SPORTS
Coach Mark Mangino has a couple goals in mind for the last two games. One of those is leaving a mark on the season. PAGE 3A
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
First-year coach Bonnie Henrickson was treated with an 88-49 victory in her team's exhibition opener. PAGE 12A
KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10,2004
VOL.115 ISSUE 58
Scheme targets students
'Phishers' send spoofed e-mails
By Ross Fitch
rfitch@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
What appears to be an innocent note from a local bank could wipe out your checking account.
Elisa Zahn, Littleton, Colo., senior, lost about $850 when she acted on one such fraudulent e-mail.
On Oct. 31, Zahn received a message from a Commerce Bank Security Department with a subject line, "Secure Confirmation." The e-mail said an unauthorized person was trying to access her account and that she needed to verify her account number and password to make it secure again.
The next day, Zahn clicked on the link in the e-mail and entered in her
account number, PIN number and password. The link and the Web site seemed legitimate, Zahn said.
When checking her account balance online to pay rent later in the week, Zahn discovered her balance was negative $400. She browsed her account history and saw two withdrawals of $500 and $200 had been made from ATMs in Tallahassee, Fla., on Nov. 2. Combined with three $20 withdrawals and various overdraft fees, Zahn lost about $850.
"I just wasn't thinking," she said.
Zahn was a victim of phishers, individuals who use "spoofed" e-mails and fraudulent Web sites to fool people into giving out personal financial
SEE FRAUD ON PAGE 5A
PHISHING ATTACKS THIS SEMESTER BY SUBJECT LINE:
www.kansan.com
Nov. 9 Paypal — "Your Account Will Be Suspended"
Nov. 2 Sovereign Bank — "Sovereign Bank Unauthorized Account Access"
Nov. 1 Citibank — "Security Alert on Microsoft Internet Explorer"
Oct. 29 eBay — "TKO NOTICE: Verify Your Identity"
Oct. 28 Verizon — "Update Your Verizon billing profile"
Oct. 27 Washington Mutual Bank — "Washington Mutual Bank: Notification of Washington Mutual Internet Banking"
Oct. 26 Earthlink — "Earthlink Account Expired — Update Now"
Oct. 25 MSN — "Your membership will be cancelled"
Oct. 13 Wells Fargo — "Wells Fargo Customer Support: Transactions security standards update"
Oct. 11 eBay — "New and improved account protection"
Oct. 1 VISA — "Enroll your card with Verified By VISA program"
Sept. 24 Yahoo! — "E-mail account security warning"
Sept. 21 Verizon — "Billing error"
Sept. 10 FDIC — "FDIC Account Alert!"
Aug. 25 US Bank - "Notice US Bank"
Source: Anti-Phishing Working Group
Upright students upset faculty
KU basketball season ticket holders in Section 10 complained that whether they sit or stand in their seats, they are unable to see a substantial portion of the Allen Fieldhouse court because of the students who stand in Section 1, directly in front of them. See seating map, page 7A.
MIRANDA LENNING
mlenning@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRITER
Courtney Kublan/KANSAN
University officials are looking for a way to appease faculty members who are angry about the new location of their seats in Allen Fieldhouse.
Under the new seating plan, most faculty and staff members are consolidated into three sections in Allen Fieldhouse—10,13 and 2. Those sections are located behind portions of the student sections, making it difficult and sometimes impossible for people sitting in those sections to see over standing students.
"At Sunday's game, people were really mad because they couldn't see the game," said Jimmy Gentry, professor and former dean of journalism.
Athletics director Lew Perkins, associate athletics director Jim Marchiony and student senators met with University Senate Executive Committee yesterday to discuss the faculty's concerns.
Marchiony said the group decided to give faculty members in obstructed seats the option to move or receive a refund. The new seats will likely be in the upper level of the arena, he said.
But not everyone in the sections qualifies for a move or refund. Marchiony said only about 100 seats were obstructed by standing students.
Because the students stand for the entire game, mostly on their seats, faculty and staff members sitting in the first five or so rows of those sections cannot
see without standing as well.
"It has a ripple effect," Gentry said. "People in the first rows can't see if they don't stand and so people behind them have to stand up as well."
There weren't any complaints before
Sunday's game because students didn't sit in front of those sections until this year. Students now occupy sections C, L and N, small, pie-shaped sections closer to the court. Sections L and N are located on both sides of the student section directly behind
the basket on the south side. Section C is located directly northeast of the student section at the opposite end of the court. The occupants of those sections last season
SEE FACULTY ON PAGE 7A
Student to share Africa experience
Sarah Smiley studied Swahili in the city of Dar es Salaam, a city in Tanzania with a population of more than two million. She will lecture today on her experience in Africa. "I knew enough to get by," she said, "but the way to learn is to speak the language."
Amanda Kim Stairrett/KANSAN
BY NIKOLA ROWE
nrowe@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
It was already dark when a group of 14 students arrived in Tanzania last summer.
summit.
Sarah Smiley, geography doctoral student at the University of Kansas,was one of those students. She traveled with students across the nation to the east coast of Africa to learn its official language, Swahili.
She said it was strange how dark it was when they got there, but in the morning there were different trees, plants, people and a language to explore.
"On the buses we were all pressing our faces against the glass trying to get a glimpse of something." Smiley said.
Smiley will give a lecture titled, "My First Experience with Africa: Swahili Culture and Language in Tanzania" noon to 1 p.m. today at Alcove F in the Kansas Union. The lecture is part of the Kansas African Studies Center UJ-AMAA Brown Bag Series. Ujamaa means family or togetherness. Smiley is the sixth speaker in the seven lecture series.
Smiley was the first KU student to travel to Tanzania through the Fulbright program. This 20-year-old program is government founded and is an attempt to promote the learning of less-commonly taught languages at the University. Other less-commonly taught languages are Arabic, Hausa, Kaqchikel Mayan, Kechwa, Korean and Polish.
SEE AFRICA ON PAGE 7A
GSP hall employee contracts hepatitis A
Although a food service employee at Gertrude Sellars Pearson dining hall was diagnosed with hepatitis A, students should not worry. Kim Ens, Douglas County Health Department representative, said yesterday.
Residents would have been at risk if the food worker had not washed her hands before preparing foods. The worker has not been at work for more than a week and the preparation practices of the dining center were sound, Ens said.
Hepatitis A — a mild infection of the liver — is transmitted through fecal matter. People are at risk only if they do not wash their hands after going to the restroom or changing a diaper, or if people consume something that might be infected by someone not washing their hands before food preparation.
The Health Department did a review of the dining center on Monday and reported that residents had an extremely slim chance of having been infected.
Student Housing has distributed an information sheet, he said.
"We feel really confident that the food-handling practices at the facility are great." Ens said.
Ken Stoner, director of Student Housing, said yesterday that students should not be concerned.
Although it is extremely unlikely, if anyone thinks they do have the symptoms, students can go to Watkins Memorial Health Center, Ens said.
Hepatitis A symptoms are fatigue, fever, poor appetite, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dark urine or yellowing of the skin and eyes.
Kansan Staff Report
Convictions influence some voters
BY ANDY HYLAND
ahyland@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
The Campus Crusade for Christ member and Emporia senior was not only excited about the result, but also that many voters relied on moral values to make their decision, and that the majority of those voters chose President George Bush.
The result of this year's presidential election satisfied Lee Bickerstaff.
"The Christian community was much more mobilized this election," he said.
He attributed that to the focus on moral issues this election, as well as the clear distinction between the candidates on issues like abortion, gay marriage and stem cell research.
The role of moral values in this election was important, said Burdett Loomis, professor and chairman of political science.
"There was a substantial victory there," he said. "But I think it worked in conjunction with get-out-the-vote efforts."
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He said Karl Rove, White House senior adviser, made it a goal to register
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Guerilla Girls
SEE VOTERS ON PAGE 7A
Feminists in gorilla garb had a message last night: Inequality is not a done deal. The group of artists tour the country to mix fun into their presentation. PAGE 3A
City Commission
Last night, the Lawrence City Commission approved funding for speakers at the 20th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. PAGE 3A
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