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Current and former students at risk for identity theft

Information stolen from classroom,
about 6,500 potentially affected

By Crystal Little
m: rmucrv KERNEL

About 6,500 former and current UK stu-
dents are at risk for identity theft after their
academic and personal information was
stolen last month, university officials an-
nounced Friday.

A professor in the School of Human and
Environmental Sciences left a flash drive —
also called a thumb drive, which can hold up
to four gigabytes of information —- in a
classroom. It contained as many as 130 files
with class rosters from 1988 to 2006, the pro-

fessor said. UK officials declined to identify
the professor, who left the drive in a class-
room by accident in late April, said UK
spokesman Jay Blanton.

The drive held grades and Social Securi-
ty numbers, which UK uses to ID its stu-
dents.

“This is a regrettable incident, and we
are deeply sorry that it has occurred,”
Frank Butler, UK’s executive vice president
of finance and administration, wrote in an
e-mail to the UK community. “We are doing
everything possible to alert students and
former students who may have been impact-
ed.”

Though it is unknown how many of the
6,500 students’ information was on the dri-
ve, UK contacted all the students who were

mentioned in some way on the professor’s
office computer, Butler said in the e-mail.

However, identity theft may not be the
motivation behind the theft.

“It is our suspicion that a student may
have taken the thumb drive in an attempt to
steal a final exam,” the university's Office of
Legal Counsel wrote in a letter to the stu-
dents and alumni last week. “However, we
have no proof of that suspicion as well as
no proof of possible identity theft.”

UK officials learned about-the theft on
May 26, after it was reported to UK police.
The university waited until Friday to pub-
licly address the theft because it was trying
to find contact information for the students
and former students who may have been af—

fected, Blanton said.

This is the second time in less than a
month that UK has alerted students. faculty
and staff about possible identity theft. In
May, the personal information of about 1,300
current and former employees was acciden-
tally made available on the Internet for 19
days.

Currently, UK is phasing out the usage of
students‘ visible Social Security numbers —
they no longer appear on students’ UK iden-
tification cards, and by October, students’
Social Security numbers will not be used as
primary identification numbers. Blanton
said.

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Radio Eye
lands
new home

Radio reading service for the blind will
move to new public library branch
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When UK asked Central Kentucky Radio
Eye, a radio reading service for the region’s
blind population, to move from its location in
MI. King Library after 15 years last summer,
public outcry prevented the eviction. UK al-
lowed the station to stay while it searched for
another space.

Radio Eye has found a permanent home
- at the new Northside branch of the Lex-
ington Public Library.

“Now that we’ve found a new home, we
believe the university will be delighted,”
Margaret Chase, volunteer executive director
of Radio Eye, told the Lexington Herald-
Leader last week. “It’s a win-win situation
for everyone."

Last summer, UK sent FYI
Radio Eye an eviction
letter, informing the sta-
tion that it had to start
paying rent or get out, as
the space was needed to
accommodate UK’s grow-
ing enrollment and re-
search programs.
Though the station has
an operations budget of about $35,000, UK
has allowed it to stay in the King Library at
no cost.

Having to pay for its own space would
have killed the station, Chase told the Her-
ald-Leader last July.

In its new space in the soon-to-be-built ex-
pansion of the Northside library branch, Ra-
dio eye will have custom-made studio space.

“Since we’re starting from square one
with the library building. we’re having a
space tailor-made for the radio station as op-
posed to made-to-fit.” Doug Tattershall of the
Lexington Public Library marketing depart-
ment told the Herald-Leader last week.

Volunteers for the station. which runs 24
hours a day, read local news from 8 am. to 2
pm. and national news, magazines and books
for the rest of the day. About 2,000 listeners
across the region tune in to the station‘s pro-
grams each day, and in 2002, the Lexington
Public Library‘s Insight Cable Channel 20 be-
gan airing Radio Eye’s programs 12 hours
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By Mohamad Bani
artisan

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Abu Musab al-Zar-
qawi is dead, but his brutal tactics live on.

The apparent torture and possible be-
heading of two US. soldiers captured by in-
surgents after an attack on a checkpoint
last week is the latest example of how al-
Zarqawi's followers are carrying on his
strategies in Iraq.

‘Al-Zarqawi brought the level of brutali-
ty to unprecedented levels," said Diaa
Rashwan, an expert on Islamic militants at
the Al-Ahram Center for Political and
Strategic Studies in Cairo, Egypt. “Every
indication is that his supporters will con-
tinue on that same path.“

Since al-Zarqawi was killed in a US. air

strike on June 7, members of his militant
group —— al-Qaida in Iraq — have vowed to
avenge his death with “spectacular" at-
tacks that will “shake the enemy."

Al-Zarqawi had defined that enemy
broadly. He was notorious for beheading
foreign and Iraqi captives, and he pio-
neered the use of car bombings against
Iraqi civilians, especially the country‘s
Shia Muslim majority

Four days after his death, al-Qalda in
Iraq released a videotape showing the be-
heading of three Shias it claimed were
members of Iraq’s security forces. On Fri-
day, the group dispatched a suicide bomber
to a Shia mosque in Baghdad, killing 13
people. Al-Zarqawi championed attacks on
Shia leaders and institutions as a way to
instigate a civil war in Iraq.

After the bodies of the two US. soldiers
were recovered Tuesday, a senior Iraqi De-
fense Ministry official said they had been
tortured and killed in a “barbaric way.” In
a statement posted on a militant Web site,
the Mujahideen Shura Council —- an al-
liance of seven insurgent groups that in-
cludes al-Qaida in Iraq — said the soldiers
had been “slaughtered." a reference that
likely meant they were beheaded. The
statement said al-Zarqawi's successor. Abu
Hamza al-Muhajer. had carried out the
killings himself.

Al-Zarqawi was believed to have person-
ally beheaded two American captives in
Iraq: Nicholas Berg in April 2004 and Eu-
gene Armstrong in September 2004. Video—
tapes of those killings were distributed on
the Internet and to Arab television net-

works. helping al-Zarqawi gain worldwide
attention.

But many Muslims condemned the be
headings and relentless attacks on Iraqi
civilians. Even Ayman al-Zawhiri. the
deputy leader of al-Qaida. criticized the
tactics and warned al-Zarqawi in a letter
last year that they were alienating the Mus-
lim world.

If it is confirmed that al-Zarqawi‘s suc-
cessor beheaded the two soldiers. it would
signal that al-Muhajer is not going to
change the group‘s brutal strategies.

“With al-Zarqawi‘s killing. it was possi-
ble that al-Qaida leaders would make sure
that his successor changes these methods."
Rashwan said. “But that doesn’t seem to be
happening.“

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is a summer
extreme sports
camp that features
skateboarding.
BMX, inline skating
and motocross.
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Louisville kicks off second-annual
Dew Action Sports Tour today

By Thomas Heath

The Washington Post

Nearly 80 construction workers have
been beavering away in downtown
Louisville. Ky, for the last week to build the
action sports version of an Olympic host
city. Two dozen tractor-trailers carried in
everything from a $350,000 prefabricated
skateboard vertical ramp to a mobile mini-
hospital. Dump trucks hauled 300 loads of
dirt to a downtown parking lot for a bike
course. One sponsor built a temporary,
3.000-square-foot colonial model home. NBC
has sent a production crew of 100.

Welcome to the second annual launch of

the Dew Action Sports Tour, NBC's attempt
to create a new sports league targeted at the
most coveted and hard-to-reach audience in
America — 12- to 34-year-olds. It aims to
capitalize on the popularity of extreme
sports, the genre of sports that includes
skateboarding, snowboarding and dirt bik-
mg.
The tour will visit five cities over the
next five months, starting today with four
days of competition in Louisville. and fea-
tures six disciplines: vert (vertical) and
park skateboarding; vert, park and dirt
BMX biking; and freestyle motocross.

“This is a big investment," said Kevin
Monaghan. vice president for business de-
velopment at NBC Sports. “We are really
committed to this.“

The network, which is owned by Gener-
al Electric. and tour partner Clear Channel
Communications are trying to succeed
where others have not. NBC has a lot at
stake: it has $30 million to $50 million in
the venture, according to published reports.
The Dew Tour reportedly lost money last
year. It drew respectable crowds and televi~
sion ratings. although both were below ri-
val ESPN‘s X Games, which the Disney»
owned network launched 12 years ago.

Although NBC executives have said they
have a long-term commitment to the games,
the network adheres to a strict bottom line;
it pulled the plug on the XFL, its NFL rival,
following a single season in 2001 that lost
millions. The Dew Tour needs big crowds
and respectable television ratings to prove
it has a future, according to media experts.
Last year's Louisville opener drew 36,000
fans over four days; the finale in Orlando.
Fla. five months later drew 59.000.

“The jury is still out on how big action
sports can be," said Peter Carlisle. director
of Olympic and extreme sports for Octagon.
a sports management firm. “NBC is push-
ing a totally different business model (than
the X Games). Can you do three of these
(tour) events? Can you do four of these?
Will it be as big as baseball one day? Who
knows?"

In addition to Louisville and Orlando,
Denver, San Jose, Calif, and Portland, Ore,
will host the tour this season.

“We helped with everything from grass—
roots promotional programs to working
arm-in-arm with the NBC staff to help
manage the event on the ground," said
John Saboor, executive director of the Cen-
tral Florida Sports Commission. who
helped Orlando win the coveted final stop
on the tour.

With NBC guaranteeing 22 hours of live
coverage (four hours per weekend event)
and 10 hours of late-night coverage on its
cable subsidiary USA Network, event spon-
sors such as Panasonic. Gillette, Toyota.
Vans and Sony signed on at around $2 mil-
lion each. Mountain Dew, whose brand was
resurrected a decade ago on its identity
with the high-octane sports world, signed
on as the title sponsor for nearly $4 million
,, a crucial addition because sponsorship
represents more than half of Dew Tour rev-
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Frustrated over not being able to see his wife (Kate Beckinsale)
or children because of work. Michael goes postal when his TV
remote doesn't work and drives off to find one remote that will
cover all his household electronics. Weird scientist Morty
(Christopher Walken) helps him out. Then the remote takes over
Michael's life and begins to override his decisions. Hilarity
ensues. Sounds a lot like “Bruce Almighty, " but with Kate
Beckinsale. the hottest thing to come out of England since the
Spice Girls. It isn't a comedy-drama, i.e., "Spanglish;" it's just a
funny-ass movie. The closest thing to a moral would be to never
take anything given to you by Christopher Walken. Unless you
have penicillin. Hi-yo! Rated PC-r3 for language, crude comedy
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An ex-convict trying to get his life back together (Tyrese) has to
make a last stand after his car is hijacked with his son inside.
Larenz Tate ("Ray," "Love Monkey"), Meagan Good ("You Got
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absorbing distraction from everyday life, which is what movies
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Editorial Board

Crystal Little, Editor in chief
Chris Johnson, Managing editor
Wes Blevins. Opinions editor

 

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IN OUR OPINION

   

UK must protect
sensitive information

Few things are more valuable
than one’s personal information
— especially Social Security
numbers — and now, more than
ever, this information needs pro-
tection.

In the last few weeks, the per-
sonal information of thousands
of former and current UK stu-
dents and employees was not so
well guarded.

The instances were clearly
mistakes, but it should jumpstart
UK’s effort to safeguard the infor-
mation of students and employ-
ees.

In May, names, e-mail address-
es and Social Security numbers
of about 1,300 employees were
posted on the university‘s Web
site by mistake, according to the
memo UK sent to affected employ-
ees.

The error was discovered by a
friend of one of the employees
who found the information via a
Google search, the Lexington
Herald-Leader reported.

A few weeks later, UK was
forced to apologize again when a
faculty member’s portable elec-
tronic storage device was report-
ed stolen.

The small device, called a
thumb drive, contained the acade-
mic and personal information of
about 6,500 current and former
students who had taken the pro-
fessor‘s courses over the last 18
years. ‘

Since the theft, UK has been
working to contact all those af-
fected.

In both cases, officials have re-
sponded the right way by taking

blame and reaching out to those
who could become victims of
identity theft. But the better
move is to prevent such in-
stances.

For the last few years, UK has
been implementing IRIS, a new

. system for handling information

electronically.

As part of the plan, which is
set to be completed in 2008, UK
will assign students and employ-
ees random identification num-
bers instead of using their Social
Security numbers.

These instances should speed
that process, as Social Security
numbers still remain the way UK
identifies students and employ-
ees. (Only in the last few years
did UK remove Social Security
numbers from the front of stu-
dent IDs.)

Until then, UK must be ever
vigilant in protecting sensitive
information.

As large as the UK community
is, and as vast as the Internet is,
this is a daunting task.

And so part of the responsibil-
ity falls on each member of the
community to pay attention and
speak up when there are con-
cerns.

In the next few months and
years, UK must protect its com-
munity’s personal information.

This must happen sooner
rather than later, because now
someone’s identity can be swiped
with a few keystrokes.

UK cannot make the Internet
perfectly safe, but it can at least
keep valuable personal informa-
tion locked away.

 

Score one for UK Athletics;
we’d give DeMoss a raise, too

UK and women’s basketball
coach Mickie DeMoss agreed to a
new five-year contract yesterday,
keeping the Southeastern Confer-
ence coach of the year in Lexing-
ton until 2011.

The deal is worth $350,000 per
year, and is significant compensa-
tion for the improvements
DeMoss has made to the basket-
ball program.

The best part of the deal, in
this editorial board' eyes, is the
3200.000 buyout clause that
DeMoss and the athletic depart—
ment agreed upon. The clause
says that if DeMoss leaves Lex-
ington for another Division-1
school. she must pay back the
$200,000 base salary she would
make that season.

Her base salary under her old
contract was $180,000. The
$120,000 she received per year for
television and radio appearances
was increased to $150,000. DeMoss
will net a $50,000 raise in her new

deal.

Not bad .. but also deserving
for a coach who took a team
which won 20 games the two pre-
vious seasons and guided them to
22 wins in 2005-06. The Cats fin-
ished in the top four in the SEC,
narrowly missed advancing to the
NCAA Sweet 16, and have a top-30
national recruiting class coming
1n.

Under DeMoss' watch, all 10
players who have finished their
basketball eligibility have earned
a degree. Not too many other
coaches can say that.

Congratulations to DeMoss,
but also to the athletic depart-
ment. Not only did they keep one
of the nation‘s rising coaching
stars in town, they also managed
to throw in a buyout that keeps
her in town, conceivably, until the
end of the new deal.

Hopefully, they can have an-
other deal ready to sign by the
time the current one expires.

 

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‘Star Wars' civic education a battle for the republic

It was not like I was a Jedi
knight trying to save the republic
or anything.

I was just
grading papers
in my summer
Journalism 101
course when I
got jolted.

That’s what I
get for trying to
teach journal-
ism’s role in
democracy. Here

 

Buck

was one of the
Ryan responses to a
courmsurmc QUBSUOH about
cowumsr the mayoral pri-

mary election:

“I could care less,” my student
writes, “democracy is not that big
of a deal."

Holy Darth Vader’s ghost, I
think, what do I say to that?
“You’re taking America for grant-
ed," I scribble in the margin. Then
my mind wonders.

I flash back a couple of
months to the inaugural gather-
ing in Louisville’s Brown Hotel of
the 13-state Southern Coalition on
Civic Education and Civic En-
gagement.

I was invited to speak about
my Citizen Kentucky Project de-
signed to engage college students
at the crossroads of journalism
and politics to help graduate more
good citizens for Kentucky and en
hance civic life.

Why would so many people
from so many states care so
much? It‘s because I am not alone
in having such a jolting educa-
tional experience.

At the inaugural conference,
keynote speaker Ted McConnell,

director of the national Campaign
to Promote Civic Education,
called Kentucky Secretary of
State Trey Grayson the “Obi-Wan
Kenobi" of the movement to make
civic education a priority in
America.

Do you have your own nomina-
tion for a poster child of the civic
education movement? If so, let's
hear it: Frankfort needs a civic
wake-up call.

In case you missed it, a bipar-
tisan legislative effort joining
State Sen. Jack Westwood (R-Cres-
cent Springs) with State Rep.
Tanya Pullin (D-South Shore) has
aimed to bolster civic education
in the Commonwealth, but in the
last legislative session, Senate Bill
115 died a quiet death.

That’s the bad news.

The good news is that Ken-
tucky is building a nationally
ranked team of civic education ac-
tivists.

Grayson served as chairman of
the Kentucky Workgroup on Civic
Literacy and Engagement, which
organized the three-day (April 20-
22) inaugural Southern Coalition
conference this year.

The conference focused on de-
veloping a strategic plan to im-
prove civic education and civic en-
gagement from now through 2010.

Kentucky's prominence was
unmistakable on the roll call of
states and conferees: Alabama (2),
Arkansas (1), Florida (1), Georgia
(1), Kentucky (18), Louisiana (3),
Mississippi (1), Missouri (1),
North Carolina (3), Tennessee (4),
Texas (1), Virginia (3) and West
Virginia (1).

The Southern Coalition is
leading a national effort that has

enlisted the help of former
Supreme Court Justice Sandra
Day O'Connor.

The battle cry is “If it’s not
tested, it’s not taught,” meaning
that if the “No Child Left Behind
Act” cannot be amended to in-
clude testing on civic literacy,
then teachers are unlikely to
make it a classroom priority.

 

Civic education
will ensure future
generations don't

take our democracy
for granted.

 

In the Commonwealth, with its
Kentucky Education Reform Act,
the challenge is the same to get
more civic literacy tested.

Of course, it will take more
than required testing to keep an-
other professor from reading such
a chilling comment.

It will take good citizens like
you to lobby state lawmakers, to
help schoolteachers provide stu-
dents with civic enrichment op-
portunities and to make civic lit-
eracy a priority in your own
home.

You should care, my friend.

Democracy is a big deal, so
please don't take it for granted.
May the force be with you.

Buck Ryan, director of the Citizen Ken-
tucky Project of the University of Kentucky's
First Amendment Center, can be reached at
bucryan@uky.edu.

 

United 93 heroes deserve salute from Congress in September

On March 25, 1776, the Continental Con-
gress awarded the United States” first Con-
gressional Gold Medal to then-Gen. George

Washington for his “wise

either a lifetime of continuous superior
achievements or a single achievement so sig-
nificant" that recipients will be recognized
for the “highest honors" in their particular

breaching of the cockpit door. the terrorists
decided to crash the plane rather than allow
the Americans — whose ranks included an
experienced pilot — an attempt to land safe-

suffered its worst terrorist attacks, the Capi-
tol still stands in Washington, a slap in the
face to those who would like to see the Amer-
ican government both literally and figura-

  
 
  
   
   
  
 
  
  
 
  
 
  
  
  
 
    
  
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
  
  
   
 
 
  
 
 
   
 
  
  
   
 
   
 
 
 
 
  

 
  
   

  

   
   
   
  

and spirited conduct in
the siege and acquisition
of Boston." Since that
date, 129 persons ranging
from Gen. Ulysses S.
Grant to Thomas Edison
and Bob Hope have been
recipients of the nation’s
highest legislative recog~
nition of “distinguished
achievements and contri-
butions."

The awarding of Con-
gressional Gold Medals is.
justifiany an arduous pro-
cedure. In addition to requiring sponsorship
by two-thirds of the House of Representa-
tives. nominees must meet certain criteria
set by the House Committee on Financial
Services.

First. the recipient must “have performed
an achievement that has impact on Ameri-
can history and culture that is likely to be
recognized long after the achievement."

Second, the recipient must be living; or if
deceased, “shall have been deceased for not
less than five years and not more than 25
years."

Finally, nominees' works must “represent

 

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fields.

The events of Sept. 11, 2001 remain so
fres