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Football loses to THE DAILY California 20-13 sports Page 8 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010 EverTHE STUDENT VOICE OF WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITYg SINCE 1895reen Vol 117 No. 56 Hacker stalls classes in Todd and Sloan Friday Hacker says he is disappointed I am and was aware of this pos- with apathy and asks students sibility; they’re only trying to do their job. If I did my job, they will to take a more active role at WSU. have a very difficult time find- ing me. I just hope they realize By Rochelle Adams Evergreen Staff I’m not worth the effort. There are real criminals out there; they An unknown hacker going by deserve far more attention the alias “V” invaded the WSU than I.” Academic Media Services system Information Technology and interrupted classes hourly in Services (ITS) spent the weekend Todd and Sloan Halls Friday. fixing problems caused by the The event has been labeled a hack in time for classes Monday, prank, a strike against student Watkins said. apathy and a possible prelude to terrorism by various sources. « IT SEEMS STUDENTS ARE WSU Police and other agencies are investigating the ALREADY PUTTING THE WHOLE incident, said Darin Watkins, THING OFF AS JUST A PRANK. » executive director of External Communication for the WSU “V” News Service. The university the hacker sees this as a serious breech of their systems and will deal with it The hacker said classroom accordingly, he said. systems were fully functional “Some officials seem to be tak- except during the minutes the COURTESY OF WSU1812.COM ing what should be interpreted video played each hour and no “V” has created a website dedicated to the changes he wants WSU administrators to implement. as a simple prank out of context,” permanent damage was done to the hacker said in an e-mail to the system. The modifications the how to remove the software are with the system while the modifi- from the 2006 film “V for the Daily Evergreen. “I have been hacker implemented were deleted posted on the website, wsu1812. cations were in place, “V” said. told that the police are after me. at 5 p.m. Friday. Instructions on com, in case officials tampered The video imitated a scene See HACKER Page 6 Up All Night casts a spell Grad students revive Mystical Up All Night featured a game show sponsored by HP and Intel and belly dancing lessons. a local grain silo By Kaylee Ray Grad students spent semester because our teacher originally Evergreen Staff researching history and started ... looking into grain ele- vators about a year ago,” gradu- More than 100 students function of Colton grain silo. ate student Rachel Doherty participated in the Student said. “That eventually led him Entertainment Board’s (SEB) By Rochelle Adams to this particular grain silo in Evergreen Staff Mystical Up All Night, which Colton, Washington.” included dream catcher mak- Associate professor Taiji A silo is plain on the outside, ing, Ouija boards and tarot card but is a beautiful, open-roofed and palm readings Friday in the Miyasaka’s class of architec- ture graduate students held an structure inside, she said. Compton Union Building. At the exhibit, “The Past, Freshmen Lindsey Langer, exhibit Sunday afternoon to show the community a local Present and Future of the Silo,” Rachel Hall and Olivia Dehner the 18 students displayed pro- said free Panda Express and the silo they spent the semester henna tattoos enticed them to JEFF WATERS/THE DAILY EVERGREEN reviving. “Our class is researching this See SILO Page 6 attend. Belly dancers perform in the CUB as a part of the Mystical Up “It was a cool theme,” said All Night Friday. The final Up All Night will be held in December. Dehner, a chemical engineering major. show,” said Kyle Windhorn II, auditorium during two half hour Kylee Kracht, sophomore senior marketing major and lessons at 9:30 and 11:30 p.m. Boy Scouts give out tickets communication major and SEB intern for HP and Intel. as students learned the art of Up All Night programmer, said belly dancing from a University there are six Up All Nights each « ... I REALIZED THERE WAS A Recreation Center instructor. semester. A few of the themes Meanwhile, long lines of stu- to Saturday’s game are already set, but the program- LOT OF ALTERNATIVE TALENT dents wound around the tables of non-perishable food items mers and volunteer committees THAT HAS NOT BEEN and chairs in the CUB as they Food collected at Saturday’s think of the others as the semes- football game will be sent to for two free end zone tickets for RECOGNIZED BY WSU ... » waited for Henna tattoos and the Cougar game against the ter progresses. palm readings. Student waiting the Pullman Food Bank. California Golden Bears. “I decided to have the events in line enjoyed complementary that took place (on Friday) after Kylee Kracht This event is part of the sophomore communication major citrus and black tea as well. From Staff Reports I realized that there was a lot Tables set up in the main hall- Chief Kamiakan District’s Scouting for Food. This is an of alternative talent that has To be eligible for the game way of the CUB provided materi- The Boy Scouts of Pullman not been recognized by WSU in als for making hemp jewelry at collected non-perishable food annual event held the second show, students updated their Saturday in November. the past, and that they could all Facebook statuses with a link to the beginning of the evening and items before Saturday’s Cougar fit into this mystical category,” the HP and Intel website. Six stu- dream catchers as the night pro- Football game. According to incw-bsa. Kracht said. dents were then selected to com- gressed. This drive was put on org thousands of Scouts from All of the Up All Night events pete in teams of three, answering Junior communication major through the Community Action across the Inland Northwest are student planned and run, questions about HP and Intel Monica Daniels made jewelry Center of Pullman. Tickets region participate every year. with advisers present, she said. products and pop culture. The with her friends. were sold outside WSU Athletic According to boyscouttrail. Hewlett-Packard (HP) and winners were presented with “We came for the Henna, but Ticket Office starting at 10 a.m. com, “In the Law of the Pack, Intel sponsored a booth showcas- $20 gift cards to the Bookie. The it’s a long line,” Daniels said. Saturday morning. a cub scout gives good will and ing Beats Audio headphones as losing team received a HP prize She said they read the pro- The food donated goes to in the Boy Scout Promise, a boy well as providing students with package for their vided manuals on hemp jewelry the Pullman Food Bank to be scout promises to help other an opportunity to participate in a participation. but ended up just tying knots. distributed to needy citizens in people at all times.” game show. Students were also offered the The next Up All Night will Pullman and local surrounding In 2008 more than 150,000 “Everyone wishes as a kid opportunity to learn a new form be a “destressfest” before Finals communities. pounds of food was collected, they could be part of a game of dance. Bells jingled by the Week on Friday, Dec. 10. The Troop traded one bag says the website. 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