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Show A Hacker has a Number on You The U's snafu, delays and secrecy are irresponsible and could hurt your credit rating. SEE OPINION, PAGE Fight the Feature? Does the movie live up to the hype? The Truth is in Here. "X-File- 7 Tough' Choices Will U star Doleac be like that other Mike or is Dr. Mike more his style? s" SEE NIGHTLIFE, PAGE Ms 4 SEE SPORTS, PAGE 9 s2i The Summer Weekly CHRONICLE "The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890" Wednesday, June 24, 1998 Trustees Review Grievance Policy Keisha Davenport Chronicle News Writer Protesters rallied outside the Alumni House as the University of Utah Board of .Trustees discussed employee grievances and appeals. During its monthly meeting on June 10, the board studied letters that had been sent to it addressing the revision of university policy and the concerns of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, (AFSCME), Local 1004. The union is not officially recognized by the administration. Under the current policy, staff "shall have the right to be accompanied by a person of his or her choice" and an employee grievance concerns the "interpretation or application of personnel policies or practices, working conditions, employee-supervis- or relationships or other personnel matters." The AFSCME worried that the new university policy would take away the right of accompaniment through the a'ppeals process and limit the griev-abl- e issues. An unsigned letter from a member of the union had asked the adminis 1 fcL ag Vol. 108 No. - 1 d&VX 0 IP tration to look at those concerns. Karen J. McCreary, senior associate general counsel, and Ralph D. director of human Pedersen, resources, wrote the board that an employee filing a grievance and an appeal must be accompanied by an "advocate" who is also an employee of the university. That is only allowed during "informal discussions of an employment grievance." This provides "employees with access to advice while limiting the role of attorneys and outside groups in order to assure efficiency and informality." The letter also said it is true that grievances would be limited due to the previous policy's "untenable lack of limitations," which is not as efficient in "today's complex work environment." The intent of the revisions was to "exclude management prerogatives" from grievances that were not against policy or discriminatory. The AFSCME, in a letter to University of Utah Board of Trustees Chair James S. Jardine, asked for the vote against the revisions, stating that the changes would take away from the rights of employees. S Pllfli LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley, left, applauds U President Bernard J. Machen at commencement exercises June 12. Hinckley, whose grandaughter graduated, was the keynote speaker. Hacker Breaks Into U's Records , rv Dave Hancock Assistant News Editor , A high-tec- h pickpocket placed the identities of thousands of University of Utah students, faculty and staff in a vulnerable position. On April 1, a computer hacker illeaccessed Academic the gally and Information Library Computing System (ACLIS) and stole the names, phone numbers and Social Security numbers of approximately 23,000 individuals. "You could essentially get credit cards printed. You could get bank accounts. You could get loans," said Francine Giani, director of the Utah Division of Consumer Protection. "Frankly, someone who is hacking into a computer system is doing it for some illegal means." This danger may have already been realized. Three people whose records were pilfered have reported that someone attempted to use their identities to apply for credit cards. Detective Mike McPharlin of the University of Utah Police emphasized that this may be completely unrelated to the break-i"Three out of 23,000 is a very small number," he said. "I'd say at this point it is a coincidence. But we're looking at it seriously." This is not the first breach of individual privacy at the U in recent history. In October 1997, Chronicle reporter Brandon Winn had his grades illegally accessed by prominent figures in the Parks, Recreation and Tourism department. "This is no way means that people should doubt the university's commitment to safeguarding their privacy," said John Morris, legal counsel to the president. While these two "isolated incidents" may be cause for a of University policy, Morris said it would be unfair to read more n. into them. Morris also stated the university probably bears no legal liability for the hack. Although the files were unencrypted due to human error, the perpetrator still had to perform several illegal operations to gain access. The university itself is as much of a victim as are the affected individuals, Morris said. McPharlin said that this incident will not be treated lightly, promising that the hacker will be criminally prosecuted, if he or she is apprehended. It may take several months for the case to culminate in prosecution, McPharlin warned. In fact, he denied earlier press reports that quoted him as saying an arrest is imminent. "We are not hot on the trail of the culprit," McPharlin emphasized. Instead, he said the police are "actively investi- see hacker, page 3 Moderate Prostate Cancer Rising David Jackson Chronicle News Writer " a vn Prostate cancer is the leading form of cancer in men aside from skin cancer. A cancer screening study at the University of Utah shows a large increase in the number of moderate prostate cancer cases. However, it is only temporary and there is only a slight increase in the well and poor categories of tumors, according to Robert Stephenson, who directed the study. The study included 278,409 cancer and cases covering (PSA) testing antigen specific periods. Prostate specific antigen is a type of enzyme produced by cells lin pre-prost- GET FUNKY: Myram Noodleman busts a move while entertaining fans between innings Monday night at Franklin Quest Field. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE S. 200 CENTRAL CAMPUS DR., STE. 240 SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH 84112-910- 6 post-prosta- te ing the prostate gland. The PSA test can detect prostate cancer at an earlier stage than normal, or when symptoms are not present. "It appears that there was a reservoir of moderate cases in the population, which was detected by the testing. Now, they have been treated, and the numbers in all categories appear to be declining," said Stephenson, who is the Jon M. Huntsman Chair in Urological Oncology at the U School of Medicine. The professor presented the results of the study of prostate cancer cases at the 93rd annual meeting of the American Urological Association. The cases were catalogued by the National Cancer Institute from 1973 to 1995 By examining data on more than THE www.chronicle.utah.edu 278,000 cases, Stephenson and his were able to detect the grade, stage and age differences between the pre-PS- A test period (1973-198and the post-PS- A era (1989-1995- ). A the pre-PSDuring period, the higher, lower and moderate graded cancers had nearly the same incidence at 17 to 23 cases per 100,000 men. When PSA testing began, there was a major increase to 179.3 cases per 100,000 men. About 75 percent of the increase, however, was in the tumors graded as moderate. Only eight percent of the increase was in newly diagnosed well or lower-grade- d prostate cancers. U Joseph Lyon, professor of public 8) see cancer, page 3 BULK RATE U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, Utah |