news // no. 4 What's going down at Douglas? » Campus events happening this week Jessica Berget Editor-in-Chief s we approach the mid-semester ump, both students and faculty are likely beginning to feel the effects of mid-term burnout. To cure what ails you, Douglas College has some cool events happening on campus this week. Shards, Bone Deep Exhibit Opening * March 5 + Amelia Douglas Gallery on New Westminster campus * 4:30 to 7:30 pm Anew art exhibit is opening at the Amelia Douglas Gallery! Burnaby artist Otto Kamensek illustrates his experience of living with chronic pain (namely, arthritis) through his sculptures in this exhibit entitles “Shards, Bone Deep.” An opening reception will offer light refreshments and a cash bar. The event is free and open to the public. If you miss the opening reception, fear not, as the exhibit will be open from March 5 to April 18. In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience Book Reading * March 10 + Aboriginal Gathering Place on New Westminster campus ‘1pm * Room C1008 on Coquitlam campus * 6pm Helen Knott is from Prophet River First Nation living in Fort St. John and isa woman of Dane Zaa, Cree, and mixed European ancestry. Her book details her experiences of drug and alcohol addiction, generational trauma, and the aftermath of sexual abuse in her community. With these dark themes she also speaks on the power of family, community, ceremony, and possible redemption. Her book was published in August 2019 and has since made the charts on CBC’s Books Top 22 Canadian non-fiction works. Possible attendees are asked to register to join the reading. Refreshments will be served, and a limited number of books will be available for purchase. Periods, Politics, and Beyond! * March 10 * Concourse on New West campus * 5 to 8:30 pm » Samsung's unintentional notification posts no threat to its users EG Manilag percentage, as Rhynold and other Twitter users theotherpress.ca Douglas College is holding a panel hosted by advocates, entrepreneurs, and community organizers about menstrual equity that is making its way through BC. Speakers include professors and representatives from the college as well as Langara college and UBC. Lunapads, Period Promise, and BC Federation of Students representatives will also be speaking. Attendees are asked to bring menstrual products for donation to the Period Promise campaign which will donate the products to women’s shelters. Criminology Networking Event * March u + Lower café (Niz00) on New West campus * 4:30 to7 pm Are you in the Criminology program and wish to meet other like-minded people and employers in the field? Well now you can! The New West campus is hosting a networking event. Students who are interested are asked to register on the Douglas College CareerHUB. Dog Therapy * March 10 * Concourse on New West campus and the atrium on Coquitlam campus * 11am to 1pm Thank Dog for dog therapy. The Pacific Assistance Dog Services (PADS) pups will be making their rounds to the Douglas College campuses once again. devices in any way.” Staff Writer Qn mistakenly sent a notification to a limited number of Samsung Galaxy devices, leading to many people believing they were hacked or there was a data breach. The accidental notification was received through the Find My Mobile app and had only two number one (1) digits displayed on it. Samsung UK stated and confirmed via Twitter, @SamsungUK, that the notification was pushed unintentionally during “internal testing” and that there is no need to worry because it will have no effect on one’s device. They also apologized for any inconvenience that was made and said they will work further to prevent this kind of case from happening in the future. “@SamsungMobile So myself and many other Samsung users have all reported receiving a notification from the “Find My Mobile” app saying “1”... [clicked it and nothing happened. Check app info and it used 20 percent of my battery? Did all our phones just get hacked?” Alex Rhynold (@ alexrhynold) tweeted. The mysterious “1/1” notification, when clicked on, immediately disappeared, and drained a substantial amount of their phones’ battery tweeted. Additionally, Galaxy users that have no Find My Mobile app originally installed on their device, still received the strange notification. The latest Galaxy Z Flip devices, as well as other Galaxy S and Galaxy Note series such as Sg, Sio, Note1o, and Note1o+, were among the popular targets that received the bug notification. After this incident, a lot of confusion, rumours, and opinions about a potential data breach started to permeate on the internet, particularly on Twitter and even news media sites. Worries and fears sparked because of the idea that the Find My Mobile app is a mobile tracker that not only holds details of location histories, but also holds the ability to back up and delete an entire data installed on the device. Some Galaxy users on Twitter fear that this accident can potentially compromise the security of their personal data stored on the device. Samsung has since clarified that though there was a data breach at the same time of the Find My Phone notification, they are not related. According to tech website sammobile.com, Samsung’s official comment on the matter is as follows. “The notification was sent to Galaxy devices powered by Android Oreo or later. We can assure our users that this notification does not affect their This malfunction caused by the South Korean tech giant is not the first time. Back in 2019, Samsung Galaxy sio and Samsung Galaxy Sio Plus users were reportedly locked, with only a factory reset as an option. Illustration by Athena Little