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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2005
Officials warn
users of new
e-mail virus
Say avoid downloading attachments
BY MARIE CROWDER
STAFF WRITER
As if University students don’t
have enough e-mails lingering in
their mailboxes, a recent virus is
adding more messages to sift.
The e-mails, which reach stu
dents through their subscribed
listservs, have subject headings
warning that there is an “online
user violation” or that the e-mail
account will be closed. Once
opened, the e-mails contain no
message.
“They’re cluttering my mailbox,”
said Lucy Witt, a sophomore biol
ogy major. “I’ve got one from every
single listserv I’m on. I’m confused
as to why they haven’t notified stu
dents.”
Kevin Lyles, a sophomore busi
ness major, agreed.
“I think they’re annoying, and I
would like to know the root of the
problem,” he said.
According to Chris Columb,
director of messaging for
Information Technology Services,
the e-mails are a result of a family
of global viruses known as Mytob.
“It’s one of a series of viruses
going around,” he said. “We have
to go after every single one of them
because we don't which will be the
next to do some major damage.”
The Mytob virus spreads by
sending e-mails with infected
attachments.
“The big thing with these e
mails is not to click on the attach
ment,” Columb warned.
Thanks to ITS filters, e-mails
that students receive through
University e-mail should contain
no attachments.
These filters screen campus e
mails before they reach students
and usually remove all viral e-mails
before students even see them.
Sometimes, however, the filters
only remove the damaging parts
of the e-mails while the rest of the
message reaches students.
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Such is the case with the recent
slew of mail clogging student
inboxes.
If students do receive suspicious
e-mails containing attachments,
they should contact ITS immedi
ately by calling 962-HELP.
Another way to find out about
recent problems or updates fac
ing ITS is to visit its Web site,
http://itschanges.unc.edu.
Meanwhile, ITS officials con
tinue to work to prevent future
problems.
“We work closely with several
vendors to make sure that all net
works have the most current virus
protection to keep everything
updated,” said Megan Bell, assis
tant vice chancellor for ITS com
munications.
In managing approximately
45,000 e-mail accounts, Columb
also is updating virus filters con
stantly to adjust to new viruses
threatening the system.
With all the precautions taken
by ITS, it is still important to be
wary of suspicious e-mails.
“Students should know that we
do not send out any kind of vague
e-mails,” Columb said. “We don’t
send out updates to software. We
don’t send out magic things to
clean your mailbox of spam.”
For students who want to learn
more about protecting their com
puters, ITS also offers a training
class that teaches different tech
niques useful in protecting com
puters from spam.
Columb also recommended that
students download the Symantec
antivirus from http://shareware.
unc.edu.
As Bell said, “No matter how
many proactive measures you
take, there’s always someone try
ing to find a way to break into the
system.”
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Organic store makes local debut
Earth Fare opens
in Chapel Hill
BY KATHY CHO
STAFF WRITER
Local organic food shoppers can
now be even choosier now.
Earth Fare, the Asheville-based
organic and health food supermar
ket, opened its new Chapel Hill
store Wednesday morning.
The new store puts more empha
sis on naturally-grown produce than
other retailers, stocking conventional
produce only when organic varieties
are unavailable, said Troy DeGroff,
director of sales and marketing.
Among Earth Fare locations,
the Chapel Hill store’s offerings
of American artisanal cheeses and
organic meat and seafood are the
largest so far for the chain.
Some attractions were inherited
from A Southern Season, the previ
ous tenant of the property.
What was once the Weathervane
restaurant is now an outdoor din
ing area where Friday wine tastings
will be held.
The community room will be used
for cooking and belly dancing class
es and health lectures. The space is
open to the public, and nonprofits
can use it for free, DeGroff said.
DeGroff acknowledged the exist
ing Competition in the local organic
food market, but not only are super
markets used to having competitors
nearby, the demand for organic food
is also on the rise, he said.
Local specialty-product retailers
include Whole Foods Market in the
Village Plaza shopping center and
Weaver Street Market in Carrboro.
Both stores expect a short-term
impact in their sales because of the
“curiosity factor” surrounding the
new store’s opening.
In the long term, “It becomes a
New search starts for journalism dean
Bowers will act as interim dean for year
BY KATHERINE HOLLANDER
STAFF WRITER
After a seven-month search
that resulted in an interim dean,
the search for a more permanent
School of Journalism and Mass
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Market’s Chapel Hill location.
“People will go to the store that
makes them happiest, probably
the one they can get to.”
And if more supply leads to
more demand for organic foods,
everyone will benefit, she said.
Weaver Street Market’s com
petitive edge comes from being
a community cooperative, said
General Manager Ruffin Slater,
citing a “strong loyalty factor.”
into gear Tuesday afternoon.
The newly established search
committee gathered for its first
meeting to discuss pursuing appli
cants for the open position.
The group discussed several
aspects of the search, including qual
ifications for the position, budget for
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Slater said co-op members rec
ognize that Weaver Street’s profits
stay within the community and are
not siphoned away as is the case
with chains like Earth Fare.
Slater agreed that demand keeps
climbing. “We carry all that we
can get in terms of locally-grown
organic produce, and there’s not
enough production,” he said.
Earth Fare is evidence of the
growing popularity of organic and
natural foods, said Tony Kleese,
executive director of the Carolina
Farm Stewardship Association.
for the interviewing process.
The committee also plans to
make changes to the search pro
cess to use time more efficiently.
“We will release the position
description hopefully by July, to
begin the application process,” said
Bernadette Gray-Little, chairwom
an of the committee and dean of
the College of Arts and Sciences.
Committee members, which
include journalism school fac-
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“Earth Fare is opening within a
block of Whole Foods Market,” he
said. “They’re not going to do that
without very clear market data.”
Locals are already curious about
what the new store will bring.
Karen Mitchell of Chapel Hill,
who said she often shops at Whole
Foods, had heard on the radio
about the new store’s cafeteria
style deli.
“I definitely will check it out”
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ulty, students and outside faculty
professionals, agreed that the new
dean should embrace the school’s
roots while continuing to push the
faculty and students to maintain
the school’s national prominence.
Gray-Little said she hopes all
applicants will be contacted by
August. The committee will then
narrow the pool of candidates
throughout the fall semester.
Many committee members
expressed frustration with the
length of the previous search.
Don Curtis, a journalism school
alumnus and committee member
who also served on the previous
search committee, said there were
problems with the past process.
“The last search was so long,” he
said. “At times I felt disconnected.”
Committee members said they
are hopeful that all final candi
dates will be chosen by the end
of the fall semester. The names of
the candidates will be announced
at that time.
The committee plans to advertise
the position nationally as well as
internally to the University faculty.
“We cannot afford to overlook
any possible candidates,” said com
mittee member Cathy Packer, an
associate professor in the journal
ism school.
To leave no stone unturned, the
committee discussed the option of
hiring a professional search firm
to assist the committee in iden
tifying, evaluating and pursuing
candidates.
Tom Bowers, senior associate
dean of the journalism school, has
been named the interim dean of
the School, effective July 1.
He has made it clear that he
intends to retire at the end of the
academic year.
“The school is in good hands as
we continue our search,” Provost
Robert Shelton said.
Bowers will replace Richard
Cole, who has served as dean for
26 years.
A second search committee was
formed because Gerald Baldasty,
chairman of the communications
department at the University of
Washington and the leading can
didate from the previous search,
rejected UNC’s offer in March.
The search committee plans to
meet again within the next week
to review the position descrip
tion, establish a firm timeline and
decide if it wants to pursue outside
help through a search firm.
“We have a great group gathered
here,” Shelton said. “I’m sure the
committee’s analysis will end with
great results.”
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