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Hillary McNabb is 21 years old and works in Dayton. She attends Sinclair Community College. She spends her free time blogging, trying (unsuccessfully)not to sing out loud along with her iPod, seeing movies and spending time with her friends and boyfriend. Occasionally she makes it to class on time and does her homework.
Mark McGregor is a 25-year-old student at Sinclair Community College who will graduate in summer with an associate’s degree in communication. He is a regional editorial assistant at Dayton Daily News and in the near future, he hopes to become a newspaper reporter. He lives in Dayton and enjoys attending local concerts, producing On the One, a free, weekly newsletter promoting concerts at Canal Street Tavern and riding his bicycle as much as his busy life allows.
Cindy Rittinger is a 21-year-old junior social studies education major at Miami University. Originally from Fairborn, on campus she is a member of Model UN, Alpha Gamma Delta, and works in one of the many dining halls as a student manager. In the little spare time she has between classes and studying she enjoys spending time with her friends, reading, and watching movies.
Gerald Fullam is 21 years old, and lives and works in Dayton. He has an A.A.S. Degree in Visual Communication from Sinclair and is currently studying Motion Picture Production at Wright-State University. He plays guitar in a great band and thinks that theology and politics are excellent conversation starters.
Carolyn Hoogsteden is a 19-year-old Sinclair Community College student. She is a regional editorial assistant at the Dayton Daily News. She spends a lot of her free time homesick, knitting, and swimming. She recently moved to Kettering, and enjoys exploring her suburbanite wonderland.
Craig Schrolucke has returned to college after being displaced by America's churning economic system in hopes of securing the education necessary for a second-act career. His free time is spent attempting to absorb the Chinese language, jumping through the hoops of the educational stage show some like to call the learning process and watching reality TV.
Jeremy Moore is a 20-year-old sophomore and self-professed builder of bridges and social circles who decided to get his college education off to the "WRIGHT" start at Wright State University. He is a Community Advisor (RA) and also works for campus telecommunications and computing services providing mundane support for those in need. In his free time he enjoys being a socialite and attempting to pen his greatest work, "The Disenchantment Of the Eternal Student."
Patti Phillips is 43 years old and a senior history honors major at Wright State University. She is the mother of three children aged 19, 15 and 13. Patti returned to finish her bachelors degree three years ago and previously attended Purdue University 1981-1983. Patti hopes to graduate next fall and become a substitute teacher. Patti has been married to her college sweetheart since 1986.
Elizabeth Mahaffey is a 19-year-old freshman at Sinclair Community College. She is majoring in Business Management. She goes to school full time and also has a job at Wright Patterson Air Force Base full time. She spends her free time hanging out with friends, as much as possible and just trying to have as much fun as she can.
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By Hillary McNabb
| Thursday, May 11, 2006, 02:29 AM
Are you worried that all that personal info you gave to the college of your choice upon registration is going to end up in the wrong hands? The hands of a hacker.
I am.
Last week, Ohio University revealed that their databases had been hacked into and that thousands of students’ (mostly alumni) information could be vulnerable. And in April, The University of Texas at Austin announced a similar situation.
The scariest part? Social Security numbers were included in that vulnerable info.
It’s bad enough that losing your wallet, not shredding pre-approved credit card offers (Read: JUNK MAIL) you get in the mail and other seemingly innocent things make it easy for your identity to be stolen or your credit to be ruined by someone who’s definitely not you. But now, the place we trust to educate us can’t be trusted to keep required information safe?
Some area schools have started taking precautions to prevent this sort of thing from happening to them. But is it enough?
Are you worried? What do you think can be done to stop this scary new trend in hacking?
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