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Seattle nivU ersity ScholarWorks @ SeattleU The peS ctator 10-17-1996 Spectator 1996-10-17 Editors of The pS ectator Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator Recommended Citation Editors of The peS ctator, "Spectator 1996-10-17" (1996). The Spectator. 2015. http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator/2015 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The peS ctator by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. NONPROFIT ORO US POSTAGE PAID SEATTLE. WA PERMIT NO 2763 rFiii 1 III Spectator 111 — TheI^gcT=r^ gi itj an=■■! ■ =isISIEB^— Get to know the carpool J^fr^ Oh,my Women's soccer kicks lane during Washington fi Ifcjgp Goodness! their competition for an State Rideshare Week.^jf Pr What a group. undefeated week. A&E,8 Sports, 13 Good news: 6tartmg the year student pay rates up * HP* ( Bad news: only for some TeriAnderson Executive Editor Sometimes, things aredownright simple forHelpDesk Assistant Keith Hume. Other times, they'renot. "Peoplewillwalkinat thesametimeandwant toopenane-mail account or change their passwords," Hume said. "Then, others will call on the phone withcomputerproblems.We eitherhave totalk them throughtheir problemor goout and helpthem." Thanks to university administrators, Hume will be rewarded for his knowledgewith an 85 cents perhour raise. This month, administrators approved a plan to pay undergraduate student employeesmore money,based on skill and experience. "-"'^ ,'.^.ii . >^ Only a handful of students will receive the raise in pay, said Rosa Fruehling,Student Employment Coordinator. "It's probably about 15 different positions out of 80 different departments." sheadded. Students workingintechnicaljobs,suchasHume,andjobs that require special certifications, suchas lifeguardsand aerobic instructors, will be most effected.They will nowbe paid $7.10 an hour. Previously, all undergraduate employees were paid $6.25 an hour, MANOY MATZK6 / SPECTATOR regardless ofexperience and knowledge. ForHume, theraise is nice. ASSUfreshman representative candidates discuss issues atMonday's candidateforum. "Ithink it's kind ofimportant,"Hume said."It'sa highstressjoband it FrankTrieu andJason Madrano advancedfrom Tuesday'sprimaries to next week'sfinal. makes up for it." University officials have been working for the past year and a half to create a student pay rale policy that pays undergraduateswith technical rep narrowed, and complexjobsmore,Fruehlingsaid. "ASSUfreshman field "Itmainlycamefrom the fact thatpayrates werebasedoneducation,not international rep expected to resign experience,"Fruehlingsaid. According toDirector of Financial Aid and StudentEmploymentJim White, somepeoplethink thatstudentsdon't holdsignificant on-campus NicoleKidder jobs.Many students have jobs with lots of responsibility that requires StaffReporter live elections after Tuesday's cent of the vote while many years of experience,he said. primary eliminated seven can- Madrano— — — captured 18 per- "Ithink that there have beenmany talented students whohave been in Freshmen Frank Trieuand didates. q ~p, , bee {~anaidates on Vaca e technicalpositions,"White added. "This increase recognizes their skills JasonMadrano advanced to Trieu won the freshman rep- V Z* the final ASSU representa- See Salary onpage 5 resentative primary with21per- The final count has arrived SU's freshman class is the largest ever PEGGYEATON Recruitment NewsEditor first graduatingclass of thenew millennium. Already,the Class of2000 has set an enrollmentrecord efforts have also with 579 first-time freshman students. placed Hawaiiabove The freshman The increase in first-time freshmen breaks the previous enrollment record of 577 set in 1979, California for class will no doubt bringingthe total number of freshman to 724. The enrollment numbers spellan I8 percent increase SeeEnrollment on see its share of firsts over last year's student count with Seattle University undergraduate and graduate enrollment before becomingthe reaching5,999, according toJ. Paul Blake,assistant vice president and director ofpublic relations. page 3 News 2 ja'^jlt^l»J S|C^JFjH SUInternet server conies NEWSE to complete stop Hacker causes SUand other Seattle area servers to stallfor nearly 6hours Blood Drive Comes toCampus SpectatorNews Although Charles Folkncr, The internet vandal sent ThePuget Sound Blood Program is sponsoring a campus- wide Staff executive director of Information thousands of on-line requestsper blooddrive today until4p.m. inBellarmineHall's1891room. Services, was not aware of the second throughthe system, causing Acomputerhackerdemonstrated shutdown,hesaidtheincidentdoes a trafficjamofsorts whichdelayed the Achilles heel of Internet notsurprisehim. legitimateuserrequestsfrombeing Health Center to Provide Flu Shots technology last month, leaving "Thatcertainlycanhappenbutit processedfor hours, thousands of Seattle-area on-line doesn't very often," Althoughthis incident does The StudentHealthCenter willbeprovidingflu shots aspartofa users, including the Seattle Folknersaid. i not involve a hacker gaining monthlycampaign. Universitycampus,withoutInternet Anon-line service another person's e-mail The shotsareavailable for theentireSeattleUniversitycampus for access. provider operates | account, Folkner advisesSU $5 perperson. Flushots willbe administeredfrom 9:30a.m.-3:30 Foralmost sixhours onSept.15, similarly to an "'BHbSb e-mailusers topcriodically -*' p.m.Oct.30-31andNov.5-6in thebookstorelobbyintheUniversity SeattleInternetuserscouldnot tap interstate. The ; change their e-mail — - ServicesBuilding. into sites beyond this region and requests issued password, national and international on-line from users, ,-4&tjjSm "There'shackers,hereat systems could not gain access to such as / SeattleU.even,whoare trying Exhibit Honors Women regional World Wide Web sites accessing a web site, act as todo things they aren't supposed includingSU's webpage. cars. to,"Folkner said. AnexhibithonoringAfrican-American womenisondisplayat the Wismer Center for Women. The exhibitis acollectionof posters entitled "Women ofHope: African-AmericansWhoMade aDiffer- ence" and willbeon display through Nov.1. Share a ride; win a prize Rideshare Week comes to SU PaulingMedal to be Awarded at SU University Pauling Symposium Seattle will host the 1996 Award Meghan Banquet banquet presentation Sweet and onOct.19. The willfeaturethe of Reporter thePaulingMedal. Staff The free symposium, namedfor NorthwestnativeLinus Pauling, willbeheldinPigoli Auditoriumat1.30p.m.A ticket-onlybanquet Gettingyourhandsonabaseball will thesymposiuminCasey foracost of$30.For follow Commons autographedbyMarinerJayBuhner moreinformation, contact at SusanC.Jackels 296-5946. may be easierthan you think. In fact, it mayonly cost you eighty- five cents inbus fare. Application Graduation Deadlines This weekis Washington State Rideshare Week, the theme: ApplicatiojMor students applying for graduation are dueNov.1 "Rideshare...it'saMovingExperi- for those wishing tograduatein WinterorSpringQuarters andFeb. ence." 1 for those in gflKiating Fallof SummerQuarters. By exploringalternativemodes of transportation,participants are eligible to win prizes including HonoraryDegreeRecipients tobeNominated round-tripplanetickets,tripstosee Leavenworth's Christmas Lights Nominations for honorary degrees at Commencement 1997 are Tour,sportscollectibles,oneounce Liz Nielsen / Spectator being ' now accepted. All nominations require relavantbackground silver bars and tickets for two on Studentsgetintothespirit Rideshare Weekbypilinginto theJammin as of information well as astatement describing why the individual the Spirit of Washington Dinner Jesuits' wagonfor aride. The commutingprogramrunsuntilOct.18. shouldbe honored. Train. The deadline for nominations if Oct. 23. Nomination forms are At the county level, the project System, there are participating in in information, Metro Transit Besides available Administration 109. For more call 296- was a greatsuccess lastyear. The -1891. many other commuter options RideshareWeek.SU offers incen- Washington StateRidesharingOr- which qualify commuters for the tivesforstudentsandstafftoutlilize ganization(WSRO) sent outinfor- Rideshare Week drawing includ- other modes of commute. mation to areaemployers and re- ing carpools, vanpools, biking, Safety and Security offers free FreeComputer CoursesAvailable ceivedahighvolumeofresponses. walking, telecommuting or com- one-day bus passes, just so that One hundred forty-three King pressingthe workweek. students may look into riding the Seattle University offers freecomputer students,fac- courses for Countycompanies werepartofthe SU's participation in this state- bus.TherearealsoRideMatchand ultyandstaffmembers. Theone-dayclasses,which typicallylastno programand over6,000participa- wideeffort is notonly topromote Carpool programs which encour- longerthan twohours,are taught ona variety subjects including of tionforms werereceived. commuteroptions;it is alsopartof agepeople topool their resources. internet use,introduction and for advancedclasses specificcomputer HeadingSeattleUniversity'spar- continuingcampaign to An $27 programsand webpages. SU's re- carpoolparkingpass is per ticipation in the project is Trans- lieve parkingcongestion. quartercompared to$68perquar- For moreinformation about the classes, call 296-5550. portation Supervisor Don Fisher, Theincreasednumberofstudents ter for single commuters. - whoreasons, . "Theprizesareexcel- in the