May 9, 2003

Fearing a Serial Killer, LSU Halts Public Access to an Online Directory

By DAN CARNEVALE

Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge has removed directory listings from its Web site out of fear that the killer of five women in the area might use information from the listings to attack someone on the campus.

Student, faculty, and staff directory information -- including names, phone numbers, home addresses, and e-mail addresses -- can now only be sought online if a person has password access to the university's intranet.

LSU officials pulled the plug on the

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