eather onight: Dry and cold, low round 40*. omorrow: Clear and cool, igh around 620. E t One /undredfve years ofeditoria freedom Tuesday September 24, 1996 ......... ......... ......... ........ . OWE w ., I bro gram may help to pirate software 'U' looking at other security measures to protect students Anupama Reddy Staff Reporter The Trojan Horse program that has stolen at least 100 uniqnames and pass- words from campus computing sites may also be used to pirate software, University officials said. ITD Associate Director Laurie Burns said she could not comment on the specifics of the investigation, but said the stolen information could be used to copy University software. &It's like taking a copy of Microsoft rd you didn't pay for," Burns said. "It's illegal under Michigan state law and federal law. "They either allow someone to put software in your file space, or the per- son who stole your passworgd would put the software (in) themselves," Burns said. The investigation involving a Trojan Horse program found on three iversity computing sites is still clas- sTied as ongoing, according to offi- cials from the Department of Public Safety and the Possible Information Tech no logy OUuFtII Division. ways the A Trojan Horse U' mawy tr program, which tect students' mimics the privacy: University login screen, was discov- Single use ered Sept. 11 at the passwords. S h a p i r o D)igtalsig- Undergraduate rntUres. Library. Family t1-ousing on North Campus and the Frieze Building. Burns said some security abuses include the suspect or suspects using uip the user's allowance of lTD com- ing dollars or, more importantly, t they can become the user in the eyes of the system. "They can become you in e-mail," Burns said. "Any e-mail messages that they send out can be sent by you. "As long as you have your uniqname and password, the computer believes you're the owner," Burns said. Single-use passwords, which are already operated by some University administrators, and digital signatures @ some methods the University is discussing to combat computer breach- es, Burns said. DPS spokesperson Elizabeth Hall said she could not comment on the specifics of the case because the inves- tigation is ongoing. "We are working with ITD to inves- tigate all computer crimes on campus," Hall said. "We have investigated Tojan Horse programs in the last year, l we'll continue to do so." Hall said computer security is one of many issues that DPS discusses with other university law enforcement agen- cies. This specific Trojan Horse program captures a user's unigname and pass- word on the computer's hard drive, and the information can be used to access the class schedule, financial records, e- mail account and other personal items Athe user. 'urns warned students to change their passwords if they have used the three computing sites. She said the problem is common across university campuses. "The incident we had in the sites is unfortunately common in shared envi- ronments," Burns said. "There'll always be holes that someone can get away through. We just try to get a little *ead. "I'm sure other universities have the same problems," Burns said. Information Technology Division officials conducted a sweep of all com- puting sites last week after the program first appeared and found 100 uniq- Jackson touts impact of student vote KRISTEN SCHAEFER/Daily MSA President Fiona Rose introduces the Rev. Jesse Jackson yesterday at Hill Auditorium. Reverend's bus speeds into Ann Arbor By Laurie Mayk Daily Staff Reporter The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched stu- dents down the aisle and out the door of Hill Auditorium yesterday. "Ann Arbor, come on down," Jackson ordered. "Go right down that aisle and register now. You cannot impact this system unregistered" During a voter registration rally with student leaders and elected officials from across the state, Jackson instructed all unregistered voters in the audience to get out of their seats and register at the tables set up outside of the auditorium. Michigan Student Assembly President Fiona Rose said that although students had to wait more than an hour for Jackson to arrive, the event was a memorable success. "These students who registered today will never forget they were registered by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rose said. "I wasn't registered to vote, but this really encouraged me to," said LSA junior Tasha Reed. Jackson commented on the diversity of the Ann Arbor audience - an aspect of campus life on which the University prides itself. "You look like what (Martin Luther King Jr.) lived and died for - you look like a little United Nations here," Jackson said. Jackson ended the "Get Down With the Vote" rally with his voter march, but before he arrived students and officials made their own pleas to get out the vote. Jeanne Harris, speaker of the Black Student Union, compared participation in the political process with the wave she started in the crowd. "You can't stop when you see a little bit of success ... because somebody's got to come after you," Harris said. Speakers reminded audience mem- bers that just as their parents' actions affected them, their actions and deci- sions would have consequences for stu- dents years from now. Rose said the young generation has been stereotyped with apathy and unawareness as a result of low voter turnout and poor student involvement. Loren McGhee, president of the campus chapter of the NAACP, encour- aged students to do more than register and vote. "Our vote is directly related to our lives," she said. "(Get) your hands dirty in campus issues or campus affairs." Jackson also encouraged local activism and told students that they should cast votes where they live - in Ann Arbor. As Jackson asked students to stand up and raise hands to answer questions about how they pay their tuition at the University, he commented that all stu- dents benefit from financial aid for higher education. "Every student at this school is sub- sidized by the state and federal govern- ment - you are all on aid," Jackson said. By Jennifer Harvey Daily Staff Reporter U.S. 23, YPSILANTI - Keep hope alive. In those three words lie the Rev. Jesse Jackson's work and plans for the future. "It's a tug-o-war for the country's priorities and we must pull it toward more openness, more inclusion, more shared participation," he said. Speaking yesterday on the road to another stop on his "Get Down With the Vote" tour, the one-time Democratic candidate for president said he still has a lot of work to do. But, in addition to organizing voters and motivating youth, Jackson will be soon be running another campaign of his own. Jackson said he will seek political office again, but that he didn't know exactly what office he will vie for. "I'll wait until after Nov. 5 to determine that," he said. For now, he is traveling around the country, registering young voters and speaking to college students. "Right now I'm working on voter registration, motiva- tion, voter turn-out," he said. Jackson spoke at five locations along U.S. 23 yesterday morning before addressing a crowd of students and politi- cians at Hill Auditorium. Following that appearance, Jackson continued on to many more events yesterday. Jackson has stumped in the state since Saturday night. logging hundreds of bus miles on a hectic schedule, travel- ing to locations around southeast Michigan, and speaking and personally registering voters. He has been battling bronchitis all the way, often cough- ing and feverish. His staffers asked him to cancel the trip because of his illness, but Jackson would have none of it, he said, because the work must go on. Hope must stay alive. See JACKSON, Page 7 Neal shares plans for new executive officer position By Jeff Eldridge and Katie Wang Daily Staff Reporters The University Board of Regents and interim President Homer Neal have announced the creation of a new execu- tive position to oversee the operations of the Medical School and the hospi- tals. Neal made the announcement at Friday's regents meeting, after noting the pressing obligations created by the financial situation of the University Hospitals. "There are things that are time-sensi- tive - the health and medical center are things that we cannot wait on" Neal said. The new posi- tion will carry the title "executive vice president for medical affairs." This vice presi- dent will report to the University president and7 oversee the oper- ations of both the Medical School dean and the director of University Hospitals. Interim President H At a meeting with the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs yesterday, Neal explained that the decision to create this position was based on the differing interests of the Medical School dean and the executive officer of the University Hospitals. "The hospital center is more oriented to making money and the dean is more committed to the academic mission," Neal said. "The regents feel the key to 11 1 . n c- -rncfi n-t~. a t+- avf William Ensminger, professor of pharmacology, said recruiting someone for this position could be costly because of the high demand for people capable of overseeing large transitions such as that of the Medical Center. "There is a greater demand for peo- ple like this than there are for universi- ty presidents," Ensminger said. Provost J. Bernard Machen said this action is part of a larger effort being made by regents and administrators to cope with the restructuring of the med- ical system. "The regents and executive officers said (they) were going to look at the structure of the medical centers," Machen said. The changes are being mod- eled in part on the systems used at other universities. Neal said regents and exec- utive officers have spent recent weeks visiting academic health centers at Oregon I n d i a n a U n i v e r s i t y, mer Neal E m o r y University and the University of Florida. "These trips, together with advice from people within the University and from the regents' special counsel, have been especially helpful," Neal said. Michael Harrison, a spokesperson for University Hospitals, said he was not aware that the new position would be created until he heard about it at the regents meeting. He said the concept fn, the nnciticn mnmc from the admin- SARA STILLMAN/Daily LSA senior Marketoe Day discusses the issues students with disabilities face at the University. Students with disabilities say 'U' services not up to standards 0 By Alice Robinson Daily Staff Reporter The student in the white Michigan jacket is too young to remember the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. But he's not too young to be affected by it. In fact, Marketoe Day - a legally blind LSA senior - has a pretty strong opinion about it. "I'm still being affected by problems that should have been corrected 18 years earlier by an act implemented by the United States Congress," Day said. He started taking classes at the University in 1991 when he was 18. Day and other visually impaired students say -the University's Services for Students with Disabilities office has not been meeting their needs in recent years, despite a 1993 civil rights complaint forcing it to step up efficiency. Dav aid that accordingt to section 504 of the Rehabilitation Before this program began, disabled students were handed a list of volunteers whom they had to contact to get their materials taped. One former student said this approach was a hassle. "You give the stuff to the people and they put it on their mantel and they forget about it," Donna Rose said. Rose, 40, said she filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education in 1993 after repeatedly late mate- rials forced her to drop out of the School of Social Work's doctoral program. "I felt like my dream was being stolen away from me, said Rose, who does not have the funds to return to school. Rose won her-case - and forced the University to estab- lish the reader service program now based in West Quad's Strauss Library. "Other universities had reading programs much earlier E I