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It has been accepted for inclusion in Columbia Chronicle by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. 0 f COLU M5 A C 0 L L ~= C ~= C H C A C 0 6 vWit b. t e cG nolo g;'9' s goo~ Jill Schimelpfenig every department. The virus hides and get an evaluation copy of Staff Writer labs that have been embeds itself in the McCaffe (from the school) that updated wi th McCaffe memory area of a will deactivate itself in 30 days.'' Loading a virus onto your include those in the hard-drive without Courington said. Or, students can computer can occur as simply as Academic Computing, the user suspecting download the program off the two people shaking hands if the Journalism and the \1/ irus its presence. As World Wide Web at http//:www. network or personal computer is Marketing/Management you reboot your McCaffe.com. not equipped with anti-virus soft- . Department. gram off the Internet onto a com computer, the virus crases the ware, said Shay Petit, network The faculty computers in the puter, they may be unknowingly memory until if finally destroys it administrator of the Academic Writing Center on the seventh inviting an infected program that completely. Safe viruses do not Computing department. noor of the Wabash building do could cause serious damage to damage your computer and arc Due to the massive innux of not have anti-virus software and the software or hardware of the easy to exterminate. computer viruses that came with are loaded with viruses. machine. E-mail can also trans A common safe vi rus that lab access to the Internet, Columbia The graphics lab on the ninth mit viruses. assistants have seen recently is has invested in a new virus pro noor of the Wabash building is "People bring di scs from lab called Wazoo. With a giggle, lab tection program called McCaffe. now · running Disinfectant and to lab and are spreading viruses assistant and Ficti on Writing Petit said they tried various dif soon will install Symantec Anti that way," Courington said. major Alicia Gonzales, 19, ferent protection programs before virus. This lab does not have a Before the fall semester explained how the virus works deciding on McCaffe. "We went virus problem because there are began, the Academic Computing "Every other sentence in a docu to the best software available." only 42 known viruses particular Department made an effort to ment, the word Wazoo turns up." Columbia purchased a site to Macintosh machines vs. thou eradicate the known viruses on She said that this virus is "pretty license from the corporation sands known to IBM machines. the networks before loading the easy to get rid of." allowing more than 1,000 The graphits computers are new software. Many of these Other viruses will delete files machines to acclimate the soft also not connected to the Internet, viruses came in a variety of forms or even scroll through and "hide" ware. McCaffe also provides another reason the lab has been that the old anti-virus program, in documents. updates to the program so that free'of problems. Di si nfectant, did not catch. Has the new software been new viruses will be detected ''The Internet initially caused "We probably killed a couple doing its job? "It seems to be before entering the system. the big proliferation of virus hundred viruses," said Bill working and catching a lot of Petit said that every day at 8 problems," said Rebecca McMahon, senior lab manager of stuff. We' re really happy with it," a.m. and I i:30 p.m. the machines Courington, acting chair of the the Academic Computing depart Courington said. are set to "clean themselves and Academic Computing ment. However, if a student accesses eradicate the known viruses." Department. Those programs included both a virus fro m Columbia and trans The software is available to When a student loads a pro- "safe" and "boot" viruses. A boot fers it to their home, ''They can Soweto Street Beat gives a free performance at the Harold Washington Library Theater. Photo by Natalie Bauaglia Columbia's sense of security: true or false? By J ason Kravarik "The campus officers assure that unau Staff Writer thorized people don' t enter the building, whether they be homeless or any disru ptive Despite a low number of crimes report individuals," said Martha Meegan ed at Columbia, some students don't feel Lineham, Director o f Administrative safe on campus, and they blame a lack of Services. security presence. "We have a r-T.,.'7111:""---zr-----:;~-;;--_;_-...,.......,.---=-.;_-:--:::.....:.....,..-.:...-_;__ __, security guard sitting on his [rear], basical ly," said junio.r Christina Arines. " I walk into th~ lobby, and they Whenever I have questions to ask [the guards], they' re real helpful," she said. "I think they respond quickly and listen to what you have to say:• The administration maintains that the " It's a financial problem," said Meegan security guards, called campus officers, Lineham. She pointed out that a police remain stati onary on the first noor to officer on every corner of the city will not respond to any emergency situation phoned stop ' to them, and to monitor pedestri an traffic. See Security, next page 2 NEWS· October 28, 1996 TilE CHRONICLE There was a presidential debate? Journalism Department 623 S. Wabash Ave., Suite GOP presidential nominee Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton squared off on national TV to the tune 802 of voter apathy. While they debated issues to shape our nation, most Columbia students turned away. Chicago, Illinois 60605 By Chuck Jordan held later. In fact, when made aware, many thinking is old and outdated. It's very old News desk: Staff Writer said they had plans. world," Shell continued. 312-663-1600 ext. 5343 America has the lowest participation rate Moreover, Shell said that she felt Dole was Photo desk: With the presidential election just around among Western democracies. The participa evasive throughout the evening. Towards the 312-663-1600 ext. 5732 the corner, President Bill Clinton and GOP tion rate could drop even more if students end of the debate an audience member in San Advertising desk: nom inee Bob Dole sq uared off•in the second across America are alienated with the system. Diego asked what Dole meant when he linked 312-663-1600 ext. 5432 and final debate ·at San Diego University on David Wade, president of the Democratic gay discfrimination legislation in the work Oct. 16. Students of America, takes on the challenge place to receiving special treatment. FAX: The town hall format gave voters a chance of apathy as he has set a goal of registering "Dole didn't answer. He turned it into a 312-427-3920 to ask the candidates questions. The issues six million new young voters. handicap issue," Shell said. e-mail: raised ranged from questi ons about the "This year we plan to have a record stu Symon Ogeto, a graduate Media Chron96@ interacess.com defi cit, to immigration, to how strong a role dent voter turnout of one million," he said. Management student from Kenya , also felt Web page: government should play in citizens' lives. "I've taken the semester off to speak at col that Clinton won the debate. "Most of the http://www5.interacess.com Despite the controversial issues being con leges, along with the five youn gest questions weren't answered well by Dole," he /chronicle tested, few students living on campus saw the Democratic members of Congress, including said. event. The Chronicle reserved the 1V room in Pat Kennedy and Jesse Jackson Jr." Also, Ogeto feels Dole spent too much the residence hall and offered refreshments to Wade says while speaking, he tries to con time on personal attacks rather than facing the Editor-in-Chief any student who was willing to come and vey the importance of getting out the vote to actual issues. "I feel he was 'begging for view the debate and discuss the issue in depth protect the interests of young people. "If it votes," Ogeto asserted. Jo hn He nry Biederman afterwards. The goal was to have 20 students weren't for Pell grants and student loans Wade insists the Democrats have a lot to that represented the diverse cross section that passed by the Democrats, there is no way I offer the youth of America. He was among Managing Editor exists at Columbia. The sampling would could afford to attend Brown University," the record number of college age delegates at C(istin Monti include a mixture of economic, ethnic and added Wade. the Democratic National Convention this political backgrounds. In spite of the lack of interest, two summer. News Editor However, what was revealed was an issue Columbia students did take out an hour-and He also insists that Clinton won the debate Bob Chiarito that many political scientists have observed: a-half of their time to watch the debate and because he best understood how to use the voter apathy, especially among young voters.