Jonathan House Emerald
Operations Supervisor Bill Wiener, pictured standing in front of the Gladstone and Darkwing server locations, monitors the hardware of
University servers. The Computing Center, which oversees the virtual network of the University, revoked the computing privileges of five
residence hall students Tuesday for violating a policy against downloading copyrighted material.
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only come into conflict with Uni
versity policy in cases involving
copyrighted material.
“A music student might choose
to write, play and record an original
composition in MP3 format, and
that would be fine,” St. Sauver said.
“Similarly, peer-to-peer applica
tions are not inherently bad.”
Nor is the sharing of files among
friends. Myers pointed out that a lo
cal band and its fans could freely
distribute its music via MP3 files —
as long as no laws were being bro
ken. And in the case of local
groups, that isn’t likely to happen.
But there are still limits, of
course.
“Obviously, all applications
must be used in a way that doesn’t
interfere with the University’s pri
mary mission of educating students
and conducting research,” St.
Sauver said. “And when we’re try
ing to do that for roughly 20,000
users, people need to use good
judgment and be considerate of
others.”
Leon Tovey is a higher education reporter for
the Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached
at leontovey@dailyemerald.com.
Acceptable use
guidelines
These are selections from the
Computing Center’s Use Policy;
«The University Gonduct Gode also
applies to electronic forums and
prohibits, among other things, lewd or
indecent conduct, threat of imminent
physical harm, sexual or other
harassment, stal ki ng, forgery,
intentional disruption of University
services and damaging or destroying
University property.
♦ Access to electronic files, network
communications and related data is
protected by various federal statutes,
including the Electronic
Communication Privacy Act. Examples
of specifically prohibited behaviors
include unauthorized interception or
diversion of network transmissions,
accessing dearly confidential files that
may be inadvertently publicly readable,
and accessing confidential information
about a person {such as his or her .
educational records) without consent
or other authorization.
• Efforts to interfere with tie use or
operation of computing or networking
resources are prohibited. These
include distribution of computer
viruses, worms, Trojan horse
programs, e-mail “bombs ” chain
letters, etc,, actions that result in the
denial of service to other users by
triggering system security features,
forging or counterfeiting e-mail
messages, posting to moderated
newsgroups without die approval of
die moderator, or cross-posting
articles to many newsgroups
simultaneously {u spanning”).
• The University of Oregon respects
copyright laws and insists that its
faculty, students and staff do likewise.
Copying proprietary software is theft
and will not be tolerated on campus.
Illegally copied software subjects the
University to risk of litigation and
denies software autho rs the
compensation they deserve. Moreover,
use of such software could result in
suspension or dismissal from the
University, either criminal prosecution
ora civil suitfor copyright
infringement, or both.
The full policy is avaiiabie online at
http://cc.uGregon.edu/poftcy/ind8x> htmL
Source: University Gompufeng Center
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attacks in New York and Washing
ton, D.C.
The teach-in opened with a se
ries of speeches by organization
members and a brief question-and
answer session that remained gen
erally civil, despite what at times
seemed to be extremely polarized
views among members of the audi
ence and the panel.
“Do you not feel that there comes
a time where we have to get up and
serve and represent the freedom for
everyone else in this country?” a
second-year Ph.D. student from
Queens, N.Y., asked at one point. “I
myself am a veteran.”
The panel members, whose
views on military action ranged
from tentative support to vehement
opposition, fielded questions in a
way that left those of most audi
ence members answered, if not en
tirely satisfied.
“I am a soldier, I am a pacifist,”
said Tammam Adi, director of the
Islamic Cultural Center of Eugene,
who served as the panel’s Islamic
expert. In answer to the question of
military force, Adi advised care and
consideration.
“The military has to move, but
not overreach,” he said to resound
ing applause.
However, not everyone present
seemed to agree that discussion of
alternatives to military action was
needed. A speech by ASUO Multi
cultural Representative Mario Si
fuentez was interrupted by a man
shouting at the panel. The man
called the panel’s arguments “trea
sonous” and stormed from the Ball
room, leaving a slightly bemused
Sifuentez to finish his speech.
“I don’t take it personal,” Si
fuentez said afterward. “He was
just expressing his frustration over
the issue.”
After the question-and-answer
session, the audience broke into
smaller groups in order to take part
in one of five discussion groups led
by various members of CFPJ. The
discussion groups filled almost im
mediately, leaving CFPJ members
like Linda Fuller the difficult task
of turning away would-be partici
pants at the door.
“There are easily a hundred peo
ple in here — maybe more,” she
said of the “Community Responses
and Peace Movements” session,
which was held in the Gumwood
Room. “They’re not letting anyone
else in.”
Reaction to the event was gener
ally positive. Megan Swain, a sen
ior studying political science and
English, said she got what she came
for.
“I wanted to learn more about the
situation,” she said. “I know more
about what’s happening in
Afghanistan than I did before.”
CFPJ seemed pleased with how
well the teach-in was received, but
viewed it as only the first step.
“I think it was a very good start,”
Morgen said. “We started a dia
logue and a learning process that’s
going to continue for a long time. I
think that there was a lot of — for
the most part — respect shown for
different points of view, and that’s
what we wanted to see happen.”
Leon Tovey is a higher education reporter for
the Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached
at leontovey@dailyemerald.com.
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