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W' $Jleu Valentine's (ffay i)ance Dance party for all UO students — Especially international students and residence hall students Saturday, February 12, 2000 9pm to lam Riley Hall (corner of 11th & Patterson) Free with UO ID card Entertainment: The Courtesy Clerks and a live DJ. Free non-alcoholic drinks and snacks provided ■j (no admittance without card, however each person with a *' valid card can bring ONE guest without a card) Support recycling, help the environment l ill illi CHOOSE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLYTREE FREE/RECYCLED y^^iER^V For youF copy & printing needs V%, Noui available at Campus Copy (046-4396) (In the €IVUi basement next to The Break) 6 at the UO Department of Printing (346-3794). Say NO to neon, heavily dyed & |§1 Goldenrod papers, they contaminate the recycling process & the environment Sponsored by the University of Oregon Envrionmentai Issues Committee Need committed and creative student volunteers to advise the University Health Center regarding programs, services, finances, and health insurance. Student advisors will spend about 1-2 hours per week as members of the evolving Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) and will guide the University Health Center in promoting a healthy campus through the storm of health care reform. Successful participants will gain an in-depth understanding of health care delivery and its financing, will learn about the health issues of college students, and will develop interpersonal skills and confidence. Routine meetings are scheduled at 3 p.m. Fridays, allowing members to plan their class schedules accordingly. Applications can be picked up at the University Student Health Center front desk. Completed applications should be submitted to the University Health Center Director's office by Friday, Feb. 25. U NIVERS Ft y HEALTH CENTER »—....mm. vi r -n-i- ■ We’re a matter of degrees ^ Open daily 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., except Tuesdays (9 a.m.) and Sundays (10 a.m.). Appointments and after hours: 346-2770 • Web: http://healthed.uoregon.edu Please call 346-4447 for more information. ifnJyiiJJ ni ^OUR place for new;, clanifiedi, me//age board/, reader/ poll/, ODE archive/ and more... Calendar Wednesday, Feb. 9 An EMU Budget Committee meeting will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the EMU Board room and is sponsored by EMU Board. For information, call 346-3720. The Women in Transition Support Group welcomes women who haven’t taken the traditional path of attend ing college directly after high school, students with child care or elder care responsibilities, transfer students, grad uate students and others. The program begins at noon in the EMU Owyhee Room, and it is free. For information, call the ASUO Women's Center at 346-4095. Napster continued from page 1A illegal copies of digital music. Chris White, residential com puting network coordinator at OSU said Napster was banned because students using it perma nently had used up to 10 percent of the network’s bandwidth by last November. White said the primary use of the network is in tended for educational purposes and Napster is used for entertain ment. “Napster really wasn’t an edu cational program in our eye,” he said. He said although some stu dents have complained about the ban, most understand that Nap ster takes up too much band width of a network that is paid for by students and the state. Curt Pederson, vice provost for information services at OSU, said at the rate students were using Napster, the budget for the net work would have been used up within only two months. Peder son said students can still access Napster’s Web site, but they are no longer able to download songs. Students at. the University still have access to downloading songs from Napster. Jake Jensen, a senior majoring in computer and information science, said he listens to MP3s for three to four hours every day. “I get them to find out if I actu ally want to buy an album,” Jensen said. He said using MP3s also al lows him to transport music from his home to college without bringing his entire CD collection. Jensen said he thinks the use of MP3s and programs such as Nap ster should not be regulated by universities. “I personally don’t think it’s a very good idea to limit what can and cannot be done with it by students,” he said. But he said he also realizes that some users might take the use of Napster too far. “Everything can be taken too far,” he said. “It’s kind of like a double-edged sword.” Joanne Hugi, director of the computing center, said the Uni versity has not considered ban ning Napster yet. “At this time, it just hasn’t been a big issue,” she said. However, Hugi said that if an excessive use of bandwidth were to become an issue, the comput ing center might reconsider its decision. “Obviously we cire aware of what’s going on around the coun try, and we are watching the use,” she said. Sophomore computer and in formation science major Tyler Hayward, said he listens to MP3s about twice a week mainly to find music he might like to pur chase later. Hayward said he un derstands OSU’s reasons for ban ning Napster, but he said he also thinks the concerns are blown out of proportion. Hayward said he tealizes that some students download music to burn, or copy, it onto a CD and sell it, but said most users of Napster use it strictly for their own entertainment purposes. But that is exactly part of the reason OSU banned the program. White said the RCN staff did not have the manpower to make sure students were using Napster ap propriately, so the only solution was to ban it. He said students are likely to find a replacement for Napster soon and, although Napster is likely to remain banned, the problem of using large amounts of bandwidth for entertainment purposes is likely to arise again. “This is just a temporary solu tion to a bigger problem,” White said. Pederson said the ban came simply as a result of the band width problem. However, he also said that if bandwidth had not been an issue, he might be look ing into the legal issues, such as copyright infringements. w Make it Happen! National Heart Month The Health Center will be providing free on-site total cholesterol and glucose screenings to registered students. Come check us out! 008434 Monday, February 14 1 l:30am-2:00pm Carson Dining Hall Lobby Wednesday, February 9 1 l:30am-2:00pm Hamilton Dining Hall Lobby UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTER ■ ■> ii <!$<#■■ ■ ■ ■■■*■■ ■■ - We're a matter of degrees ^
