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An up-and-down affair 0 With no postseason, the men's basketball team re flects on its less-than-satisfyingyear. PAGE 7 Seats for sale The ADFC and Athletic Department’s compromise on student tickets ends preseason seats. PAGE 4 Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Wednesday March 14,2001 Volume 102, Issue 114 Weather TODAY MOSTLYSHtiNV high 55, low 40 NAPSTER ni ♦ x NAPSTER TIMELINE — Sean Fanning, a college dropout, creates the Napster music sharing software. April 2000 — Metallica and Dr. Dre file identical copyright-infringement lawsuits against Napster. June 2000 — Metallica and Dr. Ore’s attorney, Howard E. King, sends letters to universities nationwide, urging them to ban access to Napster on their campuses. July 2000 — U.S. District Judge Marilyn Patel issues a preliminary injunction against Napster, saying that it facilitates illegal online music piracy. The injunction would have shut down Napster, but it was suspended after the company’s appeal. February 2001 — The federal appeal court ruled that Napster is a contributory infringer on copyrights and must stop the infringement. (The 60 million users are the direct copyright infringers.) March 2001— The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) gives Napster a list of about 135,000 copyrighted songs that Napster has until Wednesday to block. Source: www.napster.fom and the Associated Press Russ Weller Emerald Students dance around the rules Students have managed to find ways around Napster’s new restrictions By Beata Mostafavi Oregon Daily Emerald Even a month before the Dave Matthews Band came out with its latest CD “Everyday,” some people had already downloaded digital copies of its new hits through Napster, an Internet service that allows mu sic trading online for free. But after the 9th Circuit Court’s February ruling that the service was a “contributory” and “vicarious” copyright in fringer, the opportunity to download any song through Napster may not be around for long. On Sunday, the Recording Industry Association of Ameri ca (RIAA) disclosed that it has sent Napster a list of about 135,000 copyrighted songs to be filtered from its song-swap ping system by today, disap pointing hearts at some univer sities, the home of many Napster fans. While some students said the final court decisions were somewhat disappointing, many don’t see this as the death of free online music trading. There are still loopholes in the system and other Internet serv ices similar to Napster. And while Napster has a CEO, Hank Barry, other similar programs don’t have a particular person in control and can’t be sued. Eric McLoughlin, a freshman business major, said that de spite efforts to prevent free mu sic trading, people will find ways to evade restrictions. “There are always ways around everything,” he said. Napster’s first attempt at file blocking more than a week ago was unsuccessful. The compa ny had implemented a technol ogy that screened out songs by checking song titles and artist’s names, but users quickly dis covered ways to bypass the pro gram. The more popular meth Turn to Napster, page 6 Value of SAT faces new test ■ California is considering making the admission test optional, but OUS won’t follow that path By Brooke Ross Oregon Daily Emerald For many University students, taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test was a key point in finishing high school. Some may have found it a stress-free experi ence, but others began studying for the test months ahead of time in hopes of impressing college admissions offices. But now, some leaders in higher edu cation are beginning to question the val ue of the SATs. Last month, University of California President Richard Atkinsonsparked a national debate when he suggested making the 75-year-old test optional for all 10 schools in the University of Cali fornia system. Atkinson has said he be lieves the test fails to adequately meas ure a student’s intelligence, because it focuses on inconsequential details in stead of larger concepts.The SAT debate in California won’t be settled for some time, and the Oregon University System has no plans to open that discussion in this state. On campus, however, opin ions about the test differ. Dave McDonald, director of enroll ment services for the OUS, said the SAT is only one factor used in the admis sions process. He said many schools have minimum SAT score requirements for applicants, but schools in the OUS do not. “The axiom we like to use is the SATs can help admit a student, but it will not be used to deny a student,” he said. “It’s just one piece of the puzzle, but it does n’t stand by itself.” McDonald said Oregon schools pay close attention to grade-point averages, but the SAT scores are useful because they give the schools additional infor Turn to SAT, page 5 If you were buying a car, you wouldn't look just at the price tag. We're not going to admit a student or deny them based on their test score. Dave McDonald director of enrollment services for theOUS JJ Campus businesses will be hurt by hospital’s move Although the move is beneficial for Sacred Heart, area retailers predicta drop in sales By Aaron K. Breniman Oregon Daily Emerald When PeaceHealth announced its plan to develop expanded inpatient services in North Eugene last Friday, most people in the University area probably thought the effects would be minimal. But that’s not the case if you operate a business near the current Sacred Heart Medical Center, located at Hilyard and 13 th street. Mike Wilt, restaurant manager at the Excelsior Inn, 754 E. 13th Ave., said the hospital provides a good deal of the restaurant’s business. “Definitely a good portion of our lunchtime clientele is from the hospi tal,” Wilt said. “They’re usually here in a meeting capacity, or to have lunch with job candidates.” PeaceHealth said Friday that it will move its inpatient medical services and offices to a new location in North Eu gene off Coburg Road, near Costco. The new plan builds on the Govern ing Board of PeaceHealth’s spring 2000 announcement to create a two-campus system. The plan will change the Hil yard location from a full-patient med ical center into an outpatient center, as well as housing business and adminis trative offices, while the North Eugene location will be developed into inpa tient and medical offices that will serve as the hospital’s main medical center. Currently, about 2,500 employees work at the Sacred Heart Medical Center. That number would drop to about 1,800 after the renovation, which will eliminate older buildings at the four-block Hilyard campus, hospital officials said. PeaceHealth offered many reasons for building a new facility instead of reno vating the Hilyard location, including costs, construction concerns and space limitations. Turn to Sacred Heart, page 5 ._^ R. Ashley Smith Emerald Robert Brown, right, and Sacred Heart employees Gary and Becky Decker walk past the medical center’s current location on 13th and Hilyard.
