Ken Hechtman
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Ken Hechtman was a student at Columbia in the 1980s. He was expelled in 1987 for keeping uranium-238 he found in the basement of Pupin in his dorm room.
He is known, among other things, for being the leader of the Allied Destructive Hackers Of Columbia (ADHOC), a group which wrought havoc on campus infrastructure, particularly the tunnels. He and fellow ADHOC member Jeff Bankoff conducted amateur chemistry experiments, including bomb-making sessions, in their rooms.
Hechtman is rumored to have caused a campus blackout, to have stolen all Columbia freshmen's SAT scores, and to have been the first person to scale the Low Library roof.
In 2001, Hechtman made the news again after he was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan while reporting for a Canadian newspaper.
