r = ‘ - tra tts Page AIG, August 1, 1979 - North Shore News Alarming statistics By ALLAN BARTLEY. TORONTO (UPC) - The clever . computer science student of today may be the wily: computer® criminal of tomorrow. And professors “ are worried about: it. “Computer crime is the Single greatest growth area today and there is every . reason to believe not only are the skills required to ‘Participate in computer crime. learned at university, but the. attitudes as well,” said Dr. John Carroll. A professor at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ont., Carroll said a survey he conducted is an accurate . reflection of computer abuse on campuses “and I think it’s quite widespread.” The: survey of about 70 third - computer science students at the end of the last academic year indicated 34 percent tried to obtain coniputer time without paying, 34 percent tried. to break the security system and 24 percent used passwords picked up from other students. The figures showed a marked increase over results from a similar survey a year OTTAWA (UPC) - Native people will be full partners at a series of federal-provincial talks to deal with their constitutional rights, Federal-Provincial Minister Bill Jarvis said Monday. Almost immediately, the invitation was rebuffed by the National Indian Brotherhood, and NIB official Art Manuel said “the offer was very vague and. promised nothing.” DAMASCUS, Syria (UPI - Zuheir Mohsen, a Palestinian guerilla leader who liked the good life of the French Riviera, went to a martyr’s grave in a refugee samp = amid scuffles by ‘distraught mourners” and cries for “revenge” against Ms assaRsins. The two. assassins, who ave not been identified, sumped a single .32-caliber vullet in Mohsen’s head last veck outside his beachfront ‘partment in Cannes, ‘rance. But they turned a uerrilla leader who was not i that popular in life into a nartyr in death. ago. and —fourth-year. aoe crime 4 And. they are not. isolated cases. . “We're currently = in- vestigating a sizable theft on which we have accumulated ‘a quantity of information,” said Dr. Frank Spitzer of the University of Toronto’ S- computer center. “It’s an extremely difficult Situation,” he said. “I’ve approached hundreds of students and a substantial number said “What's wrong with that?” on ae Carroll said the average computer science student gets little or no training in the law and how it relates to computers. Nor in ethics. He. cited one Canadian _university where cracking the computer couraged. was en- ” 4 ~ “fhey had a deal there where they got a pitcher of beer for breaking into the system,” he said. A recent case at the University of Alberta resulted in three students > being convicted of theft of computer time and _ in- formation stored in the memory banks. Some universities have set up codes of conduct for their computer users. “We want to be full partners and sit down and discuss all constitutional matters that affect Indians directly — including natural resources. We just don’t want one meeting where we will be listened to politely, applauded and asked to leave the room,” Manuel said. Jarvis invited officials of the NIB and native groups to a series of meetings, and in a letter to the NIB, promised 4, ' NS pt: Ce ay : wt = ate ee eel buried Sunday in Martyrs Cemetery, a dusty graveyard in Syria's largest refugee camp, just outside ancient Damascus. PLO Commander Y asser Arafat led the mourning. Hoisted thronelike in a white EATON’S CORRECTION On page 11 of Eaton’s Home Sale flyer, photographs tor Rio comforter (P11-7) and Amour bed ensemble (P11 8) are transposed prices are August 2 5th Sales effectve ‘tl MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA: Five-year-old Caroline Thompson shown after being reunited with her parents, Russell and Rachel Thompson of Atlanta, late Monday night. The parents flew to Myrtle Beach from Daytona Beach where Caroliné had been abducted Sunday, as the family started a vacation. An-18-year-old has been charged with abduction. (UPI wirephoto) Carroll ‘has been trying to develop “a paper and pencil test” that could be used to weed out aspiring computer scientists with criminal tendencies. “It’s hard to separate a~ potential computer criminal from any other imaginative, creative individual who would be an asset to any corporation,” he said. “They share many traits.” i Indians to take part in that “Native people will be more than mere observers in future work on con- stitutional renewal.” “The government has clearly stated that we want the representatives of the Indian people, Inuit people and Metis and non-status Indians to participate fully in discussions,” Jarvis said in the letter. This is the first time a Canadian Government’ has : snare chair so the graveside crowd could see him, Arafat 3 con Gov’t jet is better YAOUNDE, Cameroon (UPC) - Prime Minister Joe Clark is discovering the blessings of government-run travel during his African tour. So far, he has ex- perienced none of the. miscues — such as missed connections and lost luggage —— that plagued his world BNA talks formally invited the Native people to participate in the talks, although the letter did not clearly state whether the native people would be full participants or attend the series of meetings on Indian rights. “We know there will be initial meetings with provincial ministers but we don’t know how long they will go on for,” an official thundered a “promise, promise, promise to carry on ler buri jaunt via commercial_flights last January before he came to power in the May 22 election. A Clark aide who organized both flights says there’s a world of difference. between... travelling on a government jet and travelling in an _ official from Jarvis’ office “There will also be a full meeting with the first ministers, but we don't know if this is the only formal meeting the Indians will come to.” No date has been set for the meetings, even though Prime Minister Joe Clark promised during the election that the constitutional talks would be resumed in the fall. the road until victory—until we get to Jerusalem.” NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER RESIDENTS AUTOMOBILE DRIVING FULL COURSES OR HOURLY LESSONS FULLY GOVERNMENT APPROVED Car Driving Entitle You to a $50.00 Rebate from Insurance Corporation of B.C. McKINLEY DRIVING SCHOOLS LTD. said, capacity - on commercial flights. 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