The Snapper 2012-03-29

              The Snapper wwwthesnappercom Millersville University Established 1925 MILLERSVILLE PENNSYLVANIA VOLUME 87 ISSUE 16 THURSDAY MARCH 292012 MU gets rallied up over budget cuts I Laura Maginley Assoc News Editor Dozens upon dozens of curious Millersville University students and faculty made their way to the Student Memorial Center last Thursday afternoon for the Back to the Future Rally organized by Millersville's Association of Pennsylvania State College & University Faculties {APSCUF) office Approximately 60 onlookers listened to various speakers take a stand against the proposed budget cuts and profess that now is the time for action Ryan Davies a senior Philosophy major brought physical copies of his Millersville tuition hill from his first and last semester here with an outstanding $l2OO difference They each look the same they have the same number of words and are printed on the same lame paper However there is one huge difference Davies said about the price difference.Starting off the rally was Dr Chuck Ward chair of the philosophy department on campus After getting the crowd pumped up with a cheer he explained the meaning behind the posters that have been publicized with the rally If the budget cuts progress Millersville will have the same funding that it did back in 1989 which essentially has brought the University back to the future Members of the track team were also present at the rally sporting t shirts that read FIGHT on the front and MILLERSVILLE on the back These shirts were for sale so that additional Millersville students and others could purchase them to support the cause The new Marauder statue that arrived during Homecoming weekend also sported one of these bright orange t shirts for all to see An event similar to this one was held last year for the same reason: to bring awareness We want to raise the awareness of students on campus on what they can personally do to help fight the cut to the PASSHE budget which is to contact their legislators said Dr Daniel Keefer chair of the APSCUF Mobilization Committee Also at the meeting was a table set up to help students from Pennsylvania locate their home legislatures and write a short note to them regarding their concerns The postcards and postage were provided by APSCUF After the rally everyone moved up to the stadium where alumni with the Coalition to Rescue or Sports (CROS) and students claimed that the University would not save as much money with the cuts as it claimed They also expressed that the University failed to consider an alumni proposal to fund the programs. CROS proposed to keep the teams hut to have them go to fewer meets and change men and women's indoor track to a club sport This past Wednesday March 28 the rally took one step further and follows in last year's footsteps to the Capital at Harrisburg. Students across the entire PASSHE system were in attendance at the rally which took place at 11 AM While students of Millersville rode comfortably on buses to the Capital the Track Team will he leaving extra early in order to make the 100 mile journey with Lock Haven's team to Harrisburg Lock Haven University has dubbed this effort 100 to stay funded DANIELLE KREIDER/ SNAPPER The Marauder statue is supporting the Millerville FIGHT shirt in support of the MU rally Students can buy these shirts for $5 KEVIN KAISER/ SNAPPER Concerned Millersville students and faculty flocked to the Student Memorial Center to openly show their disgust for the proposed budget cuts by Governor Corbett Don't hack with these guys I David Lu Photography Editor Oh no Maggie's Facebook got hacked This scenario could happen to anyone Most of the time it is something harmless like a status update that was changed by a friend when Facebook is left up in the lab Everyone has a good laugh Maggie changes her Facebook status back and continues on with her day Now replace Facebook with a database full of patient information in a hospital network This database includes patient social security numbers addresses, phone numbers medication, and other sensitive information For information security personnel responsible for these networks it is not a laughing matter Information security is a rapidly growing field and currently underemployed There are simply not enough people in this field to keep the country's data safe Events like the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition {CCDC) help employers find those much needed personnel The Mid Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition {MACCDC) offers a learning experience like no other which cannot be obtained through a classroom The competition lasts for two days back to back from 9 AM to 5 PM Students will have to defend their network against a team of professional hackers from compromising their network and information The competition is scored like golf in which gaining points is bad The teams are scored by service up time injects and security The hackers use various tools and gain experience to destroy the student's networks and cause as much mayhem as possible The competition is designed to have the odds stacked against student teams and make this the toughest and most grueling game they have ever played The competition will test the team's technological skills team work stress management, and ability to adapt to a new network They also added business aspects to the game to make the competition more real There are CEO and business injects that must be performed throughout the course of the event When everything is working those injects are trivial but when everything is down it is a completely different game Every team will fail and have their networks compromised This competition is about how the teams will recover and handle the stress under fire Not only is the competition a great way to earn bragging rights but it offers many networking and employment opportunities. The MACCDC hosts PHOTO COURTESY OF JHUAPLEDU From left to right Andrew Elliot Mark Schmele Joshua Vanhine David Lu Travis Romero Dylan Leak way Robert Hennessey and David Anaya  Got wood PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS 8 MARKETING Sophomore Noah Morris is creating three wooden sculptures as part of a 6 month independent study project This site is located outside of Breidenstine Hall He uses a bronze ax or adze head a bronze chisel and several specialized homemade iron tools Millersville Weather Forecast I Colna Fehr Juliano Moore f J from the Miilersviile University Campus Weather Service For the latest weather forecast please visit http/A/vwwatmosmillersvilleedu/~cws/mu forecasthtml to Cyber fourth /hi^c Inside This Issue News 1 5 National News 6 Advertisement 7 Opinion 8 9 Features 10 12 Advertisement 13 Arts &culture 14 17 Sports 18 20 ACMO "Bare's" alll 14 'Baseball strikes out 19 yy Shed light on parking 11 Zuckerberg tells all 3  f^r T^ FREE TO THE PUBLIC Newsroom & Advertising(7l7) 872 3516 An independent student publication ©2012 THE SNAPPER