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.Internet
put to the
test in
Sprmaries
By Emily Rockwood
Cavalier Daily (University of Virginia)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (U-
WIRE) - The Internet's political
prowess is being tested this week's pri-
manes.
This date marks one of the most
important times in the primary season
when vote-swinging states like New
York and California enter the electoral
rng.
This week's primaries predict more
than just the presidential chances of the
five hopefuls; they also help assess the
Internet's potential to shape the political
process.
This week will "tell the tale" and
detemrmn just how much impact the
Internet will have at the voting booth,
Politics Online site editor Tom Kennedy
said.
Already, Arizona Sen. John McCain
has used the medium to his advantage,
racking up donations and enlisting cam-
paign volunteers online.
For most of the candidates, once the
Website is accessed a box pops up offer-
ing an easy way to donate money.
"The internet provided rocket fuel for
McCain after New Hampshire," said
Michael Cornfield, spokesman for the
Democracy Online project at George
Washington University. "Over $4 mil-
lion in donations were processed online
in February."
Both McCain and former New Jersey
Sen. Bill Bradley have used the Internet
successful;y to challenge their party
nomination rivals.
Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Vice
President Al Gore, who are better fund-
ed, have more backing from their politi-
* cal parties.
"If (McCain) continues to succeed ...
it will be the Internet that did it," said
Charlotte Neal, co-chairwoman for
McCain's Virginia campaign office.
Neal said McCain has raised over S7
million to date on the Internet alone.
McCain also has gathered about
135,000 e-mail addresses of supporters,
allowing him to keep in contact with
potential contributors.
In addition to raising funds for the
presidential campaigns, the Internet
allows voters to "capture the flavor of
the campaign," Bill Bradley campaign
spokesman Josh Galper said.
For example, at the Bradley Website
potential voters can get information
about Bradley's views on issues such as
health care and gun control.
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Washington State investigates 'standoff'

By Adrianne Bennett
Daily Evergreen (Washington State University)
PULLMAN, Wash. (U-WIRE) - People are
calling it different things: the almost riot, the
attempted riot, the three-hour stand-off. No mat-
ter how it is referred to, Washington State Uni-
versity now must deal with the aftermath of last
Friday.
About 500 people gathered on campus with
many yelling that they wanted to start a riot and
throwing bottles at police before officers were
able to disperse the crowd.
University officials have started this by making
sure they are providing information to the public,
said Barbara Petura, assistant vice president of
university relations.
"It's very important that people think things
like this have consequences and see that the
institution takes these things seriously," she said.

The university has begun investigating dif-
ferent activities that might have been going on
that evening, said Cindy Empey, associate
dean of students. Student Affairs officials
have met with police to identify students
involved.
Students identified as being involved will be
getting a formal letter and be called in for an
interview process and a further refining of
charges, said George Bettas, associate vice
provost for student affairs. All of the cases will
go through a conduct program. The more serious
cases will go to the University Conduct Research
Board, he said.
Student Affairs has been, and will be, holding
discussions with students and student leaders to
get answers about what happened Friday night
and Saturday morning, he said.
Student Affairs officials will work with stu-
dents to discuss possible revisions to the alcohol

policy and programs that can be implemented in
the areas of alcohol and substance abuse, Bettas
said.
They also hope to look into improving the
overall Greek system, he said. This would
include the quality of advising, leadership train-
ing and the possible involvement of alumni.
While there is no way to gauge the total effect
on WSU, "clearly it's not good news," said Jim
Rimpau, director of institutional research.
"Most people recognize that we are looking
at the actions of a couple dozen students," he
said. "Everybody else just shows up to watch."
Part of the success in stymieing the potential
riot has been attributed to what was learned fol-
lowing the riots in 1998.
"I think our hard work after the actual riot paid
off with planning," said Pullman Mayor Mitch
Chandler. "What we learned from last time is
what kept this from turning into a riot."

Area police agencies were ready to be activat-
ed, he said.
"We were working with student government
and planned that the student leaders would go in
and try to diffuse the situation," he said. Student
leaders have been praised for their cooperation
with police.
"Student intervention was exemplary," Chan-
dler said.
"The fact that our own student leaders were so
successful in diffusing situation is an enormous
positive for us," Petura said.
Even though the gathering was diffusedthe
university was very disappointed that it even
got to the edge of a riot happening, she said.
University representatives and community
members are still unsure of the cause of the
stand-off.
"Maybe we still need to work on more com-
munity policing; I don't know," Chandler said,

Revenge of 'The Nerd'

MIT
altere
By Sanjay Basu
The Tech (Massachusetts Instit
Technology)

prof. claims students

d
tte of

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (U-WIRE)
- A grade-tampering scandal in a cel-
lular biology class was revealed by
biology Prof. Harvey Lodish last
Thursday. Lodish announced to his
course that unidentified students had
broken into the course grader's secure
computer system and had lowered the
grades of about 20 students while rais-
ing the grades of two others.
Although Lodish and co-instructor

rrading o
Prof Peter Sorger refused to comment
further on the matter and did not
reveal the names of suspected stu-
dents, they did say that deans had
identified the two students whose
grades were raised and that discipli-
nary actions would be taken.
Lodish "pleaded for anybody who
was responsible for this transgression
or who knew who was to go talk to
him at his office after class," said
sophomore Vinod Rao, a student in the
course. "He made it clear that the
responsible parties would be punished
either way, but suggested that a con-

course
fession would be considered when
determining the punishment."
Teaching assistants for the course,
who also refused to comment on the
incident, re-collected course exams for
regrading in a new computer system.
The changes were apparently discov-
ered when a few TAs began comparing
hard copies of exams to the scores on
their computer and found that some of
the scores had been altered.
The computer system, according to
Lodish, is "secure," so course instruc-
tors are attempting to determine who
had access to the computer's password.


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