The Marquette Tribune | April 1, 2014

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Volume 98, Number 49

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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Whelton plans to spend reserve

Students to fight stigma on mental health issues By Natalie Wickman

natalie.wickman@marquette.edu

windows and doors. However, the metaphorical house is always changing. The FBI was called in to investigate the incident at UWParkside March 27 because of the potential exposure of personal data. UW-Parkside officials first became aware of the situation March 16 when Campus Technology Services staff performing maintenance, found computer hackers installed malware, a computer virus, on one university server. Reportedly, anyone who was admitted to the school, or has attended UW-Parkside since the fall of 2010, may have had their information compromised. The malware did not indicate its source or those who gained access to the school’s servers. Investigators found evidence

indicating the attacker’s motive was not identity theft, and they found no proof of attempts to download names or Social Security numbers. Schools can become targets for hackers because they have important information and can be easier to access than businesses. “As businesses are locking down, hackers go after the next easiest target of opportunity,” said Bruce Boyden, a professor at Marquette’s law school specializing in privacy law in a Feb. 6 Tribune project. Webb said hackers target anything that can be monetized or embarrass an entity or an individual. “Credit cards are the jackpot for hackers, followed by

The national, student-run group Active Minds plans to dismantle stigmas surrounding mental illness on college campuses during this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, running Monday through Friday. Various speakers, including comedian Sara Benincasa and war veteran Bryan Adams, will speak on Marquette’s campus and talk with students during question-and-answer sessions. The week’s events will look at mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar disorder. Lindsey Peterson, representative of Marquette University’s Student Nurses Association and sophomore in the College of Nursing, provided Active Minds with green ribbons to build support and awareness of mental illness. Students can pick up green ribbons at residence halls and the Alumni Memorial Union to wear or tie to a tree outside of Raynor Memorial Library. One in four adults have some kind of mental illness, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Peterson said symptoms of these illnesses often first appear during college years. She also stressed that the week intends to address the idea that mental illness can always be controlled. “We can’t blame someone for depression any more than we can for heart disease,” Peterson said in an email, adding that stigmas extend to how people refer to illnesses in a casual setting. “Some people find it funny to gesture sticking a finger down their throat or putting a gun to their head, or perhaps calling someone bipolar or OCD just because of their quirks,” she said. “That only furthers the feeling that mental illnesses are merely a joke. My hope is that students will treat these disorders with more sensitivity.” Markie Pasternak, secretary of Marquette’s Active Minds chapter and a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, represented the group on the national

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Marquette Student Government President-elect Kyle Whelton (left) and running mate Natalie Pinkney made using the reserve fund as a top priority during the MUSG presidential debate. Whelton announced a few proposals to tap into the reserve fund going into his inauguration Tuesday.

MUSG president-elect suggests options to tap unused $250,000

By Joe Kvartunas

joseph.kvartunas@marquette.edu

As Marquette Student Government President-elect Kyle

Whelton, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, approaches his inauguration on Tuesday, he announced his first priority will be spending part of the almost $250,000 in the Prior Year Reserve Fund. Every year, students pay $30 per semester in student organization fees. It is the responsibility of MUSG – through student

organization funding, programs and other areas – to spend this money. All unused funds are deposited into the Prior Year Reserve Fund. MUSG’s financial policies mandate the reserve fund be at least 10 percent of the annual operating budget to cover budget deficits, making the $250,000 in the

reserve more than five times the required amount. According to the MUSG Constitution, the reserve fund can be utilized for “capital goods” exceeding $500, or “to subsidize the sponsorship of a qualifying student service.” The Constitution defines a capital See MUSG, Page 4

FBI investigates cybercrime in MKE area UW-Parkside target of latest campus security breach of school data By Matt Kulling

matthew.kulling@marquette.edu

Bob Shields, the special agent in charge of the Milwaukee division of the FBI, said in a comment to the Associated Press last week that he would like to see Wisconsin develop an advanced forensics lab to fight computer crimes. The same day the University of Wisconsin-Parkside had a cyber-security breach affecting as many as 15,000 students, which Justin Webb, an Information Security Officer at Marquette, said is not

uncommon for universities, including Marquette. “The university is always ‘threatened’ by simply being connected to the Internet,” Webb said in an email. “We have systems in place to mitigate the attempted attacks, and we also harden our infrastructure in various ways to make the attack surface smaller, and harder to get into.” Shields added in his Associated Press interview that he would like to build on cybercrime work as he did as an agent in Chicago. He created an office that investigates hacking, piracy and online terrorism, and he wants a similar organization in Wisconsin. Webb equated cyber security to leaving doors and windows open, and specialists do their best to lock up those

INDEX

CALENDAR...........................2 DPS REPORTS......................2 CLASSIFIEDS........................5

MARQUEE...................6 VIEWPOINTS..............8 SPORTS.......................10

Amplo’s squad earns first conference win in history. PAGE 12

Student athletes should be paid, and unions are the first step. PAGE 9

Explosive stars define Final Four teams playing in North Texas. PAGE 11


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