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Wednesday, September 24, 2003 'Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour" Volume 79 * Number 2 Outside the Bubble Kelly Kirby Contributing Writer World Three American soldiers were killed and 13 were injured in Iraq during a combination of mortar and roadside bomb attacks on Saturday and Sunday. U.S. troops have ;lost 165 soldiers since President Bush called an end to major combat on May 1. Nation Hurricane Isabel cut electricity from over 6 million people in the Mid- Atlantic states.; Utility crews are at work, but power companies say it will. take time to rebuild equipment. Meanwhile, the: shortage'of food* ice, and water is leaving local residents distressed. Minnesota Three University of Minnesota students were killed in a house Fire near Dinkytown on Saturday. The 3 students, 2 females and 1 male, were not saved, while several of their roommates escaped saTcly from the two-story home. Authorities are not yet sure of the fire's origin. 44 Heart and soul" of biology department passes away Timothy Goddard Editor-in-Chief Popular and respected biology professor Weldon Jones suc- cumed to a rare, agressive neural viral infection and passed away at Methodist Hospital Sunday morning, leaving the college and department shaken along with a huge hole lo fill. "Weldon's been the life of this place ever since he's been here," said Ian Johnston, biology professor. "He's the heart and soul of this department... he poured his life into students. He didn't have a family, but he literally substituted his own family for the students." Echoing those sentiments, Senior biology major Scott Youdas, who worked closely with Jones on his research last fall, described him as "an amazing teacher... Sometimes when teachers cancel class, you're happy because you don't have go to class... with Dr. Jones, you were sad that he canceled it, because you'd leam so much." "He could have been making tons of money doing research, [but instead] he'd sacrifice his time for the students" Youdas added. "You'd come in and see him here at two in the morning." Theresa DeGolier, head of the biology department called Jones "a servant leader" and "one of the most humble people" she had ever met. "This Biology professor will be hard on everbody," said DeGolier. "It's a collegue, a friend, a brilliant scientist...Weldon was a mentor to a lot of people." Jones came to Bethel in 1982 after receiving his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees at Harvard University and doing post-doctoral work at Stanford. Since then, Jones received the Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and in 1995 was selected as the Minnesota Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. In his time here, he took three full-year research sabbaticals, including one at Harvard and one at the Mayo clinic. Last year was his third sabbatical, at R & D Systems in Minneapolis, and he was planning to return to teaching this fall. This summer he presented research that he and students, including Youdas, had done on a gene related to prostate cancer. Aside from doing research teaching most of the cell and molecular biology-related courses at Bethel, Jones also served as the faculty advisor to Bethel's award-winning chapter of Tri-Beta, the national biological honor society. Jones began having trouble with his balance around Labor Day of this year and soon after lost a great deal of motor control and his speech began to slur. "I can't walk or talk very well," he said during an interview on September 16, "but there's no pain." During the interview, Jones also expressed gratitude to the Bethel community for the many cards and notes he had rccieved. The disease was only recently diagnosed as a virus that aggressively attacked the cerebellar tissue at the base of the brain, an area that contributes to balance and motor function. Jones had spent the last few weeks at Methodist Hospital and then in the St. Louis Park Health Care center. This week he had been planning to leave for either Maine or Massachusetts in order to be near siblings during recovery. He is survived by two sisters and five brothers Funeral arrangements were undetermined before press, but the President's office will be passing along information when it becomes available. Worms and viruses infecting campus computers Meika Vogel Contributing Writer Information Technology Services has been putting in extra hours in recent weeks due to widespread vims and worm infections on faculty and student computers. Two major Windows security problems hit around the same time and resulted in two worms and one virus that affected hundreds of computers on campus. On August 12, a worm called "MS Blast" infected Bethel's network. "Very few computers were protected when that one hit, so we were taken by surprise," said Brent Nordquist, Director of Server Systems. Since its arrival, about 20 computers have been infected with "We were taken by surprise." the MS Blaster worm. The reason this worm spread so quickly through the network was because it infected one computer and then went on to the other computers in the network. This worm led to .n^—^— the release of another a few weeks later, a worm called "Welchia." This worm was created as a "good" worm that was supposed to spread like the MS Blaster worm had and clean it from infected computers. Although it was a "good" worm it still had to be removed from the 300 computers it had infected. "It created so much network traffic that it hurl more than it helped," said Nordquist. The third major problem to hit Bethel's network was a virus called the "So Big" virus. It hit on August 20. At its peak, 25,000 e-mails containing the virus were coming through Bethel's mail server every day. Unlike the worm, this virus _____ could only be spread by e-mail, so a person had to open an attachment in order for it to infect their computer. Because all incoming e-mail to Bethel's network are ~~ scanned and because all of the faculty computers have virus protection software, the virus didn't hit until studenis started coming back to campus. Recently, Microsoft announced a new security threat to Windows, and Nordquist is "waiting for the next big virus or worm to hit." Because of this possible threat and others in the future. Nordquist recommends that students take action to prevent their computers from being infected. There are two options. One is to download all updates to Windows from Microsoft's website, and the other is to install vims protection software at www.mcafee.com. The ITS department has a license for this program that covers all students, so it is free to install. Contact extension 6500 for details. Although these viruses and worms created a great deal of extra work for the ITS department, no permanent damage was done. "We worked some late nights and had to reload windows onto a few machines, but no one reported any lost data," said Operating Systems Analyst Dave Schlenk.
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Title | Page 1 |
Alternative Title | The Bethel Clarion |
Edition (Vol. No.) | Vol. 79 No. 02 |
Date Published | September 24 2003 |
Decade | 2000 |
Academic Year | 2003 - 2004 |
Frequency | Biweekly |
Notes | This project has been financed in part with funds provided by the State of Minnesota through the Minnesota Historical Society from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. |
Digital Collection | The Clarion: Bethel University's Student Newspaper |
Digital Publisher | Bethel University |
Editor | Goddard, Timothy |
Contributors | Lent, Bill (News Editor); Goddard, Timothy (Views Editor); Inderlie, Kate (Variety Editor); Boettcher, Matt (A&E Editor); Hermerding, B. J. (Sports Editor); Kowalski, Jenny (Graphics Editor); Lande, Pete (Graphics Editor); Hunt, Lyndsay (Copy Editor); Lent, Bill (Business and Advertising Manager); Martin, Barb (Administrative Advisor); Alsdurf, Phyllis (Academic Advisor) |
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United States Minnesota Saint Paul |
Time Span of Publication | Newspaper published from 1921 through present day |
Copyright | Reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted for educational and research purposes with proper attribution to the Bethel Digital Library. No commercial reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted under copyright law without the written permission of Bethel University Digital Library. For questions or further information on this collection, contact digital-library@bethel.edu. |
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Physical Dimensions | 11.5 x 14 |
Original Collection | Printed paper copies of original newspaper in the collections of the Bethel University Library and the History Center: Archives of the Baptist General Conference and Bethel University. |
Original Publisher | Bethel College |
Transcript | Wednesday, September 24, 2003 'Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour" Volume 79 * Number 2 Outside the Bubble Kelly Kirby Contributing Writer World Three American soldiers were killed and 13 were injured in Iraq during a combination of mortar and roadside bomb attacks on Saturday and Sunday. U.S. troops have ;lost 165 soldiers since President Bush called an end to major combat on May 1. Nation Hurricane Isabel cut electricity from over 6 million people in the Mid- Atlantic states.; Utility crews are at work, but power companies say it will. take time to rebuild equipment. Meanwhile, the: shortage'of food* ice, and water is leaving local residents distressed. Minnesota Three University of Minnesota students were killed in a house Fire near Dinkytown on Saturday. The 3 students, 2 females and 1 male, were not saved, while several of their roommates escaped saTcly from the two-story home. Authorities are not yet sure of the fire's origin. 44 Heart and soul" of biology department passes away Timothy Goddard Editor-in-Chief Popular and respected biology professor Weldon Jones suc- cumed to a rare, agressive neural viral infection and passed away at Methodist Hospital Sunday morning, leaving the college and department shaken along with a huge hole lo fill. "Weldon's been the life of this place ever since he's been here," said Ian Johnston, biology professor. "He's the heart and soul of this department... he poured his life into students. He didn't have a family, but he literally substituted his own family for the students." Echoing those sentiments, Senior biology major Scott Youdas, who worked closely with Jones on his research last fall, described him as "an amazing teacher... Sometimes when teachers cancel class, you're happy because you don't have go to class... with Dr. Jones, you were sad that he canceled it, because you'd leam so much." "He could have been making tons of money doing research, [but instead] he'd sacrifice his time for the students" Youdas added. "You'd come in and see him here at two in the morning." Theresa DeGolier, head of the biology department called Jones "a servant leader" and "one of the most humble people" she had ever met. "This Biology professor will be hard on everbody," said DeGolier. "It's a collegue, a friend, a brilliant scientist...Weldon was a mentor to a lot of people." Jones came to Bethel in 1982 after receiving his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees at Harvard University and doing post-doctoral work at Stanford. Since then, Jones received the Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and in 1995 was selected as the Minnesota Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. In his time here, he took three full-year research sabbaticals, including one at Harvard and one at the Mayo clinic. Last year was his third sabbatical, at R & D Systems in Minneapolis, and he was planning to return to teaching this fall. This summer he presented research that he and students, including Youdas, had done on a gene related to prostate cancer. Aside from doing research teaching most of the cell and molecular biology-related courses at Bethel, Jones also served as the faculty advisor to Bethel's award-winning chapter of Tri-Beta, the national biological honor society. Jones began having trouble with his balance around Labor Day of this year and soon after lost a great deal of motor control and his speech began to slur. "I can't walk or talk very well," he said during an interview on September 16, "but there's no pain." During the interview, Jones also expressed gratitude to the Bethel community for the many cards and notes he had rccieved. The disease was only recently diagnosed as a virus that aggressively attacked the cerebellar tissue at the base of the brain, an area that contributes to balance and motor function. Jones had spent the last few weeks at Methodist Hospital and then in the St. Louis Park Health Care center. This week he had been planning to leave for either Maine or Massachusetts in order to be near siblings during recovery. He is survived by two sisters and five brothers Funeral arrangements were undetermined before press, but the President's office will be passing along information when it becomes available. Worms and viruses infecting campus computers Meika Vogel Contributing Writer Information Technology Services has been putting in extra hours in recent weeks due to widespread vims and worm infections on faculty and student computers. Two major Windows security problems hit around the same time and resulted in two worms and one virus that affected hundreds of computers on campus. On August 12, a worm called "MS Blast" infected Bethel's network. "Very few computers were protected when that one hit, so we were taken by surprise," said Brent Nordquist, Director of Server Systems. Since its arrival, about 20 computers have been infected with "We were taken by surprise." the MS Blaster worm. The reason this worm spread so quickly through the network was because it infected one computer and then went on to the other computers in the network. This worm led to .n^—^— the release of another a few weeks later, a worm called "Welchia." This worm was created as a "good" worm that was supposed to spread like the MS Blaster worm had and clean it from infected computers. Although it was a "good" worm it still had to be removed from the 300 computers it had infected. "It created so much network traffic that it hurl more than it helped," said Nordquist. The third major problem to hit Bethel's network was a virus called the "So Big" virus. It hit on August 20. At its peak, 25,000 e-mails containing the virus were coming through Bethel's mail server every day. Unlike the worm, this virus _____ could only be spread by e-mail, so a person had to open an attachment in order for it to infect their computer. Because all incoming e-mail to Bethel's network are ~~ scanned and because all of the faculty computers have virus protection software, the virus didn't hit until studenis started coming back to campus. Recently, Microsoft announced a new security threat to Windows, and Nordquist is "waiting for the next big virus or worm to hit." Because of this possible threat and others in the future. Nordquist recommends that students take action to prevent their computers from being infected. There are two options. One is to download all updates to Windows from Microsoft's website, and the other is to install vims protection software at www.mcafee.com. The ITS department has a license for this program that covers all students, so it is free to install. Contact extension 6500 for details. Although these viruses and worms created a great deal of extra work for the ITS department, no permanent damage was done. "We worked some late nights and had to reload windows onto a few machines, but no one reported any lost data," said Operating Systems Analyst Dave Schlenk. |
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