New telephone system in works

The College will upgrade its current telephone system in the coming year, which could allow it to add new features like voice mail to campus telephones, administrators announced yesterday. According to a statement from Telephone Services, the new system should eliminate many current problems including frequent difficulty making outside calls and cross-talk, when phone lines are temporarily crossed and several conversations can be heard on the same line. The current system, installed in 1981, is now technologically obsolete.