Wire sparks campus- BRIO makes wide power outage studentinfo accessable

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Kulpt called after he heard a boom from the direction of the power line. Twenty minutes later the fire department arrived on campus. Residents were already in the woods, he said.

I think they handled it very well. They took care of it,,, Jackie McGuckin, a junior special and elementary education major, said.

There were more Public Safety officers on duty than usual for Thursday, according to Charlie Schaffner, the director of Public Safety.

The bright lights and Radnor Township personnel spawned a variety of stories and responses.

"I heard that it was a car accident.

I heard Eastern caught on fire. But I didn't actually hear what happened,,, Jen Taggert, a sophomore, said.

"We actually slept through a good part of it,,, Kim Reagoso, a junior elementary and special education major, said of her and her roommate.

Scattered power outages followed the commotion of the fallen wire. The initial outages began at 8:53 p.m., according to Schaffner.

"The biggest part we had was deciphering \\,hat was going on,,, Howard Holden, the director of facilities, said. He went on to say that the sporadic power outages could be attributed to the three-phase system off of which Cabrini works.

"When one phase drops out and the other two stay on, that's when you get that goofy electrical mix up [like] when some buildings arc on and some rooms aren't,,, Holden said.

Partial power was restored at 2:25 a.m.

KRISTE1' CATALA",OTIO K.l\,fC723@CABRINI.EDU STAFF WRITER

A Cabrini student sits quietly in her desk, staring at their teacher, perhaps thinking "I hope this professor doesn't know that I failed two ofmy classes last semester.,, Well, chances are if they wanted to know, security numbers. The use of/ocial security numbers so frequently on campus caused a hazard and made the students prone to having their identity stolen. The system now uses official banner numbers that are randomly picked, therefore making it safer for Cabrini students.

Many students who are reading this might get worried about their they could definitelt_ ti fiun time have access to their students' academic records through a new computer program on personal academic information falling into the wrong hands. O'Connell said, "We have not had a case where anyone gets into the computer system campus, BRIO. BRIO is a part of the new Banner computing system on campus~ "BRIO takes informa- and accesses student data inappropriately.,, With all the viruses and computer hackers trying to obtain many people's personal tion from Banner and presents it in the form of various reports (e.g. course schedules, student transcripts, etc.),,, said the dean for academic affairs, Dr. Catharine O'Connell.

"Banner has many firewalls to protect data within the system.

Catherine O'Connell, Dean of Academic Affairs

When BRIO and Banner arrived on campus, the programs brought the option of not using students' social information, the system is also protected by a password and "banner has many firewalls to protect data within the system. While no computer system is I 00 percent safe from the danger of hacking, Banner is the state-of-the-art system in higher education,,, O'Connell said.

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