• Abstract and Figures
• Public Full-text

Grand Valley State University ScholarWorks@GVSU Volume 44, July 8, 2009 - June 7, 2010 Lanthorn, 1968-2001 11-2-2009 Lanthorn, vol. 44, no. 20, November 2, 2009 Grand Valley State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lanthorn_vol44 Part of the Archival Science Commons, Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation Grand Valley State University, "Lanthorn, vol. 44, no. 20, November 2, 2009" (2009). Volume 44, July 8, 2009 - June 7, 2010. 18. https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lanthorn_vol44/18 This Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Lanthorn, 1968-2001 at ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Volume 44, July 8, 2009 - June 7, 2010 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Ml Grand Valley State University ____________ ,______________________ www.lanthorn.com Monday, November 2, 2009 University celebrates Preventing cybercrime By Anya Zentmeyer The Lanthorn sat down with Grand Valley State GVL Staff Writer University ’s own cyber safety expert and president of nontraditional the Cyber Defense Club John Spencer to ask him some It is all over the web — on pop ups and sweepstakes, questions about prudency on the web. but mostly e-mail domains, Facebook, Twitter and student week other forms of social networking sites. It is called Lanthorn: How do you think the Internet has become cybercrime, and with technology spreading over every more dangerous? By Jeff Me George interface of students ’ lives, it has never been easier to GVL Staff Writer Spencer: I don ’t generally think of the Internet as getaway with it. a dangerous place and I expect I’m When Rob Young, 41, decided Often it comes in the form of a “It's important not alone in that. People connect with to go back to school, some friends friend updating his or her Facebook to remember the their friends, do their banking, learn and even his parents thought he status with a link or a friend messaging new things, play games and all manner was crazy. He left what others a link from a personal account. When Internet is really a of things on the Internet. It’s a place these links are opened, users are had told him was a good job at public place/ ’ where most of us college students a finance company to pursue a often brought to fake Web sites that spend a lot of our time. So just like our degree in criminal justice at Henry trick them into giving passwords and dorm room or apartment, we start to JOHN SPENCER Ford Community College. On top personal details — this is called a feel at horpe and let our guard down. CYBER DEFENSE CLUB of that, he had just been offered a phishing attack or malware. But it’s important to remember that the PRESIDENT partnership in the company. The Internet Crime Complaint Internet is really a public place. Young is one of a growing Center — a partnership between the What has really become more number of students at Grand FBI, National White Collar Crime Center and the dangerous about the Internet, in my opinion, is that we Valley State University who will Bureau of Justice Assistance — reported almost 3,200 as a society are finding new and exciting ways to use the enjoy recognition this week during cases of account jacking since 2006. medium to expand both productivity and entertainment, Nontraditional Student Week. Associate for privacy and public policy at Facebook which on its face is fantastic. “Coming back to school was Simon Axten was quoted in a press release on CNN. As we use our Hulu and Facebook and read TFLN, hard, ” Young said. “It was a com earlier this year saying, “Security is a constant arms we get more and more comfortable trusting parties who race. Malicious actors are constantly attacking the site, decision 1 knew in the long run GVL Photo Illustration / Luke Hotwagner we do not see. In many cases, such as the previously would be best for me.” Students can put their credit, savings and identity and what you see is actually a very small percentage of See Young found himself in classes at risk by divulging personal information online. what is attempted. ” Cybercrime, A2 filled with students half his age and said it was difficult trying to fit in. “A lot of them really couldn't relate to my experiences and ideas, ” he said. Nontraditional students Campus shifts to 'green' energy make up about 14 percent of the population at GVSU and are University earns B on It is largely because of this Norman Christopher, executive Laker Turf Building is powered by loosely defined as having a major focus that GVSU received an A director of the SCDI, said a small geo thermal energy. role in life of something other Green Report Card; grade in the category of climate wind turbine and several small “We have a commitment to shift than student. This role can include change and energy on the recently solar energy cells have already been to renewable energy and fuel that many things such as being a Haas pledges to make released College Sustainability installed on the Padnos College will reduce our carbon emissions, ” single parent or being financially GVSU carbon neutral Report Card 2010. The university of Engineering & Computing in independent, to being a veteran or also earned A’s in the categories downtown Grand Rapids. The new See Green, A2 working full time. By Molly Waite of administration, green building .Ta-TKT Nontraditional Student GVL Staff Writer and transportation, but received a 00U KI/Vg Week was started in 1996 by a With a growing national C in investment priorities and a D group called the Association for Cs 01L A emphasis on the use of alternative in endowment transparency for a B Nontraditional Students in Higher fuel and renewable energy. overall. Education and was adopted by Grand Valley State University is The Sustainable Community GVSU three years ago. exploring many possible sources Development Initiative manages “Nontraditional Student of sustainable power, including GVSU’s green efforts and promotes Appreciation Week is a time the use of geothermal energy, new methods of living and learning for students, staff and faculty wind energy, solar energy and sustainably. to encourage and support the biodiesels. dedication and hard work of our nontraditional students, ” said Theresa Rowland, a graduate Green Report Card assistant at the GVSU Office of Student Life. Rowland organizes some Administration of the event activities during Nontraditional Student Week, Climate Change & Energy\ A \ which include information kiosks across GVSU campuses YlA SbaT0' all week. She said the event Food & Recycling \B provides the campus community opportunities to share stories, network and receive pertinent Green Bu.lding \A\ ^ information specifically related to -------------------------- Ar\ nontraditional students. Young is one of the students Student Involvement who has benefited from these services. Courtesy Photo / Midlands Biofuels “Just developing strong Transportation A\vo«* Biodiesel is a dean, renewable fuel that can be made from natural oils. connections with my professors GVSU who seem to understand and can relate to being a nontraditional student really made things easier for me here at GVSU,” he said. Young was able to overcome obstacles to pursue his education. Student's typeface earns $100 in Creative However, Rowland said this is not always the case. Many By Katie Bludworth first founded in 2007 by GVSU nontraditional students face GVL Staff Writer professor Frank Blossom. incredible odds compared to One of Blossom’s advertising their younger or more traditional Grand Valley State University students, Erica Zale, said in peers. student Chelsea Chandler stood as addition to the encouragement “In addition to attending the university ’s lone representative Blossom provided in entering the classes, they are simultaneously on Friday night in the final round competition, the opportunity to raising a family, working full or of presentations for the Creative create network connections with part time and caring for parents, ” Smackdown with her graphic professionals in the advertising Rowland said. “Nontraditional design of a typeface to represent world was too important to pass students are goal-orientated, her personality. on as she prepares to graduate later “I love big hair driven and dedicated. They need “I think the critiques this year and enter what all students need — support and I love the ‘60s,” the competitive job GVL / Eric Coulter and encouragement from one Chandler said while I did receive assisted market. presenting a font Judges explain to students how to improve their portfolios and themselves another, faculty and staff.” me in creating an The overall during the Creative Smackdown competiton in Grand Rapids on Friday. She added this is why a group utilizing images number of of faculty and staff have been of large beehives ad that I could be pariicipants hoping in the industry, and after three year’s winner in the advertising studying nontraditional students ’ and curls of hair to happy with.” to create these long- rounds of judging in these small category. “This is my second year issues since December 2005, shape each letter of lasting network groups, the judges vote on the top competing and I was eliminated resulting in a lot of information the alphabet as well CODY ECKERT connections three in each category. in the first round last year. I think that has helped the university as punctuation and KENDALL STUDENT, has risen this From there, the top three present the critiques I did receive assisted to address the unique needs of numbers. AD WINNER year, bringing in to their peers as well as the judges me in creating an ad that I could nontraditional students.

Load more

  13

Copy Link