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TECHNIQUE Men’S Lacrosse Defeats #15 Students Place in National “The South’S Liveliest College Newspaper” Ranked Auburn Friday, April 18, 2003 Taking down the Tigers! Making paper airplanes! Tech TECHNIQUE Men’s Lacrosse defeats #15 students place in national “The South’s Liveliest College Newspaper” ranked Auburn. paper gliding competition. ONLINE http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/technique SPORTS page 29 FOCUS page 13 Serving Georgia Tech since 1911 • Volume 88, Issue 31 • 32 pages Opinions␣ 6 · Wall Street Journal · Focus␣ 13 · Entertainment␣ 19 · Comics␣ 24 · Sports␣ 32 Sharing Opinions on the War in Iraq BuzzCard maker silences student By Tim Cailloux CampusWide to Tech, served Hoff- Senior News Photographer man with a temporary restraining order that kept him from giving his At a computer security confer- presentation. ence last weekend, Billy Hoffman, Hoffman planned to present in- a fourth year CS major, planned to formation on the network protocol present his research on Campus- used by the BuzzCard readers and Wide, the network the BuzzCard demonstrate his version of a reader system uses. that could be used as any other nor- Hoffman began researching ways mal reader connected to the the system could be circumnavigat- BuzzCard network. ed nearly two years ago. His research Along with Virgil Griffith, an led to the discovery that it is possi- Alabama University at New Col- ble to fool the system into thinking lege student, Hoffman explored the that a real BuzzCard was used when protocol used by the BuzzCard read- in fact, one was not. This flaw would, ers to see how it worked and what for example, allow someone to get information was being transmitted. free laundry service. The readers send all data to the cen- When the number of sexual as- tral server via a communications stan- saults on campus increased, Hoff- dard known as RS-485; in other man started investigating how the words, the data is sent across the By Scott Meuleners / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS system could be used to gain unau- campus local area network via a spe- College Republicans chair Alexander Brunk voices his opinion at a war in Iraq teach-in last Friday. The thorized access to dorms and other cial computer interface. event, sponsored by Amnesty International and the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, buildings. Under Sega v. Accolade, the Ninth featured speakers including President Clough, students and others members of the Atlanta community. Early Saturday morning, Black- board Inc., the company that sells See BuzzCard, page 5 Woodystock to Board of Regents SARS scare cancels Asia trips rock April 19 By Daniel Amick are global centers for interna- the disease is unknown. approves new major The eighth incarnation of Assistant News Editor tional trade and logistics, the per- “I understand that common Woodystock will be held Satur- By Tony Kluemper fect laboratories for industrial flu is a bigger killer than day, April 19, from 1 p.m. until News Editor Uncertainty and concern over engineers. Unfortunately, both SARS…but at least it’s more dark in the FE commons on East Severe Acute Respiratory Syn- cities are also at the heart of the understood. There are ways to Campus. The music festival will In an attempt to greater diversify the drome (SARS) has forced Geor- SARS outbreak. Since Novem- deal with it. But with SARS we feature three local Tech bands, majors available at Tech, the Board of Re- gia Tech to cancel two summer ber, the virus has killed 56 peo- don’t know how to deal with it. including Weberdog. Woodys- gents approved a new joint degree at its study abroad programs. Both pro- ple in Hong Kong and 12 in People put on masks. Does that tock is free. Hamburgers, hot- April meeting. The new degree will com- grams involved travel to China Singapore. have any effect? Nobody knows,” dogs and soft drinks will be bine the School of Modern Language and or Southeast Asia, where SARS At first, Zhou was reluctant said Zhou. provided. The event was created the School of Economics. originated, and where the dis- to cancel the program completely. “I was upset at first, because I four years ago by FE Peer Leader According to Phil McKnight, professor ease has hit hardest. He explored the possibility of thought [SARS] would maybe Cole Getzler. and chair of Modern Language, the degree An Industrial Engineering studying at Mexico’s Monter- go away,” said Lee Frankstone, a will offer students a choice of four different program involving ten weeks of rey Tech, but there was not student who had signed up for language concentrations: French, German, study in Hong Kong and Sin- enough time to create a new pro- the program. However, Frank- Tech to celebrate Japanese and Spanish. gapore was cancelled April 3. gram from the ground up. Zhou, stone said that he understands “This new degree is driven by the im- “We were all set to go,” said in consultation with another pro- the cancellation. 2003 Earth Day pact of globalization and the need for orga- Professor Chen Zhou, head of fessor and the Office of Interna- “I think, overall, [those in nizations to have employees who understand the IE program. “We had bought tional Education (OIE), decided charge of the program] made An Earth Day celebration will the tickets and everything. Peo- cancellation was the best option. the right decision, even though be held at the Campanile April See Major, page 4 ple were feeling really excited.” He said SARS should be taken 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Hong Kong and Singapore seriously because much about See SARS, page 4 celebration will feature live en- tertainment, alternative-fuel ve- hicles, a side walk chalk contest and in-line skating. The Nike Wilcox announces December retirement plans Reuse-a-Shoe program will also be present. Nike will collect 5,000 By Stephen Baehl grant obtained for Georgia Tech to old sneakers and use the materi- Copy Editor “Watching people grow through undertake GT SMART to reduce al to make Georgia Tech a new their Georgia Tech experience high-risk drinking, Georgia Tech’s basketball court or athletic field. After 42 years of service in higher first Women’s Resource Center, education, the past six of which have and knowing that I played some Ramblin’ Nights, the When the been at Tech, Vice President of Stu- small part in that is great.” Whistle Blows Ceremony, and a Finals, Midnight dent Affairs Lee Wilcox will retire broadened academic integrity ini- this December. Lee Wilcox tiative.” Breakfast return Despite the fact that, as Wilcox Vice President of Student Affairs Most notable, however, is his role Dead Week begins Monday, said, “Working in student affairs re- in the conception and development April 21. Finals week begins April ally keeps you young,” he felt it was of SAC II. “I’ve put more time in on 28. The finals schedule is posted time to retire. “I wanted to enjoy student affairs division.” Watson. “He faithfully worked to SAC II than any other single thing,” on www.oscarweb.gatech.edu. recreation and travel while I still Wilcox said a summary of his job help the student body on numerous said Wilcox. If you are looking for a study could,” he said. is to “represent student interests within issues, from the Student Bill of Rights Wilcox also worked on the Stu- break, check out Midnight Break- Wilcox came to Tech in June 1997 the administration.” to the Academic Life fund.” dent Leadership Initiative, improv- fast on Tuesday April 29. Stu- following “a period of a decade or so However, he did so much more Wilcox oversaw many other im- ing diversity at Tech, and, on the dent government will provide where our student affairs operations than that. provements to student life at Tech, whole, “trying to promote a sense of free breakfast food to students had languished for lack of leader- “Dr. Wilcox is a true friend of the as well. According to Clough’s email community; in other words, trying from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m in the ship,” said President Wayne Clough. student body,” said undergraduate announcing Wilcox’s retirement, Student Center Food Court. Pro- “He restored the credibility of the SGA Executive Vice President Nate “New activities included the major See Wilcox, page 4 fessors will serve the meal. 2 • Friday, April 18, 2003 • Technique NEWS Technique Online Voice Your Opinion! From the archives... Last issue’s poll garnered 49 responses to the question: “What is the most important step administrators should take to improve safety on campus?” The Nique’s top stories from: years ago: April 23, 1993—The Office of Information Tech- nology announced that Georgia Tech may soon require all 10 students to own their own PC. Budget shortfalls made the option appealing to administrators because it would allow them to eliminate all computer clusters on campus. years ago: April 22, 1983—A lab on the fourth floor of the Physics Building was damaged when 20 a high pressure reaction vessel ruptured. The vessel contained clay and heavy water at a temper- ature of 500 degrees Centigrade and a pressure of 30,000 pounds per square inch when it exploded. years ago: April 20, 1973—A safety valve released a massive amount of 30 steam in Harris dorm. A consensus editorial called students who repeat- edly vandalized the steam compres- Image by Ian Clark / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS sor in front of Tech Tower hypocrites. This week’s poll question relates to the student accused of hacking The vandals were upset that money the BuzzCard. Should Billy Hoffman be punished for his actions? had been spent to salvage the com- Tell us what you think at www.cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/technique.
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