ampus hews EDITOR JENNY PENG THE VOICE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014 3 Advice against hacking Langara hosts a computer tech meet-up on how to stay safe using multiple online accounts By ALISSA CRANE than ever, which means students should be extra cautious about their web safety. This was the message from Lauren Wood, a speaker at a computer tech meet-up held Feb.21 at Langara. Wood said the main thing people need to do with web safety is assume that somebody is out to get them. “As- sume that somebody somewhere is go- ing to try and spam your comments, break into your site to get information, do something you don’t want.” Nowadays, the a verage student may have multiple accounts online, includ- ing Facebook, Twitter, and email. Protecting yourself can be a chal- lenge, especially with technology ad- vancing every day and making it easier for hackers to access personal informa- tion, said chair of the Langara comput- er science department, Brian Koehler. Koehler recommends setting up a password that includes upper and low- er case letters, and punctuation. “A lot of people get lazy and use the same password for all their different accounts,” he said. “The danger with that is ifa hacker guesses one, then the first thing they will do is try the same password on all those different sites.” Louie Pan is a kinesiology student at Langara. “I’ve used the same password forever,” he said. During the meet-up, Wood said an- other easy way to protect yourself on- line is to use two different browsers. “You use one browser for stuff such as your bank sites, and you load that one up to the max with all the protective plug-ins. You use your other browser for your random surfing to sites that aren’t safe,” he said. Kinesiology stu- Hes: are more sophisticated dent Michael MICHAEL Aghamohseni said hacked but knows Gy gont people who have. “My friends have been hacked but usually they just change their pass- word or delete their account and make a new one,” he said. “I’m really careful with my passwords and I make sure they’re not very obvious.” Koehler also recommends that stu- dents have a good anti-virus program and check the security of the sites they access by looking for a small lock icon in the address bar. ALISSA CRANE photo Lauren Wood at the tech meet-up Feb.21, educating attendees on web security. ASH KELLY photo Volunteers Dina Salih (left) and Todd Addie (right) rally students to the selfie station on Monday, Feb. 24. Pink frenzy scares off bullies The student conduct department handled 16 cases of assault in 2013 ARASH GHORBANI Second year the- atre arts student 66 We are all bullies to each other, we just aren’t aware of it By ASH KELLY angara College contributed al- most $2,000 to the anti-bullying campaign Pink Shirt Day to show their commitment to making the school a safe space. Last year, more than 10 organiza- tions benefited from the event, which has raised more than $650,000 since 2008. Jen Schaeffers, executive director of CKNW Orphans’ Fund, said they have seen a major decline in T-shirt sales this year. “We've noticed a little bit of an ero- sion in terms of our ability to fundraise in the province because so many peo- ple are doing their own small cam- paigns, and not participating in the larger campaign,” said Schaeffers. Reba Noel is the student engage- ment officer at Langara. She said the college purchased 200 official pink shirts for staff and volunteers to wear on Wednesday at a cost of $10 each. “Tt’s important for every institution . . . to recognize and put forward that they’re not going to tolerate bullying,” said Noel. Bullying isn’t confined to middle school or high school, though it may look a little different at the college lev- el, said Maggie Ross, manager of stu- dent conduct and judicial affairs at Langara. “Adults are less likely to engage in physical bullying and more likely to en- gage in psychological or social bully- ing, including bullying through online media,” said Ross. The student conduct department handled 16 cases of physical and verbal assault and 10 cases of harassment be- tween January and December of last year, she said. These cases do not include faculty or staff incidents. Second year theatre arts student Arash Ghorbani has seen bullying take place at Langara, and admitted he has bullied classmates. “We are all bullies to each other, we just aren’t aware of it. Bullying has so many different forms,” he said. Ghorbani was bullied when he was seven. Older kids pulled his hair and teased him on the school bus, an expe- rience that reminds him of the kind of pain bullying can inflict. “Even now I think about it, and we’re not as invincible as we think we are... writing on the washroom walls, saying really nasty things about each other, that’s a slow way to kill someone, you know. That’s like poison.” ASH KELLY photo An employment fair banner on Langara campus tries to appeal to students on being more proactive in their job search. BRIEFLY on campus: Career expo, March 5, Richmond ed to the Ready, Set, Hire! career lexpo on March 5 at the Richmond Olympic Oval. The first 100 students to sign up will get in for free, and transportation is provided for Langara students from campus to the expo thanks to student fundraising efforts. More than 30 busi- nesses will be in attendance, including CIBC, Xerox, and TD Canada Trust. Michael Watts, program manager for I angara business students are invit- the event and fourth-year bachelor of business administration student at Langara, said students should take the opportunity to interact with business- es. “Ask questions of businesses. Too of- ten students believe the business holds all the power, they are all looking for individuals who will be able to think for themselves,” said Watts. Tickets are $10 for students. Council to hear Oakridge plan OAKRIDGE, continued from page 1 It would also increase the permitted floor area more than five times over, from 80,438 to 424,600 sq. metres. OLAR is concerned about a lack of transparency and said the proposal could cre- ate problems with traffic congestion and overpopula- tion. Dwayne Drobot, project planner for Oakridge Cen- tre, said he could provide more information about re- zoning and population-to- park ratios at the public hearing. The public hearing starts at 2 p.m. on March 10. Most public hearings are held in the evenings.