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For additional 12,239 information, call 337-8314. $100 $190 SUPPORT STAFF One semester One year 4,136 High: 48˚ Low: 30˚ | FREE Vol. 142 Issue 53 End of the road illini’s Wnit Tickets on sale run ends in the 15th Annual ebert Fest to run Wednesday www.DailyIllini.com quarterfinals November 7, 2012 WbbALL, 1b from April 17 - 21 The Daily Illini EbErtfEst, 3A ELECTIONS2012 The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871 High: 92˚ Low: 63˚ Monday April 1, 2013 | FREE Popular vote, Florida too High: 43˚ Low: 27˚ Vol. 142 Issue 1 The Daily Illini close to call; Congress will OBAMA RE-ELECTED The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871 www.DailyIllini.com Vol. 142 Issue 128 | FREE remain divided next term FACULTY 2,548 resident Barack Obama won re-election Tues- Cudi continues his ’Pursuit of Happiness‘ in Champaign day night despite a fi erce challenge from Farmers’ Republican Mitt Romney, prevailing in the facePhishing scam of a weak economy and high unemployment that encumbered his fi rst term and crimped Pthe middle class dreams of millions. Romney conceded summer to Obama in a phone call at about midnight. “This happened because of you. Thank you” Obamahacks UI email www.DailyIllini.com tweeted to supporters as he secured four more years in the White House. The president sealed his victory in Ohio, Iowa, New yield hurt Hampshire and Colorado, four of the nine battlegroundaccounts states where the two rivals and their allies spent nearly Friday $1 billion on dueling television commercials. August 24, 2012 The Daily Illini Ultimately, the result of the brawl of an election cam- String of attacks How phishers lure by drought paign appeared likely to be the political status quo. Democrats won two more years of control in thetarget Sen- University victims into scam ate, and, as of press time, Republicans were on track hackers phish BY CLAIRE EVERETT to do likewise in the House. students, CITES for sensitive STAFF WRITER Romney was in Massachusetts, his long and grueling information by While the harsh weather conditions this bid for the presidency at an unsuccessful end. using a “lure” in an By jaNEllE o’DEa The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871 summer may have allowed for extra pool The two rivals were close in the popular vote. email. the lure can be days, the drought has also caused harsh- Romney had 53.6 million votes, or 49 percent.StAFF WriterObama anything, most commonly er repercussions for Midwestern farmers had 54.5 million, 50 percent, as of 1:20 a.m. An aggressive phishing cam- money or fear. emails tell and other agriculture industries. But Obama’s laser-like focus on battlegroundpaign statessuccessfully attacked users they will win money According to the National Weather Ser- gave him the majority in the electoral vote,about where 36 it University email or their account will be vice, this has been the worst drought in mattered most. He had 303, or 33 more thanaccounts needed within for the last month, blocked if they do not give the country since 1988. and CITES specialists said many “Droughts happen periodically,” said victory. Romney had 206. sensitive information such Yet to be settled was battleground stateother Florida. accounts may have been as a username or password. Patrick Bak, a meteorologist at the Nation- Here on campus, the Illini Democratscompromised. celebrated the When students give the al Weather Service in Lincoln, Ill. “But victory of their candidate of choice. “It’s the worst scam I’ve username and password for they don’t last forever and things tend to “We celebrated Obama being re-elected,”seen sincesaid orga- I started in 2005,” balance out in time.” their illinois.edu account, However, this summer’s drought has nization President Shana Harrison. “Theresaid Brian were someMertz, chief com- for example, their account is munications officer at CITES. caused corn yields to decrease substan- cheers and hugs and excitement. It was a great win to used to spam thousands of “This campaign is particularly tially, hurting profi ts for farmers and dry- bring home for our team right now.” other accounts. the massive State Sen. Michael Frerichs, of the 52nd District in ing out their fi elds and pastures. Since Illi- aggressive.” amount of spam coming out nois tends to have very rich soil, several Champaign, shared their excitement. In the latest string of attacks, of illinois.edu addresses has farms do not have irrigation systems to “I’m just very happy to hear thathackers result,” have Frerichs targeted Universi- caused the university to get combat the effects of the dry conditions. said Tuesday night. ty students through “lures” that blacklisted. When a domain Adam Sommer, sophomore in ACES, The College Republicans found strengthscare students in the intogains giving away is blacklisted, emails can said his family never had a need for an that the House of Representativessensitive made by information obtaining like their no longer be sent from that ZaCH DalZEll the DAily illini irrigation system at their farm in north- control. email passwords. With that infor- domain. Alternative hip-hop recording artist Kid Cudi performs at Assembly Hall on Saturday. west Illinois until the drought this sum- “Well, Obama has been re-elected,mation, and hackersbasically use Gov. the Univer- mer. In hopes of seeing more green, they Romney and Ryan ran an excellentsity accountscampaign. to Theyspam others. Tips from Cindy Yewdall- decided to spray nitrogen on their fi elds “(Hackers will) tell you you but when no green appeared — “basi- Thackeray, senior security See OBAMA, Page 6A won’t have your email account outreach specialist at cally the only thing left to do was sit and anymore,” Mertz said. “Or wait for rain to come,” Sommers said. CITES: Sexual Assault Awareness Month begins they’ll tell you to update your “We can plant again and hope that the next bank account information for year is better.” 1. Phishing attacks can Although Sommers’ family will not “The task of protectingsecurity our reasons.” come not just via email, but Women’s Resource Hackers spam randomly gen- events during the first week total reported incidents know the full impact of the drought on via Facebook, twitter, texts n bringing Sexy back: exploring erated lists of email addresses, union moves forward. It moves or even a phone call. Center’s events aim to of sexual assault awareness health Sexuality of forcible sex offenses on some of which are made up. “Basically the only thing 2. When typing any ui yMCA These fake addresses cause change response to crime month include: main campus forward because of you.” information into a webpage 7 p.m. left to do was sit and thousands of messages to bounce april 1 2009: 7 or a return email, think about april 4 back to the inbox of the hacked By sari lEsk n red Flag Campaign Kickoff 2010: 12 BARACK OBAMA, the information you’re giving n Women on the Move: yoga email account. As a result of the StAFF Writer Main Quad 2011: 12 wait forADAM rain SOMMER, to come.” president away. What can a hacker do for healing amount of spam coming from Sexual Assault Awareness All day 2012*: 12 sophomore in ACES with that information? Women’s resources Center University email accounts, Month begins Monday, and edu- n illini Art therapy Association 3.