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Florida International University FIU Digital Commons The Beacon Special Collections and University Archives 1-13-2005 The Beacon, January 13, 2005 Florida International University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/student_newspaper Recommended Citation Florida International University, "The Beacon, January 13, 2005" (2005). The Beacon. Book 103. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/student_newspaper/103 This work is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections and University Archives at FIU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Beacon by an authorized administrator of FIU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Student Football Newspaper granted of Florida International Division I-A University status. 12 THE BEACON Vol. 17, Issue 30 WWW.BEACONNEWSPAPER.COM January 13, 2005 Computer networks combat Internet threats By C. JOEL MARINO problems with the system and Senior Staff Writer downloads I had to make. But I don’t mind all of that, if it’s Shane Hawes, a freshman keeping the computer clean,” living in the University Park’s Hawes said. Panther Hall this semester, By offering residential stu- thought settling into his new dents fi rewalls and protected room would be an easy move, registration through UTS, the especially when it came time to IT Security department believes connect his computer to the it is providing an extra measure general network. of protection to computers “I thought everything was operating in a traditionally going to be easier here because unsafe network zone. I know they have DSL con- “Viruses generated through nection,” he said. “Just plug e-mail are a big problem in in the cables and wait [for the universities,” said Cheryl Lyn Internet] to start.” Granto, IT Security officer. Yet because the Department “Students don’t have anti-virus offi ce of Information Technol- programs on their machines, or ogy Security and the University don’t keep operating systems Technology Services Offi ce have up-to-date. All machines can taken many security measures be compromised by just one in response to surfacing threats person.” throughout the FIU network, Though on-campus students getting access to the Internet usually comprise the largest took more than Hawes thought computer-using population at it would. THE INVASION: UTS protects residential network computers from viruses through fi rewalls and protected “There were registrations, See BUGS, page 3 registration. ALEX HERNANDEZ/THE BEACON Recruiting percentages drop due to outlook on war By FRANK JAMES Determined to find Chicago Tribune new enlistees as the prob- lem gets worse, the Army Staff Sgt. Patrick is adding nearly 1,000 McClung reached for the recruiters in an effort to phone in his impeccably reach more young people, squared-away office and while the Guard intends to heard an anxious father on add about 700 recruiters. the other end demanding The Army and the to know why a Marine Guard also are increas- recruiter had cold-called ing the fi nancial rewards his home, asking about his for enlisting. The Army teenager. is offering enlistees new To McClung it was $15,000 signing bonuses clear the parent didn’t and the Guard $10,000 appreciate the inquiry, for recruits with no prior insisting his child wasn’t service. interested. So the ser- The Army also has geant tried appeasement. increased its maximum “Would you mind if I college scholarship to get their name and their $70,000 from $50,000. number so we can go Meanwhile, the Guard has ahead and scrub them off doubled, to $20,000, the our list so we don’t have to amount it will provide to contact them again, sir? All repay a recruit’s student right, sir.” loans. After the call, McClung, But the war in Iraq, a 27-year old redhead who and the continuing troop MISLEADING: A military recruiter visits a class in Fairview, VA, to try and persuade unenthusiastic students to enlist stands 6-foot-5 and is presence there, are the in a deteriorating reserve. COURTESY PHOTO a top Marine recruiter, most sustained hostilities shrugged. “This morning the U.S. military have just isn’t the political will 2004 fi scal year. But the to 35 percent of its annual months of the new fi scal I had a mom laugh at me seen since the Vietnam for that. Army entered the new fi scal recruitment goal, said it year by about 30 percent. and hang up the phone,” War. And that has fueled The Army, which car- year Oct. 1 with far fewer began fiscal 2005 with “Things are tougher,” he said. worries that the strains ries the greatest burden recruits in its delayed- just more than half that said S. Douglas Smith, For Marine recruiters, on the recruiting system in the fight against the entry pool of enlistees. percentage. a spokesman for the and their Army and Army could lead to a military Iraqi insurgency as the Those are recruits who Meanwhile, the Army Recruiting Com- National Guard counter- meltdown, with too few United States’ largest pro- join the service but defer Army National Guard, mand based at Ft. Knox, parts to an even greater personnel to fight the vider of ground forces, has the date when they ship which missed its fiscal Ky., which recruits for extent, these are challeng- nation’s engagements in encountered significant out to boot camp. 2004 recruiting target the active Army and the ing times and represent Iraq and Afghanistan. head winds in recruiting The Army, which tries of 56,000 by more than reserves. the fi rst test of the all-vol- Few experts, however, enough new enlistees. to start each fiscal year 5,000 recruits, continues unteer military since the believe the result will be It slightly exceeded its with enough delayed- to struggle, falling short See RECRUITING page 2 draft ended in 1973. a return to a draft. There goal of 77,000 for the entry enlistees to add up of its goal for the fi rst two Redefi ning feminism, Pg. 4 iRiver gives Apple a run for its money Pg. 6 Swimming Invitational results, Pg. 12 01-13-05.indd 1 1/12/05 12:31:23 AM 2 The Beacon – January 13, 2005 NEWS www.beaconnewspaper.com NEWSFLASH Recruiters distressed over as Sameer Khan, 17, a ON CAMPUS From RECRUITING, page 1 and Navy service members the service past the end of to join the Army. The pro- their enlistment terms. high school senior who he U.S. awards FIU two-year contract “We can’t quite quan- gram has met with limited “The fewer people you signed up. tify the amount of impact success so far, those famil- retain, the higher your Though Khan does not Researchers at the Hemispheric Center for (of Iraq), but we know iar with it say. recruiting numbers have believe the U.S. should Environmental Technology (HCET) at FIU it’s there. The Army also is having to be,’ said Charles Pena, be in Iraq, describes his have been awarded a two-year, $2.1 million con- “One of the things we young soldiers who have director of defense policy family as “well-off” and tract to launch projects in Latin America that will don’t know for sure is how served in Iraq or Afghani- studies at the Cato Insti- has been successful enough aid the military in reducing energy pollution. many people don’t start stan return to their home- tute, a libertarian think in school to attend college These projects will include a wastewater facility contact with a recruiter towns for two-week stints tank. “They’re inter- next year, he wants to be in Mexico and an energy plant in El Salvador. who might have other- to talk with people about related. ... One of the a Marine. The wastewater facility in Mexico will show wise,” Smith continued. their combat experiences reasons they’re making “It’s my duty and privi- that the traditional method of using fossil fuels for “We do know anecdotally and, most important, their recruiting numbers is lege to defend this coun- energy can be replaced with other methods that that our recruiters are generate leads for local because they’re not having try. ... The youth today reduce the need for traditional energy wastewater spending more time talk- recruiters. to backfill for people who don’t realize how much plants. ing to parents and they have” materi- “Our goal is to transform the way we manage influencers such as ally and in citizens’ installations and to be smarter in terms of effective parents and educa- rights, he said. use of dollars,” said Geoffrey G. Prosch, principal tors about the impli- Experts believe the militaryʼs recruiting Half-Indian, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installa- cations of someone“ problems would be far greater if the Army Kahn said his trav- tions and environment on the FIU website. “This enlisting in the Army els to the subcon- is why we have turned to research universities, to at this time. had not resorted to its stop-loss program, tinent and Europe help us be smarter.” “It’s a lot more which keeps soldiers in the service past heightened his discussion and hand- belief that America Sri Sri Ravi Shanker visits UP campus holding, a lot more the end of their enlistment terms. was worth defend- of allaying doubts ing. Indian spiritual leader and founder of the Art and reservations,” ” M c C l u n g , of Living Foundation, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, spoke he said. As it tries to cast a wider are being held in stop- a good-natured Texan as part of FIU’s Year of Spirituality lectures series Marine officials and net, the Army said it would loss.” who’s been in the Marines in the Graham Center Ballroom on Jan.