The Mont re
Volume V, Number VIII
dent Voice
ONE
8757 March 23, 2005
Phishing Spawns Network Response
by April Heyward
Phishing, one of the latest
online scams aimed at snagging
consumer’s personal informa
tion, penetrated the Montrpat
system with e-mail messages
posing as Huntington Bank, Citi
Bank group, South Trust, and
Washington Mutual.
According to the Federal
Trade Commission, “phishers
send an e-mail or pop-up mes
sage that claims to be from a
business or organization” like an
Internet Service Provider (ISP),
bank, online payment service, or
government agency.
The messages tell consum
ers to “update or “validate”
account information and some
may impose serious threats if the
.recipient doesn’t respond. A link
on the e-mail goes to a web site
that closely resembles the legiti
mate organization’s site.
Many students noticed the
increase of phishing e-mails on
their Montreat accounts. “Some
times we get a bunch [of e-mails]
and sometimes we don’t, get any,
it’s really annoying,” says junior
Jeb Berkeley.
In response to the e-mail
scams and as a normal proce
dure, the technology department
undergoes a series of practices
to detect and block the amount
of phishing and spam reaching
Montreat accounts. According
to network administrator, Paul
Hawkinson, the department uses
programs like Domain Name
System (DNS) blocker. Keyword
filter, and anti-virus filters.
A DNS blocker blacklists
addresses linked to spamming.
Key Word filter blocks common
subject titles used within spam
and phishing e-mails. An anti
virus filter strips off dangerous
attachments from e-niails con
taining viruses.
“We’re blocking 70% of e-
Over forty runners from the surrounding community participated in the first annual Campus to Campus run on Saturday March 19. The five- mile race
:tarted at the Montreal gate, and ended at the Black Mountain Campus. Members from the Sports Marketing class organized the logistics of the event.
Proceeds for the race benefits student scholarships. •
mails that come to campus,”
Hawkinson says.
Hawkinson advises anyone
who receives suspicious e-mails
to use common sense before
accessing a potentially danger
ous site. “Legitimate banks
would never send you links to
the websites and ask you to enter
your password.”
He also advises students to be
cautious of a recent AOL Instant
Messaging (AIM) virus. “It’s the
number one thing students fall
for recently,” Hawkinson says.
According to the AIM web
site, users should be careful
when clicking on any hyperlink
coming from an instant message
or an AIM profile. “We recom
mend that you not click on any
link sent by IM or found in an
AIM profile unless you know
specifically where the link will
lead you,” the security page for
the AIM website says. “Even if a
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Worship Arts Major Debuts Fall Semester
by Dr. Eunice Stackhouse
The Fine Arts Department
recently aimounced the approval
of a Worship Afrs major, which
will become available to students
in fall 2005.
This new major is designed to
prepare graduates to serve in a
variety of capacities, as leaders’
and facilitators for the arts in
worshipping communities. This
interdisciplinary major builds
upon existing programs and
incorporates several courses that
are already offered by the col
lege.
Students who pursue the Wor
ship Arts major will choose from
three concentrations: Music,
Theatre, or Visual Arts. They
will take approximately 21-23
credit hours in the chosen area,
in order to develop their per
forming and artistic skills to a
professional level. The major
“...for it is light that makes everything visible. This is
why it is said: ‘Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you. ’ ”
- Ephesians 5:14 NIV
core (33 hours) will also include
a course from each of the other
two arts areas, as well as
tliree new interdisciplin- ^
ary courses- Worship
Arts Survey, Technol
ogy in the Church, and a
Seminar in Worship Arts.
Montreat will be one of
only a handful of colleges
in the country to offer such a
degree.
The Gaither computer lab
will be converted to provide ten
Macintosh computer/keyboard
MIDI stations. Several new soft
ware programs will be added to
support classes in Photography,
Audio Recording Techniques,
and Technology in the Church.
Other courses, taken through
the Bible and Religion Depart
ment, will provide students with
the Biblical foundation necessary
for effective Christian ministry.
Sophomore Steve Carter
enthused, “I’m excited to be able
to major in the Visual Arts here
at Montreat, and it’s cool that
there ’is a Christian foundation
upon which everything builds.”
The majority of prospective
students who have inquired
about the music program in
recent years have indicated
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