> California Student Gets Jail Time for Rigging Campus Election with Keyloggers

It’s a rite of passage for many college students to run for student government office – particularly if they have grander political aspirations. But some take it just a tad too seriously (think Tracy Flick in “Election”). Take, for instance, the case of a former Cal State San Marcos student who has been sentenced in federal court to a year in prison for using keylogging software to rig a campus election.