Ii a *rnt Weather tonight: Cloudy and breezy, low around 450. Tomorrow: Chance of showers high around 550. i, One hundredfive years ofedikonridfreedom Monday September 23, 1996 -' -- - - -- - - - Jackson mobilizes Markiey %tudents By Jennifer Harvey Daily Staff Reporter Early birds in the Mary Markley din- ing hail were treated to more than just doughnuts yesterday morning. Leaving the TV cameras and podi- s behind, the Rev. Jesse Jackson vis- ited students in their University home as part of his "Get Down~With the Vote" tour. The one-time Democratic candidate for president spoke to about 100 University students and staff at Markley early yesterday morning, after address- ing the congregation at Ann Arbor's New Hope Baptist Church. Jackson told students they need to a e the initiative in the upcoming elec- ns, and do it on a local level. "It's your chance, it's your chal- lenge," he said. "We have the power to change the course in Michigan." Alan Levy, director of Housing pub- lic affairs, said Jackspn's visit was espe- cially meaningful because Jackson asked to speak in a residence hail. "For students to see a national Jackson A der, an icon for Lvil rights, in the What: "Get Down Markley dining nonpartisan vote room, it's just a paign. tremendous oppor- When: The Rev. J tunity," Levy said. speaks at 1:15 p John Matlock, ers begin at 12:3 director of the Where: Hill Audit Office of Academic Admission: The e M u l t i c u l t u r a l open to the publi Initiatives and an Wganizer for Jackson's visit, said kson's staffers asked him to cancel the trip because of his bout with bron- chitis. "But he said he was coming any- way," Matlock said. Matlock said Jackson's commitment Passwords, IDs stolen from sites d" MARGARET MYERS/Day The Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke of the importance of voting yesterday morning at Mary Markley Residence Hall. Jackson visited campus for his "Get Down With the Vote" campaign. ip r r es .m 30 ori ve c. to mobilizing the youth vote is too strong to be put down by mere bronchi- tis. "He's the person to get young people energized," Matlock said. "He, more than anybody else, continues to speak out about energizing young people." Jackson delivered pearance a message of oblig- ation, telling stu- ith the Vote," a dents they needed egistration cam- to fulfill theirs, and that they needed to se Jackson demand the same . Student speak- from government. p.m. He said registering ium to vote was the key nt is free and tool for meeting those obligations. "Use your voter card as a weapon for protection," Jackson said. "We don't have to stay in jail for 27 years like Mandela - we can just vote." Registering to vote is essential for ensuring fairness in the judicial system. Jackson said. He said students should pay a lot of attention to electing judges, state attorneys and district attorneys. "This thing is bottom-up, not top- down." Jackson said. "You are a lot more likely to meet this judge than you are to meet Bill Clinton" Since stu- dents live in Ann Arbor, We ha they should vote here. power e to Jackson said. "You live wher- the cours ever you slept the last two or Michigan three nights in row," he said. --The Rev. "You should vote where you live." Jackson stressed the necessity of stfi- dent-aid programs. He said the higher education plans laid out by Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole would severely hinder opportunities for less- than-affluent people to attend college. .. "Dole and (Republican vice presi- dential nominee Jack) Kemp said they would make affirmative action illegal ... that's a message." Jackson said. "By voting you protect your right to stay here." Michigan Student Assembly President Fiona Rose said she v C JE o the agreed strongly with Jackson's %hange message and rec- ognized the need M for students to register to vote. "Those of us who want social esse Jackson change can see that the pendu- lum is swinging in our favor., Rose said. "But we also know that the pendu- lum doesn't move without some push- ing and pulling" Students participated in a brief ques- tion-and-answer session with Jackson. See JACKSON, Page 7A By Laurie Mayk and Anupama Reddy Daily Staff Reporters A Trojan Horse computer program has jeopardized the privacy of students and staff members since early this month by illegally obtaining unignames and passwords from campus computing sites. Information Technology Division officials first discovered the program. which appears as a standard University login screen, on Sept. II at three com- puting sites - the Shapiro Undergraduate Library, the Frieze Building and Family Housing on North Campus. After a user enters a unigname and password on the login screen, the pro- gram captures the information and saves it to a file on the computer's hard drive. The stolen information can later be retrieved and used to access the user's e-mail, financial information, schedule and other secured items. One hundred login IDs and pass- words were found in files on computing site hard drives last week. "Anyone capturing that password and using that unigname can use that per- son's identity," said Laurie Burns. ITD associate director. Trojan Horse programs are "designed to mimic real services almost perfectly. and it may be impossible for a user to detect any differences with them:' lTD officials.said in a statement Friday afternoon. ITD officials recommend that all stu- dents or faculty members who have used these sites this semester change their passwords. iTD sites manager Liz Salley said that although ITD is now familiar with this specific Trojan Horse program. it is difficult to safeguard against this type of program. "We cannot guarantee this won't hap- pen again'" Salley said. Some students at the Shapiro site Friday said they would change their passwords just in case their security had Four Ways to Change a Password: U At a Unix prompt, type "passwd" to execute the password program, which will prompt you for further information. At the Unix login prompt, type in "password" instead of your uniq- name and follow the subsequent instructions. In the Macintosh Finder, click on the identification icon in the upper right corner. Then, click on the icon for changing a password. On a Macintosh, use the Chooser to access your IFS account. Then, click on the button for setting a new password. been compromised. Passwords may be changed at any University terminal by typing "passwd" at the Unix login prompt and following the subsequent instructions. LSA sophomore Evette Adams said the incident would not deter her from using University computers. "The whole system is built around computers" Adams said. "If you cut yourself off from computers, you can forget it. ITD employees made a sweep of all campus computing sites last week after the program was first discovered. Although the creation dates on the pro- gram's directories made it appear to have been installed a few days earlier. the directories may have been cleared out or the machines restarted, said Dino Anastasia. an lTD computer systems consultant. "There's the potential that in some insances the program sat on a machine for six to eight weeks," Anastasia said. The program may have been loaded this summer, he said. lTD officials said the program was discovered on Intel-based Dell Pentium computers running the Windows 3.1 See ITD, Page 7A Reg ents seek new salary policy Board wants tighter control over top officials' contracts By Jodi S. Cohen and Jeff Eldridge Daily Staff Reporters After learning that former University President James Duderstadt offered secret compensation agreements to top officials, regents say they plan to develop a more structured salary policy for adminis- ors. At Friday's University Board of Regents meeting, Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor) read a statement that expressed the board's concern about the deals. "The regents, working with interim President (Homer) Neal and others, will examine these cir- cumstances, as well as the University's overall policy with regard to executive officer compensation," Baker said. Baker said that during the next few months, board members will look into developing a policy for the o A 4 next president to follow. Employment letters outlining the agreements - including yearlong leaves of absence at full salary and "administrative supplements" after returning to the faculty - were released last week. Duderstadt said he had the right to authorize the agreements, but regents say they should have been consulted. "That kind of stuff needs to stop" said Regent Andrea Fischer Newman (R-Ann Arbor). "You don't do stuff like that at a public institution." Other regents said they did not necessarily disagree with the deals, but in the future there needs to be a less arbitrary system. "We now need to create a compensation structure which allows the University to recruit. motivate and retain the best people in the country," said Regent Philip Power (D-Ann Arbor). Regent Nellie Varne " (D-Detroit) said board mem- bers can do little to change the salary agreements, but echoed other statements about implementing a formal salary policy. "I think the regents have to respect and honor what was in place," Varner said. "This demonstrates the necessity of having a more structural policy." Michigan Student Assembly President Fiona Rose reacted more negatively to reports of the compensa- tion agreements. "Students don't want their school to become the cheaters and the best," she said. Rose said the University's public status should prompt its leaders to refocus its priorities. "As a student paying a lot of money to go to a pub- lic institution, I think I deserve the assurance that my money is going towards education, not vacations," Rose said. The executive officers who made arrangements with Duderstadt include Neal, Vice President for University Relations Walter Harrison, Chief Financial Officer Farris Womack, Provost J. Bernard Machen, \ice President for Development Thomas Kinnear and Deputy to the President Jon Cosovich. Students make up, difference for lower funding I 7 Museum, celebrates SO yars By Heather Kamins For the Daily The doors were open, the sun was out, and balloons and decorations hung about as children and adults ate cake and strolled the halls of the University's useum of Art yesterday in celebra- on of its 50th birthday. The event was a birthday party "to get the community of Ann Arbor here to enjoy the museum. We're trying to get the community here and through the galleries," said event co-chair Allison Rohinson. By Jeff Eldridge Daily Staff Reporter Students are making up the differ- ence for a decline in state and federal funding to the University, according to a report presented to the University Board of Regents on Friday. Norman Herbert, associate vice pres- ident for business and finance, dis- cussed the University's overall financial health. He said the University is in excellent fiscal condition. "It is a very positive picture of finan- cial operations at the University of Funding E, Michigan," Herbert said. Ten years ago, t Herbert reported up about that in the 1995-96 tab for Universit academic year, the education. Last University attained paid for almost t revenues in excess their own pocke of $2.4 billion, ' State an through sources federal including tuition, private donations Students and government funding. He also said' state and federal '86-87 appropriations are slipping in propor- million to the University, while state appropriations brought in $335 million. When adjusted for the rate of inflation, the students' contribution 'to the University has risen by 10 percent in the last decade, while state funding has increased by 3.4 percent. Regent Andrea Fischer Newman (R- Ann Arbor) said the regents are respon- sible for tuition and that the appropria- tions process in Lansing should not be blamed for rising student fees. "You can't compare the University of 1987 to the ucation University .today," Newman said. "I Sgovernment don't need- to see wo-thirds of the how much state money we saw in 1987." She said atten- tion should be focused on current fiscal realities. Newman, who was the only regent to vote against this year's tuition increase, said the University's values and needs have evolved over a MATTHEW SMART/Daily ;, ... .. ><: I