CR80News | Newspaper advisers censure college for handling of computer-security exposé

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

The College Media Advisers, representing people who advise student-run publications, has censured Western Oregon University for its handling of a 2007 episode in which a student journalist wrote a story on how he stumbled upon a computer file containing sensitive information, including Social Security numbers of some 100 people, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education report.

The journalist was reprimanded and the school newspaper adviser was fired after the incident. The censure was provoked, the CMA said, by the university’s “heavy-handed response” to the newspaper article.

Every year since 1998 Beloit College has released the Beloit College Mindset List. Created by Beloit’s own Keefer Professor of the Humanities Tom McBride and former Public Affairs Director Ron Nief, it was created as a reminder to faculty of dated references, and quickly became a catalog of the rapidly changing worldview of each new generation. Most students entering college for the first time this fall - the Class of 2014 - were born in 1992.

ID theft prevalent among young adults

It takes young adults–those between the ages of 18 and 24–some 132 days before they realize they’ve had their identity stolen. In that time, they’ve lost five times the amount of money compared to other age groups, according to Washington State University’s student newspaper.

OneCard provides Salt Lake CC students with all access pass

Students at Salt Lake Community College use their OneCard, the campus’ official ID card, to access a variety of resources, services, and entertainment, according to student newspaper.

UConn breach results in theft of private information

An UConn computer with the names and Social Security Numbers of more than 10,000 university applicants was stolen, according to a local news report.

The computer, stolen from an IT storage cabinet at university’s West Hartford campus, had applicant files ranging from 2004 through July 30. UConn officials are still investigating the theft, which was discovered on Aug. 3.

WVU shows some love for all-in-one campus IDs

It’s more a students’ photo identification. It’s an all-in-one solution for campus access, services and events. The Mountaineer Card, the official campus card for West Virginia University, is an essential part of student life, according to The Daily Athenaeum, the university’s official student newspaper.

Automated library service exposes student and faculty personal data

The College Center for Library Automation in Tallahassee sent out notices about a software upgrade that may have left about 30,000 students, faculty and staff Social Security numbers and other private data vulnerable for theft, according to a local news article.

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Newspaper advisers censure college for handling of computer-security exposé