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Websense Enterprise blocks school web pages
MVNC homepage described as “Tasteless” by Websense Enterprise
Mr. Lemonhead, news editor
Mt. Vernon, Ohio - As students become more and more familiar with the use of the Internet, so increases the constant need for school officials to determine what can and cannot be viewed by students. For the 2001-2002 school year, the MVNC computing offices have teamed up with the company Websense Enterprise. Websense president, Carl Spencer describes his organization as an “anally retentive filter of viable information.”
As ridiculous as it may seem, it is solely for the protection of the students. Said one school official, “These years are considered very vital in the development of each individual. It is a time where they must formulate opinions and discover what exactly they believe. Knowing this, we simply filter anything and everything that may persuade students to believe anything other than what we, the college, believe.”
Though this process seems somewhat unorthodox, it has done just as it was set to do: create Nazarene zombies. However, in recent weeks, an error has occurred, blocking students from accessing www.mvnc.edu , the official site of Mount Vernon Nazarene College. When attempting to access this informatively bland page, students are prompted by Websense of its inappropriateness, deeming the site “tasteless.”
When questioned, Spencer and other Websense officials described the blocking as intentional and permanent saying, “We simply cannot sit by and allow these youth to be exposed to such tastelessness.”
Despite desperate pleas from the MVNC computing office, the board of trustees of Websense is standing firm in its censorship policy. However, provided that the school clean up its current web page, Websense has agreed to lift the filter in time for the 2004-2005 school year.
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