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SHOWERS Ill(ill79 LOW 54 www.bgnews.com A daily independent student press VOLUME 98 ISSUE 6 Community focuses on the arts By Monica Frost According to Mary Natvig, direc- McGrath. longtime "Sesame REPORTER tor of the village, the facility will Street" cast member will visit the he a learning community sup- Art Village and have dinner with The fine arts are alive and well at porting the arts on campus. students. the University, especially at the "This shows the whole campus Many incoming freshmen were Arts Village, a new living/learn- that the arts are really an impor- made aware of the Arts Village by ing community housed in the tant and integral part to this a booth set up at orientation or I brahman Quadrangle. campus," Natvig said. recommendations from art pro- The Arts Village caters to stu- Natvig is also enthusiastic about fessors. dents pursuing art-related the environment the village will Aaron Marzullo, a freshmen majors as well as non-art majors provide for students majoring in art and focusing on interested in expanding their "It acts as a small community ceramics and pottery, heard of knowledge of the arts. and creates a sense of belong- the village from an art professor Students participating in Arts ing," Natvig said. when he received a tour of the Village will take one course a The Arts Village has at least 20 art building, lie was attracted to semester from a selection of four events planned for the semester the village because of the neigh- fine arts-related courses, as well plus smaller social events. The bors he knew he'd have. as a one-credit course that events are open to all of campus "I'm an artist and I knew I'd be focuses on experiencing the arts but may require a small fee for around other artists," Mar/ullo first hand. The course will pro- non-residents. The village has said. "I knew it would be a lot of vide siudents with the opportu- plans to visit the Toledo Museum people with the same interests" Brad Bores BG fens nity to attend events such as the- of Art as well as attend musical, Another attraction of the Arts LEARNING COMMUNITY: Students work in one of the lounges located in the new Arts Village in atrical, musical, and creative theater and dance series and Village to incoming students is Harshman. The village has special events planned tor residents including trips to the Toledo Museum writing performances within the creative writing workshops. of Art. community. In September, actor Bob VILLAGE, PAGE 2 U. attempting to block Dumaru virus By Kara Hull "Internet Explorer patch" to One of the biggest concerns, iDllOR IN -C«IE< download. Strickland said, is figuring out After the spread of die Sobig.l- So far, one infection has been ways to block or slop the spread and MS Blaster computer virus- found in the residence halls and of the virus if it finds another way es on campus earlier in the week, the University'scentral anti-virus onio campus—like through a University officials are facing software is currently blocking all laptop, A faculty member con- another virus that could poten- e-mail messages to BGnel neciing their Infected laptop to tially do moiv damage. accounts with an .exe attach- the network caused the MS According to Kent Strickland, ment to keep it from spreading. Blaster v ims lo reach campus the information security officer with Unlike SoBigi" or MS Blaster, morning of.Aug. 12. Information Technology the Dumaru virus contains a The p;ist two weeks worth of Services (ITS], the Dumaru e- "keylogger" component which is viruses have sparked discussion mail worm was discovered able to track keystrokes, possibly about methods that could be Monday but is just now begin- releasing secret information to used in tighten campus technol- ning to appear on campus. an attacker, Strickland slid. Ogj security and raise awareness the virus, which spreads "Passwords or other sensitive levels of both viruses and their through theopeningofan e-mail material could be compro- attachment titled Patch.exe. mised," he said. "We're doing DUMARU, PAGE 2 appears to be sent from everything we can to prevent Microsoft and offers users an that." Blaster worm still active By Kara Hull Strickland, information securi- Strickland said. EOlIOR-IN.CHIEF BenSwjnger BGNews ty officer with Information "We're still working on clean- A computer virus that Technology Services. ing up ones from the weekend," FOOTBALL GOES 1 -0: Players celebrate a Bowling Green touchdown in the first quarter of last night's appeared on campus two The worm causes infected lie said. "It's going lo lake a game. Upper right, Matt Leininger celebrates after recovering a fumble. Lower right, defensive lineman weeks ago is still causing prob- computers to shut down and while yet." Rick Mauer chases Eastern Kentucky's quarterback Matt Guice. The Falcons won 63-13; Page 5. lems for University officials. reboot repeatedly and also MS Blaster, Strickland said, The MS Blaster virus, identi- attacked the Microsoft update traveled to campus through an fied on campus the morning of site, preventing many from Infected laptop plugged into Aug. 12, has infected more than being able to quickly resolve the the network. 460 computers in residence problem. halls, according to Kent Clean up will take time. Mars shows, viewings at University Planetarium this weekend By Miranda Bond are closer dian they have been in "Seeing the sky any time is a way of peering most Karth-like of the other plan- Hut the show will lie as helpful REPORUR 59,000 years. Because of thus, tele- ets It is said to be the first planet as it is entertaining, according to All University students will scopes will be able to show more out into the Universe we are a part of." beyond Ivarlh that will feel Glenn Tiede, astronomy profes- have a chance to take a closer detailed features of the planet 0A1E SMITH, DIRECTOR OF PLANETARIUM human footsteps. sor. look at the red planet this week- such as polar ice caps and dark imagined parts of the planet look opportunities at BGSU. just as "The planet Mars has fascinat- "Mars Night helps students end the Planetarium and areas in deserts. like and what it would look like Music and Theater programs ed people for thousands ol years, with a gener.il liberal arts educa- Observatory's Mars Nights. Viewing Mars through the inhabited by humans. are." he said. "Seeing the sky any and this month's close approach tion to understand our place in The events will be available observatory's telescopes will also The show is narrated by Pauick time is a way of peering out into gives a chance for a first-hand the universe," he said tonight and Saturday at 10:00 be available at 11:30 p.m. with Stewart, who played Captain the Universe we are part of." close-up look at this planet that If weather problems arise stu- p.m. and 11:30 p.m. A $1 dona- clear skies. The viewing will end Picard in Star Trek: the Next Mars has held the attention of has commanded so much dents can call 419-372-8831, tion is suggested. around 1 a.m. Generation. astronomers and the general human interest." Smith said. where they will reach a recorded Mars and Earth closely MarsQuest is a multimedia "Millions of people will be watch- message stating if the observato- show that will explore the planets According to Dale Smith, public since it was first discov- approach one and other every Planetarium director, such shows ered. With its canyons, enormous ing Mars this week, and those ry is still open or has been can- twenty-six months, some of those past, present and future. Viewers are an asset to the University. volcanoes, mile-high layers of who see it here will be a part of celed due lo clouds. approaches are closer than oth- will get a chance to see what that great audience of skywatch- spacecrafts have found, what it is "Planetarium shows are an polar ice, dust storms and ers. At this particular time they integral part of the cultural ancient river beds, Mars is the ers" SATURDAY FOUR-DAY FORECAST SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Mostly High: 72' Mostly High: 72" Partly High: 75* Partly High: 75' The four-day forecast Is taken : from wealher.com Cloudy Low: 51" Cloudy- Low 52" - Cloudy Low: 54* Cloudy Low: 56' FOR ALL THE NEWS VISIT WWW.B6NEWS.COM 2 Friday. August 29.2003 WWW.BGNEWS.COM Tablets gone, protesters remain By Kyle Wingtield expected to speak to the crowd The attorney general has work crew to a back room. But ban on government endorse- House spokeswoman Claire ■MI «s«o: «n: cRtss instead.