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By: Salman Tuasene Khawaja 24While SSE and SDSB have announced that they will be offering on-campus classes in Spring ‘21, the details about how these are to be carried out remain murky for studentsAs the fall semester comes to a close, discussion regarding a hybrid re-opening of the campus continues amongst the students of LUMS at a fever pitch. While the student body is certainly excited about the prospect of re-opening, safety must be our number one concern.In light of this, Dr. Alnoor Bhimani, Dean of Suleman Dawood School of Business, has assured the student body that safety is the top priority of LUMS.“We are guided by Dr. Samia Altaf, Professor of Practice in Public Health and Director of Campus Health and Safety, as well as others with oversight for campus safety and also the relev...

By: Zoha Fareed Chishti“It is important to understand that malicious users always look for easy prey, first, and use social engineering to set up traps. Even if you have spent millions on hardware, one weak link internally can expose all that you have protected,” says Tariq Sheikh, Senior Manager at Information Security (InfoSec) LUMS.   On 9th September 2020, just a few days before the commencement of the fall semester, Ayman Fuad ‘24 received an email on her outlook account that was meant for another student. The email thread which contained another student’s private information was mistakenly forwarded to Fuad. She told The Post, “[The email] contained a password, as well as the student’s phone number and address. This is the second time something like this has happened.”  Over the past...

By: Zoha Fareed Chishti“I was home in the middle of the semester. I was quick to realize this was not a comfortable set-up for classes.” - Wardah Noor ‘23As the university admin geared up to take the classes online during the spring of 2020, it soon became clear that not every student was equipped with the necessary resources required to adapt to this change. Wardah Noor ‘23 from Layyah, Punjab, found herself facing a mountain of problems. Her working space had to be crafted out of the family living room- which was perpetually occupied by other members of the family. “When you are at home, there is no concept of privacy- your classes mix with all that is happening at home,” she told The Post. Since Noor lives in a joint-family system, she was always surrounded by people, rarely finding the...