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Students chatted with Chancellor Robert Hemenway
Chancellor Q&A
last night about issues ranging from University affairs to family life. He encouraged students to get involved.PAGE 3A
Righteous religions
More than 100 people attended a discussion between five people at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union on media representation of religion. PAGE 5A
Merchandise melee
The University of Kansas makes several hundreds of thousands of dollars each year on KU merchandise. Some think that money should go back to the athletes who help those products sell. PAGE 1B
Next stop: regionals
The men's golf team took fifth place overall in the Big 12 Conference, tying Colorado and Texas Tech. Up next: the NCAA Central Regionals Tournament. PAGE 1B
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KANSAN
IN ITS 100TH YEAR AS THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Vol.114 Issue No.14
April 28, 2004
Worm zaps halls' Internet
Daisy Hill residents must find alternatives, could take weeks to fix
By Azita Tafreshi
atafreshi@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Officials from Information Services are working today to combat a computer worm that has left Daisy Hill residents without Internet access.
Nearly 3,000 students were cut off from the network early yesterday morning in an attempt to keep the worm from spreading to other computers.
"It's probably the fastest worm we've ever seen," said Donna Liss, associate vice provost for Information Services.
It could take weeks to permanently clean the system, Liss said. But with only three weeks of classes left, Liss said that discussions would focus on temporary solutions.
"We just don't think this is anything we're going to be able to clear up in a couple of days."
associate vice provost for Information Services
Donna Liss
"We just don't think this is anything we're going to be able to clear up in a couple of days." Liss said.
Officials from Information Services will meet today to develop temporary solutions for Daisy Hill residents.
solutions for Daisy Residents of McCollum, Ellsworth, Hashinger, Lewis and Templin halls, as
well as those in Jayhawker Towers and Stouffer Place, are without Internet access, and they are not happy about it.
"I'm pissed because I have a test tomorrow," Kent Domas, San Antonio, Texas, sophomore, said. "And I would like to get on the Internet so I can check my teacher's notes, so I can study for my test, and I can't do that."
Until the problem can be fixed, students can use public computer labs on campus, Liss said.
The Budig computer lab extended its hours until 2 a.m. through Friday.
Liss said the situation would be reevaluated at a later date to determine whether the lab would keep extended hours through the end of the semester.
"If you have five residence halls up here, and you send everybody to Budig or
to the computer center, that's a lot of people and a small amount of computers." Domas said.
ers,' Donna said. Liss said she believed there were enough computers on campus to accommodate the need.
Officials are still in the process of identifying the worm, but Liss said the problem is not uncommon to universities.
lem is not uncommon to university
Even though all computers on Daisy
Hill have been cut off from the network,
Liss said there was no guarantee that the
worm would not spread to other computers on campus.
ers on campus. In order to protect themselves, students in other residence halls and scholarship halls who are still connected to the network need to make sure that their computers
Students discussed love and enjoyed the nice weather yesterday while attending Composition and Literature. The section was taught by Shelly Meins, a graduate teaching assistant.
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Leaving the building
As spring weather improves, instructors hold classes outside
By Rupal Gor
rgor@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
the University of Raleigh Warm sunshine, light gusts of wind the smell of blooming flowers — another perfect day for students to enjoy
As the sun comes out, so do classes at the University of Kansas.
Some professors are taking advantage of the nice weather by bringing students outside for class. Although students lose focus at times, a sunny day out weighs those disruptions.
Needing to use a blackboard, CD player and overhead projector are just a part of Shana Hughes' typical day teaching Spanish. But when the opportunity came to ditch the equipment, Hughes opted to go outside.
she said.
"You don't have students looking out the window wishing they could be outside because they are there," Hughes, graduate teaching assistant, said.
go outside. Her students benefited because they weren't missing out on being outdoors, she said.
When students go outside, she said
they do not want to pay attention, but her class was generally responsive when it has been outside.
A student in Hughes' class, Ieyale Morris, said she refused to go outside if the temperature was not at least 75 degrees. The Topeka freshman said that when it was warm going outside helped her learn better because she was more relaxed than in a normal class setting. Plus, it was a change of scenery.
When Abby Golinvaux, Olathe senior,
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Student in accident; in stable condition
By Neeley J. Spellmeier
nspellmeier@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A KU student is in stable condition at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., after a wreck Sunday evening at the intersection of Sixth Street and Monterey Way.
Nastassia Johnson, Overland Park senior, was injured just after 7 p.m. when a car, westbound on Sixth Street, ran a red light. Johnson was a passenger in a car driven by Ryan Griffin, Lawrence senior.
Johnson was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and then airlifted to the University of Kansas Hospital for treatment. She suffered a fractured skull, broken pelvis, a broken rib, lacerations on her liver and a fractured vertebrae.
Johnson is expected to be in the hospital for at least another week, Griffin said.
Perla Flores, Parnell, Iowa, resident, was driving the car that struck Griffin's vehicle. Drugs and alcohol are not suspected to have played a part in the accident, said Sgt. Mike Patrick of the Lawrence Police Department. Flores said that because of the position of the setting sun, she could not see the stoplight, Patrick said.
Two other passengers, Israel Morales and John Wagner, both Lawrence residents, were in Griffin's car. Morales was also transported to the hospital.
— Edited by Amanda Kim Stairrett
Summer fee considered for rec center
By Anna Clovis aclovis@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Students who want to get fit at the Student Recreation Fitness Center this summer might have to pay.
Heard on the Hill
An idea proposed by the Recreation Services Advisory Board and center administrators would make students who aren't enrolled in summer classes pay a fee of $31 to use the center. Enrolled students pay $287 per semester in campus fees.
fees. Mary Chappell, director for recreation services, said the fee was created to make summer financing fair.
Students who are enrolled in the summer session have to pay for the center in their campus fees. Chappell said the board thought it was fair that students not enrolled in the summer session pay the same center fee that those enrolled are paying.
"No. I'd go outside. I only use it for basketball anyway."
Chris Koepsel
Wichita junior
No fee has been finalized. The advisory board and administrators are still discussing the possibility and Chappell said she was not sure when the decision would be made.
Will you use the Student Recreation Fitness Center this summer if you have to pay more fees for summer use?
Chappell said the fee wasn't a big issue when the advisory board discussed it.
"Yeah, I probably would. They have good facilities."
Grant Humphries
Overland Park freshman
"No. That's too much money. You shouldn't have to pay to work out." Christie Ogbonna Wichita sophomore
She said everyone on the board said the fee sounded fair.
"No. I don't really use it now."
Sam Birchfield Lawrence freshman
Before the new center was built, students could use Robinson Center during
This will be the first time students have paid to use a campus recreation facility over the summer.
the summer for free, but Chappell said there was a big difference between Robinson and the new center
Robinson and the ncw "Robinson was only available after 5 p.m. during the summer," Chappell said. "The recreation center will be open at 6 a.m. and will be available for students all
day."
Bryan Young, Wichita junior and student member of the advisory board, said he didn't think students would be receptive of the fee.
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