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ware is theft and will not be tolerat
ed on campus. Illegally copied soft
ware subjects the University to risk of
litigation and denies software authors
the compensation they deserve.”
Smith said he has seen a marked
increase in violations of federal
copyright infringement law in the
past school year.
The University has measures for
locating and punishing students for
violating copyright infringement
law, Smith said. Network Services
can check its database and find the
top 50 bandwidth users. Those
users’ files are then reviewed for
file-sharing software as well as
movie and music files. If illegal files
are found, Smith said, the student’s
computer port is disconnected.
Each student found violating
copyright laws is then instructed to
make an appointment with the Of
fice of Student Conduct, where stu
dents are informed they have bro
ken a federal law.
“We have 70-80 cases so far with
this violation,” Judicial Affairs Pro
gram secretary Brenda Tuomi said.
“Our goal is to educate students on
the acceptable use policy — not to
punish them.”
Each case is handled individual
ly. As a consequence of this viola
tion, students can be given a warn
ing or be given community service,
Tuomi said.
After meeting with the Office of
Student Conduct, students can have
their computer ports turned on
again. However, students are
warned that if another violation oc
curs, computer ports will be turned
off for the rest of the year, said Norm
Myers, Computing Services coordi
nator for the residence halls:
Myers said problems can arise in
residence halls because if one occu
pant of a room violates copyright law,
both of the room’s computer ports are
turned off, regardless of who is at fault.
Once the guilty party is informed, the
other port in the room is reconnected
as soon as possible, said Myers.
Courtney Warner, a freshman in
Bean Hall, is angry about having her
computer port turned off.
“It would have been better if
someone would have told us that
what we were doing was wrong. A
whole week without the Internet is
not easy to deal with,” she said.
She said she learned about Kazaa
and Morpheus in Stall Talk, a publi
cation posted in residence hall bath
rooms that is published by Learning
Communities.
Both Warner and her roommate
had their ports turned off last Friday
and are awaiting appointments
with the Office of Student Conduct.
Myers said because of the high
number of student violators, Internet
comes from
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Last Thursday, posters were put up
in residence halls warning students
that their ports could be turned off if
they use software such as Kazaa and
Morpheus and allow users to upload
copyright files from their computer.
“The safest way to take care of
this problem for students affected is
to delete the programs,” Myers said.
“Students can also disable file shar
ing on the application. We are avail
able to assist anyone who needs
help.”
Network Services has said this is
a copyright issue and not a band
width issue, but Computing Center
personnel have acknowledged that
downloading music and movies
slows the system because the Inter
net is a shared resource.
Marilyn Rice is the online editor for the
Oregon Daily Emeraid. She can be reached at
marilynrice@dailyemerald.com.
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The deceased’s favorite items,
such as their favorite food, music
and clothing are also placed on the
altar, along with a glass of water,
Morales said.
“You put one glass of water on the
altar because they are coming very
tired from the other world,” he said.
MEChA is also selling “calaveras,”
which are papier mache skull masks,
at the event, Villasenor said. The
masks are decorations that symbolize
death but are not necessarily painted
with negative images, she said.
Hernandez added the event is not
a sad event, but rather a celebration,
so that people won’t fear death.
“(Death) is going to happen to
everyone,” she said. “It’s normal,
and people shouldn’t be afraid.”
Anna Seeley is a student activities reporter for
the Oregon Daily Emerald. She can be reached
at annaseeley@dailyemerald.com.
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