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THE XAVIER UNIVERSITY ;1··, 84th year,. issue 25 week ofAPRIL 14, .1999 www.xu.edu/soalnewswire/ I XU students touch~d by twister BY SARAH KELLEY tification indicating they live in the Campus News Editor· ·area are permitted to enter particu- Although Friday's tornado did . lar neighborhoods. not hit campus, some Xavier stu- There has also been a curfew dents and their families felt the ef- implemented in areas where there fects of the storm~ is extreme damage. According to · The tornado extensively dam'.: . Snider, the curfew .in his area re- . aged senforfostin Evans? ~partment quires people to be in their homes at. Village Brook :Apartments on between the hours of 8 p.m. and 7 · Kemper·Road in Montgomery, as a.m., to prevent vandalism and loot- well as his car. ·. ing'. "I woke up 'to plaster falling on "I came back from a Cyclones me from the ceiling," said Evans. game at 11 p.m. and .had to be es "I grabqed my pillow and co.vered corted to my house by police," said my head, crouched down on the Snider. floor, and just hoped nothing would According to Snider, .friends of hit me." his parents who lived in Symmes Evaris had to assist many of his Township, near Sycamore High neighbors in exiting the building to Scliool, were kiHed while sleeping seek shelter. on the second story of their house, ·Nick Snider, whose parents live which was completely destroyed .. neas Harper's Pqint in Montgom- They were. two of thefour fatalities ery, helped his family in cleaning reported due to the tornado; . i.Ip the·debris after the storm. Junior Heather Williams, who "There was'.a l<?t of structural was staying with her grandmother · damage to the house," said Snider. in Blue Ash, one of the hardest hit "Ail cif Ollf neighbors ,had damage areas, also exper.ienced the devas- to their houses, too." tation of the tornado. "While we were cleaning up our "We woke up to the storin in the yard I found a Reds .baseball signed middle of the night," said Williams. by:Paul 0'.NeilL" . "It really did sound like a train . ·...... ·.· ..· _·,. ,. .· .. > _ .. ,: .:·· "·· .... : .,.~·..:<•: .·: _ ... __ ...·, 'NewSWl~f,PHOTO~\'.ER'f:l:,MOONEY ._ .·•. M,ai:iyofthc;: areas struck by the .. , ·''J.ran-to my grandma's room Senior Justin Evans woke.to plaster falling on: him from' the teiling:of his apartment in Vi!lag·e tornadoes have been dosed to out- and practically had to-carry her to Brook Apartrnents, pictured above. The building was c<lndemiied.' , , · · · side traffic.' Only people with Twister, 2 . : .·· ' . ' _- . ' .iden~ See Page Hacker plagues campus network . BY CHAD ENCiELLAND Editor-in:Chief & Publisher __ , · Beginning Marc.h 19, an: uniden Computer science ma}ofs hit hardest tified hacker has led a series of in tentional attacks against the cam Computer science majors.have certed and effective solution to the shucks, the network is down - I pus computer network, causing . found the network"problems es-, problem. can't check my e"mail' but here I multiple system crashes lasting pecially frustrating because much He complained about the con~ am paying $20,000 a year to wait fr()m 10 minutes to 36 hours and, of their course work relies on the stant interruption of computer sci (in computer science classes) for frustrating computer users campus network. ence· classes and course work - them to fix it," she said., wide. "It's so hard to get work done all activities that require constant Sophomore Dan Dentinger, With the, network down, ~sers when you're physically blocked network access. "The way tuition who spends "double-digit hours a cannot access the Internet, check e~ by this obstacle and you know the is around here we should get a day" working on the network as a mail ·~r run sorri_e software apptiba obstacle c·ould have been pre little more for our money," he said. comp.uter science major, has had tions. Computers use the campus vented in the first place," said jun Other computer science majors classes canceled and projects network to share a~d access infor ior ·Mike Helmeck, who is net agreed. "'We know it won't be' pushed back because of the prob~ mation. work administratorofthe library's fixed by the end of the year, but if lem. The initial strategy of Technol computer system. it isn't fixed next year, why "Ninety~nine percent of the as~ XU's Dixon ogy Servjces;the department which . Frustrated with the "lack of shouldn't we just transf~r to sigmnents for_ computer science A-1 o medalist oversees the campus network, was swiftness" in resolving the prob schools with their act together?" courses are handled on the net- ' unable to fix the problem. "We were lem, Helmeck sent letters to 16 said sophmpore Jennifer Wanner; work ... we are not ~ble to access Senior Steve Dixon Xavier, administrators, officials . a computer science major. that with the networks down," he so busy tryingto put out the fires becamefust the fourth , we didn't step back and develop fire and managers, urging·a more con- "A lot of people see it,as 'Oh said. prevention," said Dorinda Giles, golfer in A-JO history associate vice presjdent of the de . focusing on fixing and logging the Firewalls are expensive, but Giles communicate with eacll other. to win. back-to-back probiems. · did not know the exact.amount. "I partment. Without these numbers, informa individual A-10 · : Technology Services set :up two "_Our problem is that some of our absolutely know it will' be more tion was misrouted and the network teams to address theis~ue. The first solutions are going to be expen than $10,000, but I don't know the crashed,. To fix the problem, net Champ- ~, will look.at the design of the net sive," said Giles; Included· among upper end," she said: work administrators had. to locate ions hips. · , work anci recommend improve the options are establishing multiple · The hacker disrupted the flow of the changed devic'e and restore the : ments in security. The second wfll "firewalls" - electronic security the network by altering-the numeri original· addresses. See page 1o , . ",·.~~· .. responµ to hacking emergencies by. barriers difficult to breach. cahiddresses computers use ,to , Se~ Hacker, Page 3 © 199,9 .The Xavier Newswire All rights reserved , , .. NEWS:, 'OP:_ ED.: SPORTS: DIVERS! o·N S: ,. ·:· . '. R~C·~ ,,_ 1ii. reme1nbran~e-of -·• Tragedy brings out the best Baseball stilltries Two s~niors exhibit their: Adverti;f'ng, ·· . · (s 1'3) 745~3s6r · ., ,, ' · Miehael Batterberry., and wo'rst in. us w·~~~ tO.find stride·. ar( work in Cohen ~irmllli.AO~~~it/~~i:e.q , ..· ·' . •' ' .. '. Editor-in-Chief ,(513} 745-3607 PAGE~ PAGE 11 PAGE 14 .. .· .. 2 week of APRIL 14, 1999 CAMPUS .NEWS THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE ·;,; BRIEFS ALCOHOL.I ROUND-TA·BtE·•'' ' I !SJ!I! t Z IJ Urn!l.£2'.i ti "'e.-•· •r··:·. · ,1·,::'l[u,is·····t· ... :<t'·.,:···. ' . ·.. )>Sarah Kelley, Editor >-News·Room: 745-3122 . >[email protected] 1 ' i. : i::;mm:rns111 1: ! ma a Effects Hun1an rigflls . Xavier is celebrating Human students Rights Week with events spon Co~tinued fro~ page· l · sored by Amnesty International . whieh. deal with human rights is . .the basement. A.s we were nin sues. Today at 3 p.m. on the resi- · . ning past things they were flying dential mall, there will be the Cel · around .. It fooked·like something ebration of Human Rights with 9ut of a movie .. We J>a~ely made . music .and dancing. Thursday; ,:/.- .· . i(tothe basement:~::).• :1 ;\pril 15, at noon on the academic Before Williams arid .her · mall, students will have a chance ... $ran~mother; spu.ght she.iter in to register for Shine a: Light: Sign their basement; they. witnessed a Letter. For :more information, . :>•~the house.befog' blown to r~ins:. contact the Dorothy Day House ,, ' , •i:fhe ~oofliteraH/blew off the at 745-3046. .. :.house," said ·Willlains. · "I coufd >/~ee the sky arid' lightning, and 'the ' '';debris flyiilg around outside." ' Styrofoam reduced.· .. ·•bnce in the basement, Will On Wednesday, April 21; iams said ~the tornado ·.lasted a few · Earth Day, the Grill will reduce . more· mi~utes, but it felt like · · its use of Styrofoam. Soup bowls, hciurs. .. ~ ·· plates and coffee, cups will be When it. was .. aH over, tht'.Y went paper instead. Reusable mugs. Sunday at the invitaticm of Dr. Ro'nald Sleptiza, vice president forStude~~ D~v~ld~~ent/30 ·.outside tq find neighbors, al<:>ng. will also be introduced and.can faculty, staff and students met to discuss Xavier's alcohol ,;problem:' :The group's task wa~ tO · with themselves,. surveying the be purchased by st~d~nts, Each · reach .conse~sus .on what alcohol~related student behavio( is objectionable; .Future meetings will, damage, shaking; .and crying be- time the reusable mug is used, a d eve lop concrete ways to change the 'objectionable be~avior. Ten of the 30.were students, . cause of the aftermath.