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fUSC students .can show __ ^ '7 hate pQsfj things, and 1 hate regal f Koge^Tifand no Gamecocks overcome Memphis St. r - s,eph? Gui,f?y,etuxedos are required See Spom page 7 Sec "Koger." page 3 See Features, page 4 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Friday Volume 81, No. 56 University of South Carolina January 1989 Virus infei How viruses infect systems H 17 ? A. CC rruin siaii repons A computer virus acts and spreads similarly to viruses ; that attack humans. The computer virus can also be as potentially deadly to a computer system as a virus can be to the human body. It can attack and destroy computer programs and applications like spread sheets, word processing or hard dissk drives. An individual uses complex codes to create the virus and stores it on a diskette. Then any computer he places the diskette in can be infected. When a person places a disk in an infected computer, the disk is infected. When the person uses the disk in another computer, he infects that computer, so the virus is spread from disk to disk and computer to computer. There are several types of known computer viruses, which mainly "infect" Macintosh computers. There are also 60 known viruses for IBM computers. One of the more commonly known types is called a "worm." The "worm" is deadly because it can get into a hard disk and, similar to a worm, eats and destroys programs and memory until the system comes crashing down. A second type known as "scores" is also very serious because it can cause programs to "bomb." A third variety similar to "scores" but less deadly is called a NVIR virus. It is more of a nuisance because, 9 although it does not damage programs or memory, it can cause a system to crash. There are several programs to combat viruses. The programs include RX1.4, which acts a prescription to cure the virus, and the FERRET, which, as the name implies, M "ferrets" out viruses. Another program is "Kill Virus Net," which will make any virus attempting to invade a system "think" there is already a virus there. ??? > p* if^y #*"*' K ** s L Fake IDs are not uncommon among students at USC. Fake ID users stiff penalties, By PAM CREECH match the other US Staff writpr The mnst rnmr Out of 25 students surveyed by made by putting nev The Gamecock, all 25 said they had over the old ones, had a false ID or knew of someone giveaways include t who had had one. tion seals and mi "I had one during my freshman faces, year, so I could buy beer and wine "If the corner at a grocery store," said one license is coming i 20-year-old, who didn't want to be good clue. Those identified. "But I don't have it any. last," Goolsby said more." "We have a p The Department of Highways system," said the and Public Transportation has a Green's Liquors. " staunch warning for people who get closely, to make s caught with fake IDs. matches." "We prosecute them criminally," said Ken Reed, a spokesman They also have a : for the department. The strictest picture of the consi charge is forgerv. which carries a driver's license. seven - year penalty. "If they don't 1 In cooperation with authorities, license, we don't area businesses keep watch for fake Sometimes we ask IDs. she said. "Most of them are so obvious Most area clubs c it's funny," said Doug Goolsby of ???? Greenstreet's. "We did get one that was perfect, but its type didn't See cts USC's AP ITIf y 1 ai mH ATTZOTMN .1 - msm&p ; e H?o LAa AVi?H& M/t, Y./taoke? cm MA yMfPG ">H?S OH OXMHJS. IF YOU YYOUiO LiKS TO CHECK YOUf? DATA OONfAOT H.C.O, COMPUTMQ w LAB I r?zr *4 h* i * m JULIE BOUCHILLON/The Gamecock A sign hung on the door leading to the computer labs to 'arn students of the computer virus. Students who fear their disk may be infected can take them to Computer Services across from the Blossom Street Garage to have them checked and cleared, if necessary. '88 election fiasco S.G. By KRIS TAYLOR and D. R. HAYNE Staff writers Last year's Student Government elect has prompted revisions in the constiti should rectify controversy in the contest Patrick Smith, special assistant to the! dent, said the constitution was revised s be valid for the upcoming S.G. election "Our last election had a lot of p Smith, a political science graduate stuc "Revising the constitution now will mak tion run smoothly." Faults in the constitution were broug] ing last year's election, causing original be thrown out and a new election to be The vote for the changes will be held fr to 6 p.m. Tuesday on the second floor lo Russell House. A valid USC identificati required. If the revisions are approved, become an integral part ol the vonstitu Last year's problems angered S.G. James Franklin, who said he was "very "D nn at 7ofi Ar XVV^llW V CIL1W1 By MONICA COLLINS Staff writer File phow Renovations on Drayton Hall carrying a price tag of $2.3 million are underway. q Vice President for Facilities Plannm*-| ^ Mjr ing David Rinker said construction, | ^ which began in late December, will bring the former high school #"1 auditorium up to standards for use - m I by USC's department of theatre and I 411 speech. Rinker said the small stage, which became part of USC in the early ? jj-js ?> 1970s, was inadequate for use by non types are theatre department students and v numbers right sta*Il he says Dead "The depth and height of the stage iroken lamana- ""ere totaly inappropriate for colsmatched type 1' There were no dressing rooms, no of a driver's storage, and everything was totally indone,that's a makeshift, seals usuallv Assistant Vice President for Facilities Planning Ed Bass said the irettv effective actual construction of the stage will manager of cost $1,887 million. The figure of 'We check IDs ^2-3 he said> includes design ;Ure everything fees' architect fees? furnishing and insurance. Bass said foundation work is being system to take a done now thal dam0!it!?" of the ?'<! umer with their structure is completed. The structural steel work, he said, will begin in ? j March. mvc a unvci 5 . . sell .0 them. 'The preparatory vvork ,s go.ng on for two IDs" now," he said. When the steel work begins, people will be able to see the atch an average actual form take shape"" ' Plans for the renovations have been in the works for seven or eight I D Daze 2 years? Rinker said. He said approval ^ ? for funding was difficult to get, since compu Situation co By SUSAN NESBITT and MARY PEARSON News editors A computer virus has infected some of USC's computer systems, Computer Service Division staff member Alma Kinzley says. The virus was discovered this past week by Computer Service Division. It did not destroy any programs, but did cause computers to crash, Kinzley said. He said the problem was stopped by special computer programs designed to seek out and kill such viruses. Kinzley said the computer virus did not have an impact on any of USC's data files, only programs or applications such as MacWrite were impacted. The virus spread through several departments, including iaos in tne College of Journalism in Carolina Coliseum and in humanities in Gambrell Hall. "We found the virus in a couple of machines, but it hadn't done any damage ? it's just a big nuisance," said Van Kornegay, computer graphics instructor in the College of Journalism. "We've vaccinated it." He said the only way to keep viruses out would be "to limit people who use our computers to using our disks only. We might have to start doing that." "We have been notified that there is a problem," said Woody Carothers, Student Government adprompts change plans to i ? ????^> "We have lean ion fiasco mistakes/' ution that 5.G. presi- Student Gover n it would ?? ? the election." roblems," More accountability wou lent, said. in the election, Franklin si ethiselec- from our mistakes," Frar having to campaign twice > ht up dur- Some 15 to 17 election v results to to senators last year, and c held. arose as well. The prev om 9 a.m. senators were to be chosen 1 bby of the adviser Woody Carothers s on card is was the number of Candida , they will One college h^d 26 can tion. seats. With so many cand President was impossible. Carothers upset over should have called for a pi is will brini UjiAJ | 1 || 1 ; 9 B H 11 s s 11 || H A construction worker treks through th the proposals had to go through several committees, including the Commission on Higher Education, the Budget Control Board and the General Assembly. "We were competing with other state agency needs for bond funds," he said, "and these funds are granted only every other year." Rinker said only a modest amount ter sys mid be worse, Political science freshman Heather Ro possibly infected by a computer virus. viser. Carothers said S.G.'s computers had not been infected by the virus. A computer virus acts and spreads similiar to viruses that attack humans, said Tom Morton, Macintosh coordinator at Gambrell Hall's computer lab. The computer virus can also be as potentially deadly to a computer system as a virus can be to the human body. A computer virus can attack and destroy computer programs and applications like spread sheets, word processing or hard disk drives. One way to create virus is to write ~evise cor Another p led from our with who wt stitution said listed special James Franklin, The contrad nment president said. ?"The cons years ago," Id have cured the kinks changes, but aid. "We have learned course, this c tklin said, adding that The Senate vas displeasing. constituti iolations were reported enc* ^is s< constitutional questions S.G. Pres ious constitution said S.G. Presidei ay a majority vote. S.G. t0 ^eac^ t^ie c aid one of the problems ble said the e tes running per college. ' The code didates run for Senate constitution, idates, a majority win changing ori ? said the constitution urality vote instead. ? I Drayton S*L% H I I I jM BB 9 HP^g&4 y%; e debris caused by the renovation of US of funding was coming from USC itself. Theatre and speech assistant professor Elbin Cleveland said the Drayton Hall construction is in the first phase of a two- or three- phase project. Future plans, he said, call for additional space, more storage and rehearsal space and a greenroom for the comfort of performers. Cleveland said two aspects of tems officials say E^jEL w*mJULIE BOUCHILLON/The Gamecock berts works on one of the computers complex computer commands and store them on a diskette. Then any computer that receives the diskette can be infected. The virus is spread from disk to disk and computer to computer. When a person places a disk in an infected computer, the disk is infected. When the person uses the disk in another computer, he infects that computer, Morton said. The virus is nassed on to the next user's disk which, when used in other See VIRUS page 2 istitution roblem with the election had to do is eligible to run. The previous conanyone could run for any office, but requirements a few paragraphs later, iictions raised questions, Carothers titution was written badly a couple of Carothers said. "We made some never updated the election codes. Of :aused some contradictions." : Judiciary Committee then suggested onal revision and gave S.G. until the :mester to complete it. ident James Franklin chose former it Kelvin Stroble, now a law student, :onstitution revision committee. Strodection codes were a major concern. :s were why we began changing the " he said. "We didn't do a lot of thpm pvartlv hut hncipnllv inct ee CONSTITUTION page 2 up to par - v*>.". , ** ... CHAM TUCKER/The Gamecock SC's Drayton Hall. phase one are planned. Part one calls for complete restructuring of the theatre house, which includes the entire enclosure around the stage. In addition, an up-to-date theatrical rigging system is planned. "The old rigging system required four or five strong people to move sets around," Cleveland said. "The See DRAYTON page 2