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The University Daily Kansan
Monday. February 22. 1999
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Waiwers help KU staff pursue degrees
In 1996, Chancellor Robert Hemenway increased funding for a program that waived tuition for three credit hours of class each semester for classified and unclassified staff members.
By Chris Hopkins
Kansan staff writer
The increased funding raised the number of tuition waivers from 30 to 100. Today, although 24 of the walwers have gone unclaimed, the program is helping 76 KU employees earn their bachelor's or master's degree.
Lynn George, who runs the program out of the office of human resources, said the financing reflected Hemenway's goals.
The awards cover tuition, but not the cost of books or campus fees, said Marla Herron, assistant registrar. Recipients must have been fulltime KU staff members for one year, or a part-
"He believes in people continuing their education and he's very supportive of that." she said
Employees in the program must maintain a "B" average in undergraduate courses and a "C" average in graduate courses.
Herron is working toward a master's degree in higher education administration. She said that without the financial help, she wouldn't be getting her degree this Mav.
"As it is now, I take two classes a semester, and I can only afford to pay for one." she said.
She said that although she would have pursued her master's without the tuition assistance, it has allowed her to earn her degree more quickly.
Kimberly Beeler, assistant director of admissions, also will graduate this May with a master's degree in higher education administration.
"I really appreciate the tuition assistance," Beeeler said. "It does a couple of things; it helps financially, and it makes me feel like the University values my employment."
administration program for the KU School of Education, said that a number of current University administrators had graduated from her program.
Susan Twombly, chair of the higher education
She said the Chancellor's support was instrumental in furthering the training of KIU staff.
"I'm very committed to this program on behalf of my staff," Tuttle said.
Kathryn Tuttle, director of the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center and a graduate of the higher education administration program, said she had written a supportive letter for her secretary's application.
Applications for a tuition waiver are available at 103 Carruth O'Leary Hall and are due by April 9 for the summer semester. They must include a college transcript, a statement by the applicant explaining how the training will help the staff member and the University and a letter of support from the staff member's supervisor.
- Edited by Julie Sachs
Soaps too slippery to stay on store's shelves
Soaps are a new type of sneaker with a smooth, concave, plastic frame under the arch of each shoe that allows wearers to slide down surfaces such as handrails without much friction. Photo by Matt J. Dauenhert/KANSAN
By Chris Hutchison Special to the Kansan
But now, thanks to a new shoe that's flying off shelves in Lawrence and across the country, young skate enthusiasts can feed their need to be extreme just by lacing up a pair of Soaps.
Grinding, the practice of sliding across ledges and handrails, used to require either a skateboard or Rollerblades.
Soaps are the hottest thing in the store right now, said Chris Cox, owner of Shark's Surf Shop. 813 Massachusetts St.
Soaps are sneakers with a smooth, concave, plastic frame under the arch of each shoe that allows users to slide down surfaces such as handrails without much friction.
Soaps were launched about two years ago in scattered markets and have been sold in Lawrence for more than a year, Cox said. In the last few months, they have begun to catch on.
"I've sold sizes from 5 to 14 — so college kids are definitely some of the consumers," Cox said. "Even older adults have come in and asked about them, thinking that they are regular shoes."
Soaps are manufactured by a footwear company called Soap, which is based in Torrance, Calif. The company was founded by Chris Morris, a former Rollerblade sales representative.
Although the shoes are designed for casual use, there are problems that can come from excessive or radical public use.
The Lawrence Municipal Code states it is "unlawful for any person to ride, skate or use a coaster, roller skates, skateboard, Rollerblades, or other similar device on sidewalks and public parking lots and facilities" throughout much of the town — including the University campus.
Although rail-sliding shoes were not specifically covered, a Soaping offense would be "left up to the auspices of the officer and/or judge," said Gayle Reece, KU Public Safety Officer. "Most likely it would fall under the 'other device' label."
Reece said she could not personally remember any such violation having occurred on campus yet.
Some medical experts have voiced their concerns that, along with the fears of sprains, bruises and fractures that accompany skateboarding and inline skating, walking in Soaps regularly could lead to arch, ankle and knee injuries. And the spur-of-the-moment appeal of Soaps also decreases the likelihood of the user being properly equipped with kneepads and helmets.
in the extreme-sports mainstream, some view the new pursuit of Soaping with skepticism.
"Whereas we might have a 20 or 30 count of another product in stock, Soaps are consistently around four or five," he said. "I see no signs of let-up."
"I personally think Soaping is going to sort of die out," said Kenny Oyedeli, who publishes 817, a skating magazine. "There's a lot of criticism that 'freestyle walking' is kind of pointless — like if skaters are going to skate, they should just get skates."
Edited by Jon Campbell
Cox,however,does not agree.
Happy99 virus worms into University e-mail systems
By Jennifer Roush
Kansan staff writer
An annoying, potentially undetectable computer worm has been discovered on computers at the University of Kansas.
The worm, called Happy99.exe, is delivered to users as an attachment to e-mail, said Craig Paul, systems analyst/programmer IV for Academic Computing Services.
For instance, if a user sends e-mail to a friend, a second copy of the message is sent, with the same subject line, but no message, and the Happy99 attachment. This will happen for every e-mail the user sends, whether it is a private message to one person or a post to an Internet news group.
Waxman said that although the worm does not destroy a computer, it does send a copy of itself out every time the user sends e-mail of any kind.
When the user opens the attachment, a small window opens that looks like a screen saver. While the program shows the user graphics that look like fireworks, it also is doing nasty things to the computer's files, said Mickey Waxman, statistics consultant/programmer for ACS.
Paul said that ACS had been made aware of the worm about two weeks ago. ACS has since been e-mailing warnings to computer users at KU. He said people were only beginning to hear about it now because it took time for the warning to be forwarded to other users.
"This will rapidly make you unpopular amongst your friends," Waxman said.
A worm is a virus-like program that uses other computers to create mayhem on networks. Unlike a virus, however, a worm does not need a host file on a specific computer to survive. Once a worm has been sent to an unsuspecting user, who then executes it, it will replicate itself.
Paul said the worm affected com
puters running Windows 95 or Windows 88. Macintosh computers running Mac OS or PCs running Windows NT are immune to the worm
Waxman also said that users who read their mail with browser-based readers, such as Eudora or Microsoft Outlook, were more vulnerable to the worm than those who read their mail with Pine.
He also said the worm might not be detectable to virus protection programs.
Waxman said the best way to protect your computer from the Happy99 worm was not to run any unfamiliar programs.
Paul said that the warning was good advice.
Reports of the worm first surfaced on campus last week, and the earliest reports anywhere else came from Europe in early January.
"The moral of the story is, as it was with NetBus, that if you don't know what a program does, don't execute it on your own system," Paul said.
— Edited by Darrin Peschka
HOW TO REMOVE THE HAPPY99 WORM
For Windows 95 and 98 users,
click on the start button, select
shut down and restart the computer in MS-DOS mode.
- The computer will restart and leave you with a blinking cursor to the right of a "C:\>" At the end of the prompt, type the following, taking care to hit the enter key at the end of each line:
ERASE SKA.DLL
CD C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
COPY WSOCK32.SKA
WSOCK32 DH
(answer yes when the computer asks if you want to overwrite wsk23_42()
    or wsk23_52())
Restart the computer.
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