Education Technology Services has refused to release 20 new computers to the De Anza College student senate since the start of 2005, according to Erik Side, vice-president of technology for the DASB senate.
Last summer, the senate purchased 20 Dell computers to support the student government.
Two computers are for the Inter-Club Council offices and the other 18 will go to the senate offices.
However, the administration believes that rewiring is necessary to handle the strain of additional computers, Side stated in an e-mail to La Voz.
According to Side, no estimate has been made about the cost of rewiring because the administration has not decided how much rewiring needs to be done.”What I am planning to do, is get as many [computers] as they will let me because I am not going to be here in fall and we need these computers right now.”
The 40 members of the senate currently share three office computers, one paid for by the DASB and two of which were donated.
Side believes the computers will also attract qualified candidates for positions within the student senate.
“One reason I think we need the Dells is not just to serve the students and campus, but to attract talent to the Senate,” Side stated.