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              THE MAROON MAROON.LOYNO.EDU FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2001 VOL. 79, NO. 18 THE EAST-WEST PROPOSAL I CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION Renovations on the main campus will give Loyola new look for new century By Crystal Bolner Staff writer Imagine Loyola without Stallings Hall. Now take a second look at Monroe Hall; picture it blanketed in new red bricks with two more floors added on top. Members of the university Board of Trustees' buildings and grounds committee are working on an "East-West plan" to change the look and feel of the main campus. If the plan to renovate buildings and grounds on the main campus comes to fruition, students will see major changes at Loyola in the next five to six years. Plans would include the following: the renovation of the old library into an art center; the relocation of City College to two newly constructed floors on Monroe Hall; the demolition of Stallings Hall, which would be replaced by a larger, taller building to house the physics, math and computer science programs; and the floor-by-floor renovation of Monroe Hall, which would be resurfaced in red brick. Lee Ledbetter Architects will begin the conceptual design for the old library renovation this month, according to the Rev. Bernard Knoth, S.J., university president. Malcolm Woodall, vice president for Institutional Advancement, and Rhonda Cartwright, vice president for Business and Finance, are in charge of financing the construction. THE CHANGING FACE OF LOYOLA Preliminary plans are being considered by the Board of Trustees' buildings & grounds committee to relocate City College, renovate and add two floors to Monroe Hall, demolish Stallings Hall and replace it with a taller new building and redesign the green areas over a period of about five to six years. Stallings Hall (Priority: 3) Building would be demolished except for its base. A new, taller edifice would house the physics, mathematics and computer science departments. It is now used for City College and the College of Arts & Sciences courses. A renovation of the Academic Quad will also be phased in Old Library (Priority: 1) Future home of the Fine Arts Center, which would house the visual arts and drama & speech departments. Peace Quad The memorial Jesuit martyr quad will be the first of the quad areas to be redesigned because no building construction is needed in the area. Reconstruction of the Academic Quad and the Horseshoe will be phased into plans as renovation goes on around them. Monroe Hall (Priority: 2) Two floors will be added to accomodate City College, making the building seven stories high. A floor-by-floor renovation and resurfacing in red brick to match other campus halls also are proposed. The building now houses the math and science departments and plays host to many other courses. STAFF GRAPHIC BY ROBERT TREADWAY Faculty and students glad to keep Knoth By Nick Boeglin & Crystal Boiner Staff writers Loyola University Chicago's Jan. 19 announcement produced much relief among administrators and faculty at the school's southern counterpart, Loyola New Orleans. LUC selected the Rev. Michael Garanzini as , S.J., as univeristy president over Loyola New Orleans' president, the Rev. Bernard Knoth, S.J. "It's their loss and our gain," said the Rev. David Boileau, philosophy professor. "I'm proud he was considered. He's a young, very talented administrator." Many faculty, staff members and students said they were happy Knoth was not picked in the LUC search. "It's been terrifically exciting since he's been here," said Ted Cotton, associate English professor and director of the university honors program. Ryan Holmes, Student Government Association president and music education senior, said he believed Loyola could survive if Knoth were to leave New Orleans. "I don't feel like we (Loyola) would lose any momentum. Father Knoth has done a lot for the Loyola community, but it still moves on." The Rev. Lawrence Moore, S.J., associate dean of Academic Affairs for the law school and secretary of the treasury for the Board of Trustees, said he is delighted Knoth won't be leaving New Orleans. Moore was chairman of the committee that selected Knoth in the fall of 1995. "It would have left us in a terrible situation. His initiatives would have slowed down, and Knoth was not a good fit at Loyola Chicago," Moore said. Moore said the conditions at Loyola Chicago will be difficult for the new administrator. "Loyola Chicago is in a troubled situation," he said. "Anyone going in there would be facing serious challenges. They have a faculty that is very unhappy." Brazil's Snow White virus sets sights on Loyola's campus By Danielle Mastropiero Staff writer Last week, officials from Tulane University warned Loyola's Information Technology staff about a new virus called Hybris that is making rounds on both campuses through listservs, according to Steve Navarre, Loyola's computer services network adminstrator. Hybris affects only IBM and IBMcompatible computers. The virus manifests itself in an e-mail with subject head, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — The REAL story!" The return address is from Hahaha@sexyfun.net. Its message reads: 'Today, Snowhite was turning 18. The 7 Dwarfs always where very educated and polite with Snowhite. When they go out work at morning, they promissed (sic) a "huge* suprise. Snowhite was anxious. Suddlenty (sic), the door open, and the Seven Dwarfs enter ..." The e-mail includes an attachment with a random file name followed by .exe. When the file is downloaded, the user's computer is infected. Once a computer is infected, the virus sends a copy of itself to everyone on a user's mail list. It also hides several copies of itself within Windows. Even if the original is erased, the virus can remain on a computer's hard drive undetected. The virus displays a large animated spiral on the 59th minute of every hour in the year 2001 and on Sept. 24 of every year. Although the spiral display may seem to be more nuisance than threat, some virus authorities are concerned about Hybris because of its unique makeup. Because it contains plug-in devices, it can potentially be updated and strengthened. For this reason, the Pentagon's Joint Task Force Computer Network Defense labeled the worm a "high-risk status." Security Focus.com vulnerability analyst Jeremy Pacquette recommends practicing what he calls "safe exe" and not opening files from strange addresses. MSNBC.com ranked the virus as the fourth most prevalent in the world, and said it shows no signs of slowing. They call it the Sleeper hit of 2001. Navarre said Hybris, also called the Snow White virus, is a type of virus called a worm that can send copies of itself to everyone in an infected person's address book. "A virus is a real tricky situation," Navarre See FUTURE, Page 4 See KNOTH, Page 5 See VIRUS, Page 3 TALLY HO!: ALL THE WORLD IS A STAGE, Page 6 • LIFE & TIMES: EXPLORE YOUR WORLD, Page 12 Loyola University New Orleans NEXT WEEK: New plans for Cabra Hall