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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
POLITICS
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21, 2009
Speaker to discuss'08 campaign
BY ZACH WHITE
zwhite@kansan.com
zwhite@kansan.com
President Obama may be trying to manage two wars now, but before he could get a crack at those he had to win one battle — the battle for the American presidency.
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is hosting a lecture series called "The Battle for America." The series will be divided into two events. The first is tonight at the Dole Institute on West Campus at 7:30 p.m. The second is next Wednesday night, Oct. 28.
Tonight's event brings Dan Balz,
national political reporter for the Washington Post and co-author of the book "The Battle for America 2008," from which the lecture series
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takes its name. He will be examining the inner workings of the major campaigns in last year's presidential election.
Amanda Applegate, Wichita senior, is the coordinator of the student advisory board for the Dole Institute. Though a pharmacy major, she said she found the inner workings of these campaigns fascinating.
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"There are just so many different aspects you wouldn't think about on a day-to-day basis." Applegate said. "To get that perspective from someone that's really been on the inside of these campaigns will be really interesting."
Tonight's lecture will focus on the content of Balz's book, the primary race leading up to the general election. Balz will answer
questions about his experience following candidates and their staffs through the primaries and conventions through to the election last November.
At the next lecture the Institute will bring Susan Page, a senior political cor-
director for the Dole Institute, said he appreciated new media contributions to these discussions.
respondent for USA Today, and Jonathan Martin, columnist for online newspaper Politico. The two will discuss the Obama administration's performance thus far and where they see politics heading in the next few years, including the 2010 midterm election.
"We want both," Earle said. "I always want to get old media and new media represented at the Dole Institute."
Balz's book was the result of his collaboration with Haynes Johnson, a former Washington Post correspondent, while they both were reporting on the campaign trail. They started covering the preparations for the primaries in early 2007. He said he realized even then the importance of what he was covering.
"There are just so many different aspects you wouldn't think about on a day-to-day basis."
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AMANDA APPLEGATE Wichita senior
"We both believed that, no matter the outcome, this election had the potential to be one of the most important in the country's history." Balz said.
insight here. He was in Lawrence in December 2006 to discuss the ramifications of that year's midterm election, in which Democrats took both houses of Congress. Balz said he was looking forward to his return.
This isn't the first time Balz has offered his
TECHNOLOGY
University promotes student Internet safety
BY RAY SEGEBRECHT
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Julie Fugett, KU Information Technology security analyst, informs students about cyber security Tuesday at Anschutz Library. The University is stepping up its efforts to increase students' awareness of online threats, such as phishing scams, during October.
Thomas Pelegrin had already attended several seminars on cyber security. In his field of study, information systems, course instructors make cover the topic a constant priority, he said.
But Polegrin, Kansas City senior, said he chose to sit in on another instruction session on computer safety yesterday — not for class, but for a more personal reason. As Internet threats continue to rise, he wants a secure environment for his two sons, ages 10 and 12.
"There's software. There's malware. There's inappropriate sites," Pelegrin said. "There's just a number of Web sites that my kids could get into either intentionally or unintentionally."
But breadadolescents aren't the only victims of security threats online, Julie Fugett, KU Information Technology security analyst, said. As part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month this October, the University is expanding its efforts to spread awareness about threats also growing among students.
"Malware continues to evolve, to get more sneaky," Fugett said. "Now, malware will steal your keystrokes
and send them off to someone to get your password. Over the past five years, its definitely evolved and gotten worse."
Anh Nguyen, Saigon, Vietnam, graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science, said she had tried to teach students the importance of choosing secure passwords this fall as a computer science graduate teaching assistant. She said she worried, however, that students outside her field often exposed themselves to online threats by opting for more memorable passwords at the expense of secure choices.
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"We really post a ton of userfriendly and student-friendly information," Fuget said.
Fugett said phishing scams, or fraudulent messages that solicit personal information, posed the greatest current threat to students. She said students now are often faced the attacks through popular social networks such as Facebook
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Fugett said though online hackers and predators continued to victimize less experienced students in new ways, the KU IT Security and Privacy offices have also expanded to newer media this October to increase awareness.
"I think if the students don't study information technology, they don't know how much a hacker can attack a system," Nguyen said. "They don't know how much they can do. The hackers are really good. They have strong knowledge."
The University has a new BeSeKUre Facebook page with a banner that updates students on different cyber security tips every week this month. She said the page also featured, among other information, a link to a BeSeKUre blog that various technology liaisons outside the University updated regularly with advice.
and Twitter.
"Even on their phones and text messaging," Fugett said. "It's everywhere."
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She said despite the University's increased outreach this month to prepare students to recognize threats and protect themselves, University students still suffered from online dangers. She said when this happened, students could call a free support line for over-the-phone assistance. But if their identity, personal information or money was stolen, it was best to contact the police.
Sgt. Michael Monroe with the Lawrence Police Department said local police officers received such reports from residents of the city or University every week.
"The worst thing that could happen would either be identity theft or somebody accessing some of my financial information on the computer," Pelegrin said.
He said as the department continued to receive more crime reports, it had also seen more success tracking down identity theft criminals from the evidence they left behind when using their stolen identities.
"On Internet frauds, we have less success," Monroe said. "They're almost never in our jurisdictions. Oftentimes they're overseas."
Pleejern said his greatest fear online was that he would fall victim to such a threat and place the security and livelihood of his entire family in jeopardy.
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