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MONTANA KAIMIN W ednesday, September 24, 2003 V olume CVI, Issue 14 Students Traffic suspected problems of making fake IDs worsen Chelsi Moy Madeleine Creevy Kaimin Reporter Crime Reporter Two Police say Just when UM Office of University of fake-ID students Transportation Montana stu- buyers won’t thought that not warned dents are fac- be charged traffic prob- about lems around ing charges Beckwith the University for selling construction hundreds of fake Montana dri- of Montana ver’s licenses to underage campus could not get any worse, drinkers across the state. they did. Cascade County Attorney UM senior Colleen Farrell dis- Brant Light has not filed charges covered this as she drove to school against the two suspects, but Monday morning. Cars were backed up on they have admitted to police to Beckwith Avenue for blocks falsifying public records. because of construction that forced Light said he assures charges part of the street to close. are coming. “It is just so frustrating to sit in Great Falls police officers traffic on my way to campus know- obtained search warrants for the ing that all the parking spots are 18-year-old’s and 19-year-old’s being taken up,” Farrell said. dorm rooms. One of the suspects The Mountain Water Company voluntarily gave police his com- is replacing a fire hydrant on the puter, while two other comput- corner of Beckwith and Arthur ers were confiscated. The com- avenues, and this caused the traffic. puters were sent to the Criminal “That specific part of Beckwith Investigation Bureau in Helena, Avenue will be closed for the rest where police expect they’ll find of the week,” said Dennis Bowman, images of hundreds of fake a Mountain Water Company offi- Montana driver’s licenses and cial. the people who bought them for The company is replacing an old $20 to $35. fire hydrant, and that consists of Light said he will not investi- ripping out the old pipes and gate the buyers whose pictures replacing them, Bowman said. may be found on the computers. Jamie Bernard, a UM graduate The suspects’ names have not student who was riding his bike been released. past the construction, said he avoids The fake IDs — which Light driving to school because there is said look real under dim light — always some sort of traffic problem have pictures of the underage around campus. buyers with fake names and “You would think they would have done this construction over the birth dates. summer when there were not as “These IDs they are making many cars going to and from cam- are very good,” said Master pus,” Bernard said. Patrol Officer Steve Pretat, who Bowman said the hydrant had also works on the Great Falls been in place on the corner since Police Department’s Special the 1940s and needed an upgrade. Project Division. Lately, the “The Missoula Fire Department department has been working told us that it needed to be replaced Josh Drake/Montana Kaimin Mountain Water Company worker Cliff Fletcher digs to a water line on Beckwith Avenue and Arthur Avenue on in order to provide maximum fire See FAKE IDs, Page 8 Tuesday. Westbound traffic will be closed on the 400 block until the end of the week. protection,” Bowman said. “That is why it is more important to replace it than worry about traffic.” Nancy McKiddy, ASUM direc- tor of transportation, said her office UC equipped to be Internet ‘hot spot’ was not notified by the city or any other office on campus about the Curtis Wackerle same time. less Internet on campus. said. construction on Beckwith. For the Kaimin “We wanted to be the front run- Security of the campus network is “People make threats, people do It would make it a lot easier if ner,” Zarr said. a priority, so users who want to things,” Waldorf said. “We have to there were more communication New hot spots are popping up all The service is paid for by student access UM’s wireless Internet must be able to track them down.” about construction projects between over Missoula, and they’re not all fees. have a LEAP-activated wireless card Wireless Internet hot spots began the University and the city, she bars or clubs. Although the service has been on their laptops and an account with appearing in major cities in 2001. said. The UC has become one of available to students, staff employees CIS. The LEAP security standard Common locations are public parks, “If we could get the word out to Missoula’s newest places to access and faculty members since the begin- creates a tunnel that blocks hackers shopping malls, cafes and airports. students before these projects start, the Internet through a wireless net- ning of the semester, only about 50 from snatching the wireless signal. Missoula has a number of these then it would be easier on everyone work. Registered users can surf the people are registered, said Rick Users must be UM students, faculty places including Worden’s Market involved,” she said. Internet from almost anywhere in the Waldorf, enterprise network special- or staff members. and Liquid Planet Cafe. Mike Root, a junior at UM, said UC, provided they have the correct ist for CIS. The only two cards that will sup- “The system is pretty much in its he was stuck waiting at the stop- equipment. Techies refer to such a At least one UM student appreci- port secure access are the CISCO infancy,” Worden’s co-owner Tim light at Beckwith and Arthur place as a “hot spot.” ates the service. Aironet 350 for PC users and the France said. “Like the rest of the avenues. UC director Joel Zarr said the “It’s great,” student Abe Airport version 2 for Macintosh that world, we’re still trying to figure out “I was late to class because they Computing and Information Systems Abramson said. “I can go get a comes built-in with some Mac OS X what the Internet means to us.” decided to rip up the road. It is so department pitched the idea of a UC snack, sit in the upstairs lounge or laptops. The cards typically cost $50 France said Worden’s primary annoying because the construction hot spot. The UC supported the idea down by the credit union, send an e- to $100 if purchased separately. motivation for offering Internet serv- just ended on Campus Drive and and tested the technology in the sec- mail, pay bills. It’s a great conven- Other hot spots in town have differ- ice was to enhance the experience for now Beckwith is ripped up,” Root ond-floor study lounge last spring. ience.” ent security standards and log-on customers. said Over the summer, the entire UC was Abramson, 60, who works in real procedures. Wireless Internet signals are radio “You think the University could outfitted with the wireless capability estate, was the first person besides The cards are necessary to protect get involved and set up a better to support up to 150 users at the CIS employees to register for wire- the integrity of the network, Waldorf See INTERNET, Page 8 time table.” 2 Wednesday, September 24, 2003 OPINION Montana Kaimin Editorial Guest Column UM irrigation policy Health Center keeps students as focus Column by as well as provide us with feedback from students has water on the brain about these services. The CHC offers many valuable Rob Loflin resources for students, including Medical Services, It’s nearly October now, and the weather’s cooling, the leaves which is open 24 hours a day, the Counseling and are turning and the shirtless, hacky-sacking, ultimate Frisbee- Psychological Services (CAPS) with clinical psy- playing types are losing their excuse to walk around campus chologists and counselors available to help you, the half-clothed. Within a few days, fall will be here in more than Health Service Pharmacy run by the pharmacy pro- name. Whether it’s the high costs or the complaint that gram on campus, the Student Assault Resource One sign of summer that remains, and will remain for a while too many impersonal physicians treat you “like a Center, the Peers Reaching Out (PROs) program longer, is the incessant watering of UM’s green spots. The sprin- number,” you mostly hear negative responses about offered by Health Enhancement Services, the Self- klers seem to be on nearly full time. No matter what time of the health care these days. Unfortunately, everyone has Over-Substances Program, and the Dental Clinic, day (or night), those walking on campus have a pretty good had a run-in with the health care system or with a which is a rarity on a college campus and one of the chance of receiving an unwanted soaking from the sprinklers.