April 6, 1995

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Crafty computer hacker invades MSU's system enroute to New Jersey

CAMPUS EVENTS The Southwc.,t Model LN&UC or Arab Stat~ will m«t at M~U Apnl 6-8. 'The student scniuc rnect.t. t0n1gh1 in the CSC thciltCr.

Students and faculty art cncoun~d to :mend and uke part in 5tudc.nt govcmmcnL EffL-CU,.,·c June I. 199S the FininciJI Atd orlicc will impk:ment ch:mges in the

Sotisf.lCtOf')' Academic Progtt.u rule&. Students ~ivmg financial aid

should contact the office for more dc:taib.

EJt:c1ions for SGA continue th rough April 7. Students ca~ \"Otc in the CSC. Moffet library and c:1mpus dorm<.

TIIEARTS

MSU thcotc(s prodU<tion of K2 opens tonight and NM through April 9 an Ba Wood theater. Shows begin at 8 pm. throu&h the April 8 The April 9 matinee showing bcgi.ns ill 2:30 p.m. Fcsuv:il of One Acts, a p<<SCntauon by the MSU theater departrnen1 fc,nunng oc1<-0ct plays din:ctcd by swdeots, will run April 212'2 ond Apnl 28-29 in Bea Wood th,.ter at 7 p.m,

SPEAKERS

"The Chief Executives of Texas: A RcviSJ.0nist View"

wall be the 1op1c of discussion when 1he MSU facuhy Forum presents Dut1ngu1shcd Hardin Professor of History Kennc1h E. Hendrickson. Jr.

in Ille CSC April 11 ot 8 p.m.

ACHIEVE~IENTS MSU r.11.hology srudents Judy Reid. Randy Smnh ond Sicphan1c Gam:11 pl:iced second our of 19 teams an academic compc1111on held at the Qnnu:il Texas Socu.:ty of Radiologic Tcl'hnolog.ists. The tc:im was coached hy Tma Moore.

Tommr Carty reh~1u·ses his role as Taylor In 1ht MSU J::~~~~~~~•~"

-:,:CO";:i"' produchon of ~ 2. His rolt _rrquired researc.h in rock-climbin&and ..:f;pa : ~ wall used m Che play 24 rect 1all and sils a l a 9(). degr rc angle. S« IS

annivcwry ot 1hc end of March. S111ce 1994 the 1roup h.i.J mi:rcoscd 11 ~ 11cmbcrsh1p by one-third

CORRECTION

The Feb 16. 1995 issue

t0nll1ncd II misspelling of Baba', dub president Chanel

Taherpour,aJ:y Al,o, The Wichtta n rcponcd I 0 •ember, consrnutc~ a q\lc>rum. The numl:lcr is 'ktu.ally rune. We r1!Jret .iny contu.uon these error'; m.ay

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a~a,n. Cox Jddcd. Orawhndi;e L\ a computer secuncy prni;ram w~1ch :analy1.c" auempts 10 ge l ml0 a computer sy11tcm. Wh~n u~rs enrcr 1ocorrcct security codes 10 ncccss secured information 1he progr:i:m :inempts 10 1rack th( illegal loca11on . Cox user' s explained Au1hon1.cd MSU r!. have 1hm~ use network ch:inci:s 10 enter a c.:orrecl access code. Afler the third failed a11cmp1. the u~er is locked out of thl.' sys1em and mus t s ci adm,nstr:uivc pcrmis~1on ac11va 1c user pnvilcdscs. Cox s::ud, 1hc alleged h11cker has no l been idcn11licd. but ac-.-ordmg 10 mfom1ation he received from Ru1gds, 1hc rcrson :1llcgedly operated from C:.1mcrnn University in Oklahoma. Except for an overload ol s l o we d which daia opcr:uions. no major d:images occurred 10 MSU's systems.

Cox said. Sinci: 1herc was no linam:1al loss MSU caono1 in11ia1e a ful l scale in,·c..,.ugati<m. ·w e have to he ahlc It) show monctal)' loss in order 10 tum the m:.1ttcr 0\'er 10 investigators.~ said Co;w;, He did add that Ru1gcrs oftic1als .arc mvc..,.11~:ilint; the maucr.

MSU makes plans Model diplomats to discuss for electronic mail new Middle East peace process James Winha m II Reporter MSU will hosl more. th.an 200 university students from Tcxa.~. Oklahoma. and New

Mexico April 6-8. The SIU·

dents nrc panicp;ints in the South wcsL Mode l Arab

League l..caclcrship Develop• mcnt Pragr.1m. The mce1ing begins at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Apnl 61h m Clark Student Ccn1cr. The lccyno1c address wi ll be given hy David Lesch. 3 no1cd commcn1ator on Middle ~st offairs :u 9:00 a.m. in the Cbrk S1udc.n1 Center ballroom. ac,·ording 10 Kevin Rosser of the N:11ional Council on US· Arah rel:uions. The model l ea_gue is

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The MSU chapter of the $1Jma Lamdo Alpha torori1y cckbn.h:d 1b Jtrst

Berna rd llurtault Staff Writt r The security of MSU's computer system w:as le.Sled recen1 ly by II so-c:1lkd computer hacker. According 10 MS U di rector or 1nform 11tion sysrcms John Cox. MSU's compu1e rs were used a stepping stone to access another compu1cr sys1c:n in this p:inicufar incident. The h;acker infiltr:ited MSU's system and then went on to :itt.tck the system :11 Ru1;ers University in New Jersey. said Cox . He SJid goi ng through MSU IO RuliCrs m.adc it oppear that the individual was operating from MSU. •This 1s :i frcquen1 strategy illicit u.sc:rs use 10 cover their 'footprinl'," he expl:iincd. Cox went on to cxpl:11n explained th;u ~hosl•hoppini,:~ (going through scvt~ral computer networks in anack another) in many ca.,;;cs 1s easy to do, ck:.!)(Ddfog on 1hc seC'uri1y or rhc p:ir1icullr syslCm. Mowevcr. comh:atinli hn::ik-ins is l!:ISY as well. The use of 3 rclatl'•dy new techno loi;y CJ lkJ dr:iwbridi;c, acts :Iii a · moa( between 1hc outside u~rs and MS U'i. system. This should reduce the chant.."C an 1nc1dcn1 like this one from h:.1ppcn1ng

AraM S1;11cs

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Lc:i!!ue of Cairo, E~ypt.

The l.ca!!uc of Arah S1a1es discu,~cs i~,;ucs of concern 10 ~hddk Eas1crn no11ons. ac,·orJml? 10 r..·tSU his1ory K enne th p r,dC!>;Or I k nJn...-kson. The agenda for 1hc modd k:a~ui.: is ~ I hy 1hc N:i.tuin:J I Council (1n U~Ar:1h rclJl!O R~. >\_I ih!s

<.·onh:rl·n..c the cvuntm:.s will di :-ni,!> 'l'\aJl . issues tni,.-luJin~ 3J \ Jnc 1n i; !he M1ddk Ea~t flCJl'C rr~"1:SS. s trcnt;.thmg Ar.1t'I rd:.it1ons. public hcJlth and rhc t'n, m•nim:111 :ind other 1.ssucs afk,. 11n~ thl' uJt10n" l)( thl' \hddlc E.:11-t. · Ro1-,cr ,:i 1J 1he c,•ent

simulates a summil meeting of the ac1ual LcJguc of Ar.ib S1.:itcs. S1udcnts ac1 a~ re:il and diplomat s lifo ncgo1iat0rs deahni wuh problems in the Mu.Jdlc East Teams from each um,-cr•

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St:3tCh their na1ion's his1ory. economic. social. politic.al .ind cuhur.al :iff:tirs. a.~ well os problems specific their p:articul:ar n.1.1ion. according 10 Hendrickson. MSU has lhrec learns in the conforena:, "Thcy will dc:il with is• s ues such IIS waler. and cduea1ion. dcvclopmcn1," Ja1d Oa\·1d M:1r11n sponsor of fl~ tc:im from MSU's political scicm."C dcp:irimcnt. Martin's 11:11m has adopicd Dijihout,. The poli1ical .science deplnmen1's othl."f 11.:am. sponsored. i\y Michael Pn:da. will 1akc on 1hc role of Q~1or. Ddcga1es mCCI in ri v~ ,·ommith:cs.polirieal. cco• nnmic. cultural. social and Paks11ni:m affairs. They dcMa1e Jnd rc~urch issues :ind iind :.oluuons to prohlc:ms prese nted , ,h~·y arc Hendrickson s:ud. At the end of the conference, 1hc nu1ions cornt: t0gcthcr 10 vo1c on propo:.als m:.de hy the romm1IIL-CS Par11c1pan1~ will also n.•cogn11.I! OUL'llandmg !Cams :ind ddegatl!5 with uward,;;,

AwJrds v. di he pre,entcd ba~d on the dcbJting ~k1lb, knowkdge (o r 1heir respeune countfU.:\). and staym1; m 1hc characcer of thl.!1r nJuon',; people. said l lendmkson

Hendrickson Jddl.!d thot MSU teams have panicpalcd

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cc1ved OulSlimdmi Odcga11on Awa1d~ on e1~ht \'ICea\lOn\ rhc MSI I (Ja1:u ICJm mdu.tc, Wllhc ll,11., k111, . StlC'y Scoll Oir,.,l\on,:. J.1,on r :uplcy C':amm1c McK1nncy. fahn lhlbld. Chcmh ltcyts. Ind Mignon Mtwi:,111 1 he M\U DJ1houu tum h n:pr~nted hy Ur.id W1~ 111:m. Sherry Chlwn, Tern Th001r~m. Anne Dl:inchi, Na,h lfanlf!)'. anJ Kun l .:.ilh.1n .),1n1cll~n:i

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Bernard IJurtault Staff Writer student s,;:rvicc will A soon pl:ace the world-wide. network of clcctton1e mJil (E-mail) at lhc fingenips of

MSU i-s designing a tqL'lll'ation form which will make 1he t;1sk c:0s1cr. Holl

S31d. Cox 1.ddcd 1hut in the future MSU hopes to assign E-m:ul odd~ 10 Mud~nlS MSU students when they According 10 John Cox. automatic:;illy direclOr of 111format1o n reJlSlt.'1. communicotion ma,I E systems 111 MSU, E-m:ul bl."\:n ava1lahlc to 1hc allows compurcr users 10 has and umvcn1I)' for .ahou1 two mesngc~ send Cox sa,d its use has ycan,. information elcc1ronicolly rn .i fow over telephone lines using ~n rc.,1ncted sere.nee cour.r.cs and compu1er personal cQmputi:rs. Cox s:ud the ntw .scrviu: some com pute r scie nce will ~ implemented tins fall ma.1or... Faculty members in This summer a «-:~1 group of the Bc.1 Wood. Bolin and 100-200 Sludcnts will be Fowler htnldings. Moffet .and select provided wuh .strYICI!. to help ,1hr11ry, m:akc any OdJU'llnlCnlS and dep:arunt:nts 1n thi: IIJrdin find any probltm, in the building Jre .,;onncctcd tu & m.1il sen Kc. Cox .sdtkd sysLCms. Cox s:ud. Howe\'cr. Cox said the Srudcntl 1n tht! test group will he p.1vco E-mJ 1l un1ver.s1ty has ~n lryini; to 1 addresse, and will be Jhlc: to ~.~nt~x~;;1~/d OICCC\S 1he nc!WOl'k. t> n• the pa..\l. Mc secs in c~pans,on ciimpu.s or 0lf•c.impu~ usm~ a pcrsnn:il computer anti the upcoming E-mail liystcm 3'- 3 hoo~l for :l.l~U. AhTI\1Sl modem Thi!. computer addr..:i~ .i.11 ffl.JJ(1r Ulll\'~r,111e'i, make m:il.:.:.s Mudcnts and fo..:uhy 1h1) \Cr\<1t.:c. a,.atl.ahle to their acccssatilc to millions ur stu<kot h(,dy ~tudc.111 rcqucsh ror Ecomputer u~u worldwide through the lntc1nct and other mail scrv1Cc:' \lr.J..~ an imJXirt.llll compuu:r networks. Co.< fauor 1n expanding 1he cmph.b11ed th:ll the \C!n·K:e 1~ \)'1-tcm H:ill said he CXfl('CU for use by 6S pertclll of 1hc MSU provided being cduca1ional purpo.,,c~ and u 1s student hody. Ila.II said he ,;;res: 1h1~ S)·s1em {:.re.lily expanding the ~~1l~.~~:~~~ ~or :imuunt of 1nform.11ion Ne1o1. Jcr\Cy 1mpor1an1 Jvailo1hk 111 Mudcnt~ and An cons1der31ion niht now. hence hro.tdcnrni! their according to H.all. n~•twork h1•n,on, Student-. may not MSL', .'Ven hJve to lca,c their Clf m.in.ager rnform:itmn ),-.\tCm'i. 1, the home, 10 mJkc u.M- ol the 1s :idmin1slrlll\C 1:aslt LO\ ohed \er, 1..:c. The 'i.f'1tem .1llow .11..,·css in procc:>Smg the a.\S1~nmen1 Jc\1grti.:d tu computer home :i from of 1he E -mail addreJ.scs

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