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THURSDAY MAY 21, 2015 VOL. CXVII, NO. 142
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The Valley Library servers were hacked Saturday, May 16. Operations are back to normal and damages are being currently being assessed. down she started noticing complaints from students popping up on social It doesn’t appear that we media. lost any kind of secure “I think it was on Sunday, on Things data or user information. Overhead at Oregon State, I saw people posting about not being able to Again, we will have a get on the library page and people complete sense of that by wondering if they know what’s going on and when it’s going to be fixed,” the end of the week. Goodell said. Evaluations began May 20 and will Faye Chadwell, OSU librarian take several days before IT staff can isolate any weak points that may have restore “basic services” by about 10:30 been exploited by the hackers. p.m. that evening, but difficulties logChadwell said administration ging in from off campus continued into believes this was the work of an overseas Sunday morning. organization, not any local individual or Anne Goodell, a senior in biohealth See LIBRARY | page 4 sciences, said after the webpage went
but recently passed the reigns to Jay Thatcher. “The first ride was more of trying to get people interested in coming and then it sort of grew from there,” Rooney said. “We had 20 or 30 people the first time, but now it’s grown to 100 or more. It’s a very solemn occasion.” See RIDE | page 4
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Ride of Silence honors bicyclists injured, killed in Corvallis, raises awareness By Abigail Erickson THE DAILY BAROMETER
A group of approximately 50 bicyclists gathered during the 2015 Corvallis Ride of Silence to honor the memories of those who have been injured or killed riding their bicycles in Corvallis. The first Ride of Silence in Corvallis took place after 18-year-old Robin Jensen was killed in a hit-and-run a mile from her home after leaving Osborn Aquatic Center in 2004. Robin Jensen’s mother, Debbie Jensen, then helped start the first Corvallis Ride of Silence in memory of her daughter, with Jerry Rooney as the facilitator. “The first ride was a very emotional experience,” Debbie Jensen said. “I talked to a lot of people about it. The silence is what makes the impact, and it’s a very moving experience.” In addition to Robin Jensen, several other names and photos of riders who had passed away in accidents were featured, including professor William Brown who died in 2012, Ed Bomber who died in 2008, and Grant Garner who passed away recently this year. According to Lieutenant Cord Wood of the Corvallis Police Department, there have been approximately 10 incidents of bicycle and pedes-
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Approximately 50 Corvallis riders gathered to share their stories and remember their loved ones for the 11th Annual Ride of Silence, Wednesday afternoon at the Osborn Aquatic Center. trian crashes so far this year, which he said is below the usual average. Riders who attended the event and who knew someone who had recently passed away while cycling wore black bands on their arms, and riders who had been injured wore red bands. Rooney, who is from the Mid-Valley bicycle club, facilitated the Ride of Silence for the past 10 years,
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Oregon State University has ashtrays installed on the edges of campus to prevent smoking on university property. But at several spots around campus, cigarette butts can be found in piles. Let’s figure That’s because some students out a plan to who smoke said both reduce they take a quick smoke break smoking and talk about between classes. Usama Zahid, why you are an international student at OSU, smoking and smokes near the where you International Living a n d can smoke. Learning Center Lisa Hoogesteger because of the Director of Healthy easy access of the Campus Initiatives spot. “Plus, it feels like it’s right on the edge of campus, so there is no need to walk like 20 feet that way,” Zahid said. Zahid is one of many students who smoke cigarettes around campus. Lisa Hoogesteger, director of Healthy Campus Initiatives, and Rebecca Amantia, a masters student in public health, are working on making OSU a healthier campus and reducing smoking. “There is a lot that we are trying to do,” Amantia said. “One of them is having more clean ups and getting students involved.” Smoking spots on campus start to accumulate hundreds of cigarette buds in a matter of days. Clean ups are scheduled to clear these spots. Last fall, the cleanup team collected 7,000 cigarette butts after only one hour. The Healthy Campus Initiative is also planning on using interruption cards, which would remind the smokers of school policies and would be an alternative to a confrontation. “People don’t find it comfortable interrupting smokers and reminding them that this is a smoke-free cam-
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Dr. Fit on keeping positive thoughts and habits
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After cyber-attack on Valley Library webpage, Information Services shifts through data as final precaution
security unit … to just do an analysis that maybe will tell us how it happened, if we have vulnerabilities, and what those are,” Chadwell said. Students trying to access the Oregon State Library webpage on Saturday, May 16, were met with messages telling By Chris Correll them the site was currently unavailable THE DAILY BAROMETER or were redirected to an unrelated link. Online library services were brought Following a cyber-attack on the Valley Library Saturday, Oregon State to a halt for at least five hours by an University Librarian Faye Chadwell organized cyber-attack. said the library website has since been “We were compromised on Saturday brought back to full operation. Now it’s at about 5:30 p.m.,” Chadwell said. “At just a matter of making sure there wasn’t that point any services via the website any lasting damage left by the breach. were not available.” OSU administration responded “For the most part, we’re doing some cleanup with the website. We are work- immediately. Working with Information ing with Information Services, their Services, library faculty were able to n
Almost three years after ban, smoking on campus is still health, litter problem
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