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Students, faculty and staff are all urged to Hoop Eagles secure TAAC title donate blood at the Red Cross blood drive to be Blood held Thursday, Feb. 20 from noon to 6 p.m. This drive is sponsored by Delta Tau Delta, and is co- with win over SE Louisiana sponsored by SGA and Resident Life. See Story, Page 5 Drive: ^H The A BLUE EDITION Liked By Many, Action Ads — 8 Comics 9 Cussed By Some, Announcements 2 Features 3 Baseball 6 Police Beat 2 ...Read By Them All W Basketball 5 Opinions 4 Tuesday, February 18,1992 George-Anne Vol. 64 No. 32 •a 912/681-5246 Celebrating 65 years as Georgia Southerns Official Student Newspaper Georgia Southern University • Statesboro, GA 30460 NEWS BRIEFS University of Georgia sets winter enrollment record ATHENS, Ga. (AP)-A total Computer virus invading GSU By Ken Ward of 27,432 students enrolled for Ultimately, Slow destroys all Staff Writer A computer virus is the equivalent of a winter quarter classes at the the information stored in a University of Georgia, settinga Picture this: It's around drive-by shooting. The people who create computer. Slow also has the new record for the period. -midnight on a star-filled capability to attack anti-viral Registrar Bruce Shutt said evening in Statesboro. A stu- viruses are like Jeffrey Dahmer; they're out software. the quarter's enrollment ex- dent, Clark, adds the final The threat of viruses has ceeded the record set in winter touches to his 34 page term to hurt innocent people. These people invoked a strong response in quarter 1991 by 124 students, paper. the form of anti-viral software. or 0.5 percent. Just before typing the last get a real joy out of causing pain. Most of these programs claim Undergraduate enrollment sentence, a picture of Ronald - Mark Stewart, GSU's micro consultant to protect personal computers totals 19,905, an increase of 1 Reagan suddenly bursts on the from damage should they be percent over 1991, and gradu- screen. Clark tries for several for instance, one common virus for laughs. In fact, many of attacked by a virus. The two ate enrollment totals 5,247, up hours to remove Ron; however, most well respected anti-viral is programmed to unleash up- them are downright destruc- 5.9 percent. Enrollment in pro- no matter what he does, Ron disk utility programs are PC heaval on Friday the 13th. tive. Both GSU Mac and IBM fessional schools fell by 71 stu- will not go away. Clark's Central and Scan. "A computer virus is the computers have suffered form dents, or 3.2 percent, to 2,149. computer, like many According to Stewart, one of equivalent of a drive-by shoot- viruses. GSU IBMs have ex- House approves lottery bill computers around campus, is the hardest hit locations on ing," explained GSU's micro perienced one of two devastat- suffering from a viruses. campus is the LRC, which including sales tax consultant and virus warrior, ing viruses: Stoned or Slow. that damage data. Our Mac ATLANTA (AP) - Lottery Like a biological virus that scans their disks everyday; network is well protected by Mark Stewart. "The people The Stoned virus rearranges tickets would carry a sales tax attacks and takes over a living however, due to the large two virus programs that check that create viruses are like files and eventually destroys under a proposed law governing human cell, a computer virus number of students using the all inserted disks." Jeffrey Dahmer; they're out to the hard drive of a computer. how a state-run lottery would contains a set of coded in- facility, there is almost no way Despite all the recent pub- hurt innocent people. These When this occurs, a brief mes- operate in Georgia if voters structions that allow it to in- to stop the virus from spread- licity, viruses are not new. people get a real joy out of sage appears on the screen: approve the concept next fall. vade a host, replicate and in- ing. Since the 1950s, computer re- causing pain. "Your computer is stoned, Ha The Georgia House tacked fect new hosts. searchers have experimented "Many viruses are created Ha Ha!" Like most viruses, the "The main problem we are the sales tax provision onto Gov. Numerous viruses spread with viruses. The term "virus" on college campuses because easiest way for Stoned to enter having in the LRC is students Zell Miller's lottery bill before undetected for an extended showed up in science-fiction students go to class three a computer is for the user to passing viruses from one to the approving it 127-32 Friday and amount of time, waiting for a novels in the early 1970s. hours a day and then they insert a contaminated disk. other," said LRC Technical sending it to the Senate. signal to begin destroying data Viruses have even appeared in have nothing better to do than With the Slow virus, the Resources Coordinator Luis Last year, the Legislature or producing images of ex- comic strips and an episode of create viruses." overall functions of a computer Tovar. 'We have had problems agreed to Miller's plan to allow presidents. The signals vary; Star Trek. Not all viruses are designed are literally slowed down. with Stoned and other viruses voters to decide in next November's general election whether they want the state to operate a lottery with the pro- ceeds earmarked for educa- Students seek tional purposes. This year, Miller is trying to go ahead and set up the lot- tery in advance of the vote. olicy changes "This makes sure we tell the people that, if they approve the lottery, this is where the money is going and it's going from Regents for education," said Miller's floor ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia ing year, but the board is not leader, Rep. DuBose Porter, D- college students want a vote in required to act on them. Dublin. how student fees are spent and In addition to dealing with But Porter said it wasn't a way to complain about pro- student fees and poor profes- fair to charge a tax on a state- fessors who don't make the sors, the students asked the sponsored lottery ticket. grade. regents to consider: 'Take the lottery for what Student government leaders -Evaluating campus em- a lottery is, it's a voluntary tax. from the state's public colleges ployees so that employees can And to tax a voluntary tax is and universities asked the be shifted to other colleges doing something that I don't Board of Regents on Tuesday rather than fired in case of lay- think the people want," he said. to consider changes they say offs. Porter noted the state Block and Tackle will improve campus life. -Adding a clause about sex- doesn't charge a sales tax on its A GSU rugby player is tackled at one of last weekend's tounament games. The GSU rugby team The requests will be consid- ual orientation to colleges' anti- hunting and fishing licenses. "I won with a 3-0 record for the tournament. (Photo by Bob Schwindler) ered by the regents in the com- SEE REGENTS, PAGE 10 think we're being a little in- consistent," he said. Supporters argued that this Sign of would offset any reduction in the times sales tax the state might suffer Five plans discussed for Bulloch Big resume may find if people spent their money on lottery tickets instead of items job for UGA graduate already subject to sales tax. County courthouse expansion They also pointed out the By Brent Parrott Assioclate News Editor ATLANTA(AP)-A would- telephone number in big let- potential windfall to the state's be marketing executive who ters. He also held a sign read- general treasury and to counties A public hearing was held took to the streets wearing his ing: "I Will Work for $25,000 a with local option sales taxes. Tuesday to determine the enlarged resume on a sandwich Year." feasibility of expanding the Harvard denies request to sign was overwhelmed Wed- The head of a public rela- put logo on condoms Bulloch County Courthouse. In expanding the nesday with offers to interview tions firm jotted down Condon's CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) courthouse, the Citizens for work. telephone number and imme- - Harvard University has re- Courthouse Committee, which Pete Condon said he re- diately called him with an in- jected an entrepreneur's re- was appointed three years ago ceived 15 calls on his answer- terview offer. Condon said the quest to market condoms em- by the county commission, is ing machine one day after he interview Wednesday morning blazoned with the school's in- considering five plans. signia. advertised himself in downtown went well, and he expected to The first plan is to expand University officials said Atlanta's rush hour traffic.