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Wednesday, October 3,2001 2001
Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 27
University
pulls plug
on ethemet
abusers
■Afew residence hall dwellers
learned about the University’s
download policy the hard way
By Leon Tovey
Oregon Daily Emerald
Five students living in residence
halls received a crash course in Univer
sity ethernet policies Tuesday when
they had their network service suspend
ed for violating the University’s policy
of acceptable use.
According to Norm Myers, residence
hall computing services coordinator,
the five students — four of whom live in
Bean and one in Hamilton — are part of
a larger group of students, 15 in all, who
have been caught downloading copy
righted material since the beginning of
the term. Most of the material is music
and movies in the form of MP3s — the
shared-file format that has repeatedly
made headlines in the wake of the de
bate over Napster.
The key to catching students violat
ing the policy, Myers said, was the vol
ume of the bandwidth that they were
using for downloads.
“When we see a lot of bandwidth be
ing used, we wonder what’s going on,
and why,” Myers said. “A lot of it’s
copyrighted material. We’re looking for
volume; people who are legally sharing
don’t get flagged.”
The University server is equipped
with volume monitors, which keep
track of the size of downloads, Myers
said. If the size repeatedly exceeds the
pre-set limits, computing services will
attempt to determine the nature of the
downloads. If the student is found to be
in violation of copyright laws, their
service will be suspended. Students
wanting to get their service reinstated
must contact the Computing Center’s
acceptable use officer.
The biggest problem with the policy,
Myers said, is that very few students ac
tually know about it. Freshman Ben
Frizzle, a resident of Carson Hall,
echoes that concern.
“I’m sure there’s a policy,” he said,
“but I don’t know what it is.”
However, ignorance of the policy
seems to be no defense, and Myers pre
dicted that by the end of the academic
year, as much as five percent of the
3,700 ethernet connections that campus
housing provides will have been turned
off for copyright violations. But he also
said that the shut-downs rarely last for
more than a few days. By Tuesday after
noon, the majority of the 15 connections
that had been suspended since classes
began were reinstated.
Myers and Joe St. Sauver, director of
user services and network applications,
were quick to point out that MP3s and
P2Ps can be appropriate in the right cir
cumstances. The file sharing systems
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Top:
Lucy Groves,
Chelsea Durdan
Shawand
Heather Petty are
part of the
overflow crowd
listening intently
to speakers at
the EMU
Ballroom on
Tuesday night.
Right:
Dan Goldrich of
the Concerned
Faculty for Peace
and Justice
spoke before an
assembly last
night about the
terrorist attacks
and how they
relates to the
people at the
University.
Adam Jones Emerald
Thomas Patterson Emerald
teachable
moment
■ Tuesday night’s teach-in at the EMU Ballroom
drew a tremendous crowd, eliciting discussions
about peaceful resolutions to the terrorist attacks
By Leon Tovey
Oregon Daily Emerald
“After September 11: A Teach-in” was scheduled to take
place in the EMU Ballroom, but by the time moderator San
dra Morgen had finished her opening remarks, it had been
moved to the Ballroom, the Maple Room, the Oak Room, the
third floor lobby and even the stairs leading to the Emerald
newsroom.
More than a thousand people turned out for the event,
which was sponsored by Concerned Faculty for Peace and
Justice — a group of about 70 faculty members concerned
with finding alternatives to a military response to the terrorist
Turn to Teach-in, page 7
Eugene spends October fighting domestic violence
■A variety of community projects
are aiming to get the word out about
domestic violence prevention this month
By Danielle Woodling
for the Emerald
One out of eight women in Oregon is a vic
tim of domestic violence, according to
McKenzie-Willamette Hospital spokes
woman Dorothy Velasco.
Since 1987, October has been recognized as
a time to educate the people of the United
States about domestic violence, and in 1989,
Congress officially recognized it as such.
To correspond with Domestic Violence
Awareness Month, McKenzie-Willamette Hos
pital is coordinating the Domestic Violence In
tervention Project to address the importance
of communication between physicians and
their patients in hopes that victims can be
more effectively identified. Twenty thousand
postcards will be distributed to inform physi
cians of the need for domestic violence screen
ing, Velasco said, in the hopes of reaching
women before victimization becomes fatal.
“Homicide is the leading cause of death for
women,” said Velasco.
She said of the women who are victims of do
mestic violence, one out of four are 18 to 34
years old.
“Those are the women who have children
at home,” Velasco said. In March of 2000,
McKenzie-Willamette reported 20 percent of
the women in its birthing center were victims
of domestic violence.
In 1997, about one-third of the Lane County
Jail was occupied by domestic violence of
fenders, Velasco said. To counterbalance these
numbers, Eugene has several services available
to victims of domestic violence who are in need
of assistance.
Womenspace is a 20-year-old crisis inter
vention service that provides support groups,
youth outreach programs, a drop-in advocacy
center and a shelter for victims of domestic
abuse, which houses an average of 250 fami
lies each year. Womenspace also offers a 24
hour hotline that receives an average of 4,000
calls per year.
Cheryl O’Neill, who is a spokeswoman for
Womenspace, said that in 1998, 33,088 ado
lescents aged 12 to 19 were the victims of date
violence nationwide.
Sexual Assault Support Services is another
20-year service which provides an advocacy
center, a 24-hour hotline, free support groups
and self-defense courses.
.Turn to Violence, page 6