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HEALTH
Punch cards promote healthy choices
Punch cards for Better Bites entrees will be available for students on campus this semester.
The cards award students with a free Better Bites entree and free water bottle after the purchase of five Better Bites entrees from KU cafeterias.
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LIVE MUSIC
Eclectic band plays best in front of audiences
"Electro-sexual" trio Chow Nasty will perform this Monday at the Replay Lounge as part of the tour promoting its new album. The band boasts driving bass rhythms with a high-energy stage presence.
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TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES
Students in residence halls experience problems with anti-virus program
BY CALEB SOMMERVILLE csommerville@kansan.com
Staunton said the first thing the Geek Squad employee asked him was whether or not he lived in the residence halls and had Sophos Antivirus installed on his computer.
When Brendan Staunton, San Diego freshman, came back from winter break, his computer had crashed. He took it to ResNet and called Dell several times before taking it to Geek Squad, the technical support group at Best Buy
According to ResNet's Web site, the University uses the Sophos program because ResNet volunteers are trained in dealing with it, and can therefore offer free technical support, and because it updates with the latest virus information.
When KU students sign up for Internet access from the residence halls and other on-campus housing, they are required to install Sophos Antivirus in order to connect.
Jennifer Torode, public relations manager for Sophos Plc., said the University reported a 99 percent installation and use success rate with Sophos users. She said that occasionally glitches happened.
According to Sophos' Web site, 1.5 million faculty, staff, and students use their software in an American university setting.
Torode also encouraged students having problems to talk to ResNet.
Bill Myers, director of assessment and outreach for information services, said that ResNet only knew of three Sophos-related problems out of around 4,000 subscribers.
He said that fewer than one percent of ResNot users have report.
ResNet users have reported problems with Sophos
Myers also said that the University has been using Sophos for about five years. He said the reasons for the University picking Sophos was that it ran better in tests against other antivirus programs like Norton and McAfee, detected some viruses that other programs didn't and took up less space than other programs.
program” He wanted to install another anti-virus program like Norton Anti-Virus, but ResNet would not allow multiple anti-virus programs to run.
"I don't know everything about computers, but I was a little shocked when I took it in to get it fixed and even the people
"I asked if Sophos was bad and he gasped because I guess it is that bad."
He also emphasized the importance of having an anti-virus program.
"Requiring a standard anti-virus package helps ensure the security of the network for everyone," Myers said.
Not all students are impressed with Sophos, though.
Staunton said that even the person he talked to at ResNet said Sophos was a "bad
AMBER NELSON Denver freshman
Even the people who were working for ResNet were saying that it is a huge problem," Staunton said.
After taking it to ResNet several times, Taylor said that he could download Sophos, but it wouldn't complete the checks
Tim Taylor, Chicago freshman, still does not have Internet access on his computer.
Amber Nelson, Denver freshman, said that a lot of her friends, including Taylor and Staunton, have had problems with ResNet. After she and her friends went to Geek Squad twice, she got a surprising answer.
required to actually complete the installation.
"I think that they should find some other way to make it easier for us to get Internet," Taylor said.
Staunton said that when he took his computer in to Geek Squad, they immediately guessed that Sophos was the problem, and said that they got computers that crash because of Sophos all the time.
"I asked if Sophos was bad and he gaspeu because I guess it is that bad," Nelson said.
"They shouldn't make us do Sophos, it's ridiculous," Taylor said.
Ryan Zindorf, an employee of Geek Squad, said that Sophos does not offer full protection against virus.
The best way to protect against viruses, Zindorf said, was to install a licensed copy of an anti-virus program like Norton and pair it with a spyware remover like SpySweeper. Those programs watch, protect, and remove harmful things.
Students should always watch what they download, and where they download from, Zindorf said. Peer-to-peer file sharing programs like Limewire and Morpheus can be dangerous, since you don't always know where the files are coming from or what they are.
Zindorf said that Sophos watches what you're doing and warns you if something is trying to install, but doesn't scan files or remove existing viruses.
Edited by Jared Duncan
EVENT
Dole offers speaker and pizza
Pizza and Politics has seen a rise in its attendance after a student changed the way the program worked. Pizza and Politics offers
>> COMMUNITY SERVICE
free pizza and a political speaker on a specific topic that appeals to students. Today's speaker is Geoff Earle, a New York Post correspondent
who covers Hillary Clinton's campaign.
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Student plans 3,500-mile bike trip
KU student Stephanie Meehan won't spend her summer like most students this year. She has decided to bike across the
country to raise awareness the affordable housing. Meehan will bike more than 3,000 miles with 30 people, stopping to help build
homes along the way
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Travel program arrives for chem students
》 STUDY ABROAD
A new study abroad program is being offered at the University of Kansas, and a large scholarship is being offered for students who participate. The program is for chemistry majors and offers the possibility for a dual degree.
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