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Students march
Kansas college students journeyed to the
nation's capital last week for the country's annual March for Life. More than 7,000 joined the march from the Washington Monument to the Supreme Court. PAGE 3A
Spirit, Opportunity unite
With a weekend of difficulties for
NASA's first Mars rover Spirit,
Opportunity landed successfully yesterday on the other side of the Red Planet. PAGE 5A
Buffs defeated
Jayhawks brought in another victory at home, yesterday,
against the Colorado Buffaloes. With the final score of 78-57, the team bounced back from its loss to Richmond.PAGE1B
Tigers Pounce 'Hawks
The Kansas women's basketball team suffered
another Big 12 Conference loss Saturday. Despite coming within six points, the Jayhawks were defeated 76-49. PAGE 1B
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
IN ITS 100TH YEAR AS THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Vol.114 Issue No.78
ResNet orders virus check
Paresh Mehta, Wichita senior and Resnet worker, fixes Jordan Kreher's, St. Louis freshman computer on Friday Jan. 23. "The people are very helpful, so it hasn't been as bad of a situation as it could have been," Kreher said.
By Azita Tafreshi atafroshi@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Residence hall members will find themselves without access to the ResNet network this semester until they pass a new security check.
new security training Residents must download and run an application that tests the security of their computers, as well as the KU antivirus program, Sophos, which is free to all KU students, faculty and staff.
Once their computer passes the tests, residents are given an activation code to regain access to the network.
If a resident's computer is infected because the process was not properly completed, the student will be charged a $45 reactivation fee.
The mandatory registration process checks for known vulnerabilities from the Internet, makes sure the computer is
properly configured for software updates and verifies that Sophos has been installed, said Chuck Crawford, campus information technology security officer.
"What we are trying to avoid is what we ran into last semester," Crawford said. "We had a bunch of PCs that were not properly configured that were getting compromised and infected over and over again."
Crawford said these infections could potentially affect computer performance all over campus, and the new registration requirements were a proactive measure toward network security.
Keegan Flanigan, Olathe freshman, said he thought the idea of everyone having antivirus software sounded like a good idea, but that there were still problems. Flanigan said it took him over an hour to set up the program, and he ran into difficulties before it ran correctly.
Ice puts freeze on students
Scott Rollheiser, Lenexa freshman, scraped the ice from his car late yesterday afternoon. As much as half an inch of rain covered cars, trees and sidewalks after last night's sleet and rain storm. Forecasters said Monday's conditions would not be much better.
SEE COMPUTERS ON PAGE 7A
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Classified debate continues
By Ron Knox
rknox@kansan.com
kansan staff writer
When Dennis Constance saw the pamphlets depicting his fellow KU classified employees as "dangerous snakes," the senior custodial supervisor didn't know what to think of the union he'd been a member of for 20 years.
member of or for 20 years. Constance, co-chairman of legislative affairs for the Classified Senate, said the Kansas Association of Public Employees demonized the classified employees for voting in October to make the University of Kansas their employer rather than the state.
Dennis Constance, custodial supervisor, cleaned the carpet at Varsity House early Saturday morning. The Varsity House, located at 11th and Indiana streets, is the headquarters for the University's housekeeping and recycling program.
As a member of the Classified Senate and KAPE, Constance knows the groups should be working toward mutual goals, not fighting in pamphlets and the Legislature.
But since the classified employees first vote last spring to change employer — a 545 to 545 tie — KAPE has struggled against the possible move.
Constance said that despite KAPE's strong opposition to the University's classified employees' decision, it did not understand the real reasons why the employees wanted to leave the state payroll.
KAPE never contacted him or any other classified Senator he knew of to learn more about the issue, Constance said.
"It's a knee-jerk reaction. It's a fear reaction." Constance said.
"I've not seen anything that the leadership cares about what it's members feel," Constance said.
But Andy Sanchez, executive director of KAPE, said KAPE leadership didn't have to contact KU classified employees; they contacted KAPE.
Sanchez said the classified employees he spoke to raised concerns about job security when employed by the University, something that was insured under state civil service protections.
"To water down those protections, that's not where our membership wants to go," Sanchez said.
Constance said the University system would protect employees' jobs just as well as the state.
But Constance said money issues with the state budget ultimately affected the vote more than anything else.
Without the state budget restricting their pay increases, Constance said civil service employees could get paid what they deserve.
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Official gives talk at Berlin college
By Anna Clovis
aclovis@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
While KU students enjoyed the last day of winter break last Thursday, Chancellor Robert Hemenway packed his bags for a business trip to Europe.
The trip, sponsored by the chancellor's office, University of Kansas Alumni Association, the Kansas University Endowment Association and KU International Programs takes place from Jan. 22 to Jan. 30. While in Europe,
Hemenway
Hemenway will give a Distinguished W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture on Jan. 27 at Humboldt University in Berlin.
The lecture is titled Zora Neale Hurston and the Harlem Renaissance. Hurston, an African-American novelist and folklorist, was the subject of Hemenway's 1977 book Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary Biography.
The university has invited eight people including Hemenway to give the Du Bois lectures during its winter semester. Hemenway is one of three Americans giving lectures.
The Du Bois lectures invite American scholars and public intellectuals to lecture and teach a seminar about public culture, cultural differences, intercultural translation and the interactions among cultures from an transatlantic perspective, according to the university's Web site. www.hu-bertlin.de.
The lecture won't be the only event on Hemenway's itinerary. He will also be meeting with more than 1,000 alumni, associates and friends of the University of Kansas during receptions and private meetings in Berlin and London.
Todd Cohen, associate director of university relations, said Hemenway takes a yearly trip to Europe on behalf of the University.
"We've tried to establish receptions for KU alumni overseas." Cohen said. "They remain passionate about the issues and things going on back here at KU."
Those alumni also like to give back to the University, John Scarffe, director of communications for the endowment association said.
He said one London couple, Douglas L. Miller and Audrey Tanaka-Miller, have donated $500,000 to multicultural scholarships.
Scarffe said fundraising abroad required the same elements of fundraising locally — including e-mail, newsletters and even trips.
"We need to keep in touch with alumni abroad just like we do here." Scarffe said. "Communication pays off."
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Edited by Cindy Yeo
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