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Printing service returns after hack By paige leskin
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The free printing service Freenters returned to Northwestern on Jan. 21 after a hacking incident forced the company to shut down for two months. “We’ve made sure something like that doesn’t happen again,” said SESP sophomore Kemi Areke, the NU branch manager for Freenters. Freenters, a company started in October 2012 by two University of Chicago students, provides free printing to students by publishing advertisement banners on each printed page. Students can gain access to the company using a university email address and name. They can then upload files onto the Freenters website to print at one of the printing stations located throughout campus. The kiosks at NU are placed at Foster-Walker Complex, Norris University Center, Allison Hall and Kemper Hall. In November 2013, UChicago Electronic Army hacked the Freenters website and database. The group sent out emails to Freenters’ users and gained access to the personal information of customers and advertisers. Because students had connected their Freenters and school accounts, the Freenters team sent out emails advising users to change their passwords about two hours after the attack. Stephen Huh, Freenters’s head of information technology, said the company decided to close down its service until the problem was addressed completely.
During the hiatus, Huh said Freenters worked to revamp the entire company, which included fortifying its security and renovating the website. Huh said the hackers had obtained access to the customer’s accounts using basic computer knowledge, but the problem had been fixed. “We took our biggest flaw and removed the main threat,” he said. “We’ve improved the entire customer experience.” Despite the news of the hacking, SESP sophomore Maeghan Murphy said she plans to continue using Freenters. As secretary of Shepard Residential College, she said she has to print dozens of copies of fliers for students in her dorm, and the company’s service made it simple. “(Freenters) gives me the opportunity to print for free,” she said. “There’s printing set up in Allison, so it’s very convenient.” Freenters co-founder Rho Kook Song said he had become frustrated with the ineffectiveness of traditional forms of marketing available to student groups. After voicing his complaints to his friend Hye Sung Kim, Song discovered Kim was unhappy with the expenses of printing at school. The friends merged ideas to solve their problems and created Freenters. Song said the service has worked well since students don’t mind the advertisements, as most of what they print is for personal use and won’t be turned in to professors. Freenters reaches out to local and national organizations, as well as » See PRINTING, page 7
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STREAMING SHOWS A student watches a video using Hulu Plus on her laptop. Residential Services has given some students Hulu Plus accounts as a replacement for NUTV, which was discontinued over the summer.
Res Services pilots Hulu Plus By Jordan Harrison
the daily northwestern @MedillJordan
Nearly 1,600 Northwestern students can now stream movies and television shows with free Hulu Plus accounts in a pilot program to test possible replacements for NUTV. NUTV, a cable streaming service, was discontinued last summer and the University has been working to find an alternative. Hulu Plus accounts were distributed to students on Friday. “The University is currently exploring
a variety of options,” said Wendy Woodward, director of technology support services at Northwestern University Information Technology. “In reaching out to different services, Hulu was the one that at this stage expressed the most interest in a strategic relationship with Northwestern, so we’ve decided to proceed with a limited pilot as we evaluate their services.” Select students in eight on-campus residences received accounts because their buildings have updated wireless systems capable of handling the demands imposed by streaming video, said Paul Riel, executive director of
Residential Services. Riel said the Hulu Plus trial period will last until March 31. Anna Kottenstette, Associated Student Government vice president for student life, said ASG has been working with Residential Services on updating student entertainment options for about two years. She said she is glad the University is giving the issue attention. “I think (students) will appreciate the fact that the University is looking out for this interest because a lot of the time we as students assume that the » See HULU, page 7
Greenwell lawsuit underway Group weighing city skate park proposal By Ciara McCarthy
daily senior staffer @mccarthy_ciara
A Cook County judge heard oral argument for the first time Tuesday in the lawsuit filed by a Northwestern professor’s son against an Evanston police officer. Police mistakenly handcuffed Medill Prof. Ava Greenwell’s son in August 2012. The boy was 13 years old at the time. Evanston Police Department officer We want the Mark Buell city to take a detained really hard look the boy after mistakenly at its police identifyprocedures and ing him as make sure they a burglary suspect. The are equitable 13-year-old filed a lawand ethical. suit against Ava Greenwell, Buell in Medill professor September 2012, alleging Buell had violated his 14th Amendment rights by racially profiling him. “This is not just for our son,” Greenwell wrote in an email to The Daily when the lawsuit was filed. “We want the city to take a really hard look at its police procedures and make sure they are equitable and ethical.”
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By edward cox
daily senior staffer @EdwardCox16
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COURT IN SESSION A Cook County judge heard the first oral arguments in a racial profiling case Tuesday. Medill Prof. Ava Greenwell’s son filed a lawsuit against an Evanston police officer after he mistakenly handcuffed the then-13-year-old.
Buell detained the boy because he perceived him as matching the description dispatched on the police radio, his lawyers said. Three similar descriptions regarding the burglary suspect were dispatched, all of which described a young black male wearing dark clothing. Buell’s lawyers are seeking summary judgment in the lawsuit. If granted, the case would be dismissed at the district level. The Greenwell family with their lawyer and the lawyers representing Buell met in court Tuesday to present oral arguments to Cook County judge Daniel Martin. Greenwell’s son, now
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15 and a freshman at Evanston Township High School, was also present. The presentations centered on the day of the burglary and the events and actions leading up to the boy’s detention. Because Buell’s lawyer filed the motion for summary judgment, they began Tuesday’s arguments. Brandon DeBerry, one of the officer’s lawyers, discussed Buell’s perception of the day’s events and the reasons for which he believed his actions were justified. “Even if (he) was arrested, officer Buell had probable cause to do so,” » See GREENWELL, page 7
A community effort to bring back a skate park to Evanston is gaining momentum. A committee including city officials and a Northwestern professor will hold their first meeting about the feasibility of constructing a skate park on Tuesday. The discussions come amid residents’ concerns about the lack of infrastructure for local skateboarders after the skate park at the Robert Crown Center closed. Currently, the closest skate park to Evanston is in Wilmette, Ridgeville Park District commissioner Robert Bady said. “I’m not sure anyone at the meeting believes we should not have a park. It’s just (a matter of ) when,” said Dan Coyne, a commissioner of the Ridgeville Park District who will be on the committee. Establishing a skate park in Evanston is a major initiative of Douglas Gaynor, the former director of Parks, Forestry and Recreation who retired in 2013. Gaynor passed along the idea to Ridgeville Park District board members in July. City Council suggested Ridgeville constituents
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There are hundreds of skaters in Evanston ... and nowhere to skate and it makes me wonder about the priorities of the city. Laura Nielsen, sociology professor
collaborate with the city’s Parks and Recreation Division on the project. Sociology Prof. Laura Nielsen, an Evanston resident, will attend the community meeting, where members will share their opinions on the skate park project. A skateboarder herself, Nielsen said her husband and kids used the Robert Crown Center skate park until the wooden ramps were closed to skateboarders and those practicing BMX, she said. Because the city has outlawed skateboarding in public places such as parking lots, streets and certain sidewalks, her kids are sometimes stopped by police, Nielsen said. “There are hundreds of skaters » See SKATE, page 7
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