WASA elects new leaders

Don't forget!

Please remember the information from the “Ask the President” chapel today. They are as follows:

Follett Sale in the Lee Bookstore in the PCSU
o 50% off Lee University insignia gifts and clothing
o Wed., April 8
o 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Sodexo Meeting
o Mike Nagorka, Director of Sodexo Services, will meet with anyone who has a suggestion or question regarding the food services in the Dining Hall
o Thurs., April 16, 3:00 p.m.
o Deacon Jones Dining Hall

"Ode to the Beach"

“Ode to the Beach”

Poem by Liz Hill

After enduring long hours of homework,

Countless laboratory accidents and toxic quantities of formaldehyde,

We say goodbye to our own private beach and (not-so) favorite vacation spot.

You have aided in the establishment of numerous medical careers

And witnessed scientific advancements.

You have stood beside creationism in its fight against Darwinian evolution.

You have embraced the complexities of genetics and quantum physics.

Even now, you welcome destruction in exchange for new life.

Your influence none can measure.

With your experience, none dare compete.

Your death brings new life to future doctors, scientists, and mathematicians

And though we are sad to see you go, we know death is the natural product of life.

Thank you for teaching discipline and hard work to those who begged your training.

Thank you for years of contemplation, growth, and intellectual development.

We raise our beakers to you, Old Friend,

May you rest in piece and never be forgotten!

Lee University Beach Building

1966-2009

April Fools made fools of many

Conficker and "I Love You" are just a two names of the many over hyped computer viruses that were to spell doom for the civilian computer sector.

I am somewhat of a computer geek so when I hear from the news about the newest computer virus that they got wind of, I cringe.

I know shortly after, I will be receiving phone calls from all my relatives asking me, "Have you heard about that new virus?"

"What can I do to make sure I don't have that new virus I heard about on the news?"

"Is my computer going to explode?"

Conficker is a large botnet that has by some accounts infected around 1 to 2 million machines. Even though they are infected they still aren't at risk just yet. The virus still has to be activated by the person who created it.

If it gets activated then the infected computers could be used for anything from stealing data, sending spam or more likely proforming DDOS attacks.

Data stealing is the only real function that is harmful to you.

The other two (sending spam and DDOS attacks) use your machine to attack other larger targets, but with that being said the large portion of computers infected and targeted belong to companies and large corporations.

Every time I get that call I have to tell them there is nothing to worry about, nothing is going to happen. Because, just as I said, this April Fools nothing happened!

This is the kind of stuff that happens when the news channels don't have any real news so they take any other story and report just the same as if it were a big story.

So next time you hear about a huge virus sweeping the nation and taking over computers everywhere, don't panic. It's likely you won't get hit.

This blog post was contributed by Stephen Butler, staff writer.

Interesting Words: Gourmand

Word for today: gourmand

Gourmand- (goor-MAHND) [French] n. a person who takes hearty, excessive pleasure in eating.


Enjoy this, kids! Use it at some point today!

It's all fun and games until somebody counts tiles.

As many are now well aware, today was April Fools' Day. If you're one of the heartless tricksters out there, bragging to your friends about your successful endeavors, shame on you (and a simultaneous congratulations on your skill and cunning).

And if you are one of the many fools out there, licking your wounds and swearing you'll never fall for that one again, take comfort in the fact that you are not alone.

I was neither directly involved in a prank, nor was I the target of a prank. But I was able to stand aside and enjoy one.

Simply for reading pleasure, here's the rundown.

Otis works with me at the grocery store. Funny kid, apparently not the brightest.

The irony of April Fools' could not be better summed up in his experience. As he was secretly trying to scheme against our manager, he got himself into a little bit of trouble.

The tables turned on him, and without him knowing it, he had the entire store against him.

As the closing bagger, he has the duty of cleaning the store. This includes scrubbing the bathrooms. A perfect time for, oh, I don't know, a tile inventory?

Our manager told poor, gullible Otis that we were re-tiling the men's bathroom (only the men's bathroom), and that we needed all the tiles counted.

Perhaps it's not Otis' fault. After all, he trusts his managers. But then again, critical thinking calls us to question all things. This would have been an excellent time to put this into practice.

While the tile-counting part was funny, it didn't stop there. Otis was also instructed to measure the toilets, in order to accurately re-tile those floors (because apparently, tiling companies don't know how to measure).

Needless to say, prank-pulling victory was sweet when we all got to see the red embarrassment creeping up Otis' neck and around that goofy smile. He was a good sport about it.

While the experience could have been seen as kind of cruel, it wasn't a complete waste. In fact, it was very educational for Otis. If you ask him now, he can tell you with confidence that there are 548 tiles in the men's bathroom.

Thanks for the memories, Otis.

Communication lines blurring?

I would love to see the results from this survey, because at first, under question 12, I laughed at the "Text Message" option.

I thought calling professors on the phone was kind of awkward, but now people are texting? I mean, honestly, who really texts their adviser?

But I guess this is the 21st century. Anything can happen, right?