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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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"We have lean
ion fiasco mistakes/'
ution that
5.G. presi- Student Gover
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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
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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
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stitution said
listed special
James Franklin, The contrad
nment president said.
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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. ?
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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
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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
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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
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up to par
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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
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