances over the last few years
  2. That most students regularly use e-mail and the web
  3. That some students cannot access websites using Flash, and that by using Flash, YUSU is actively discriminating against visually impared students, who may use screen-readers.
This Union Believes:
  1. That www.yusu.org should be fully accessible to all
  2. That the web is an important tool for communication with students
  3. That YUSU has failed to make full use of the web
This Union Resolves:
  1. To censure the Webmaster for using maliciously destructive code on www.yusu.org, when many other non-destructive techniques were available, and for removing critical formum postings
  2. To ensure that in the event of a repeat of either of these kinds of behaviour, the webmaster will lose his job
This Union Further Resolves:
  1. To mandate the Services Officer to ensure that the complete agendas of future UGMs (including all motions) are available on the web at least 24 hours before the meeting in question
  2. To mandate the Services Officer in conjunction with the Communications Officer to look at ways to improve communication through the web and to report back to the next UGM?
  3. To mandate the Services Officer to ensure that a version of the website which meets the University's standard guide for web accessibility is created with immediate effect
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