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Medieval Paris: Art & Architecture
ARH 410/510, CRNs 26024/26025,
Monday/Wednesdays, 16-17:20, 166
Lawrence Hall
Elizabeth Hudson, Ph.D.,
Visiting Assistant Professor
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This course surveys artistic developments in
and around Medieval Paris during the Gothic
period (1150-1350). We will consider the
production of manuscripts, stained glass,
sculpture, and architecture alongside the history
of Paris, as an urban center and royal capital.
No prerequisites but ArH 205, 314, or a
Medieval course in any discipline is suggested.
You're always close to campus.
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Sales representative Steve Zagar of Totally Cellular in the EMU prepares for the new cell phone law that will go into effect Monday,
WIRELESS
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Areas, which are heavily populated ar
eas designated by the United States
Census Bureau, visit http://www.fcc.gov.
Although the FCC rules do not usu
ally apply to those moving from one
geographic area to another, they can
apply to service switches from a land
line carrier to a wireless carrier.
In agreement with the 1996
Telecommunications Act, the FCC
first considered the option as a means
of increasing competition within the
wireless and land line industries. The
wireless industry is already very com
petitive, however, so the FCC does not
regulate the rates of wireless service
providers. But for consumers, compe
tition always brings the lowest prices.
"It will certainly boost competition
between service providers because it
makes the change easier," Zagar said.
"We'll have to fight a little harder to
stay in the market."
According to the FCC Web site, carri
ers are allowed to recover their costs of
implementing the portability rules by
charging fees to customers. Carriers
have been allowed to charge monthly
fees — from a few cents to more than
$1— in advance of today's deadline
because they have been incurring costs
for service upgrades to prepare for it.
For the benefit of their new cus
tomers, some carriers may choose to
pay the old carrier's costs of switching.
Consumers should ask new carriers
about policies for paying or reimburs
ing such charges.
Although they can keep their cur
rent numbers, consumers who
switch services may also need to buy
a new phone. Consumers should
ask their new carriers whether their
current phones will work within the
new network.
Money matters aside, environmen
talists say consumers who quickly
take advantage of this new option
aren't considering it's potentially neg
ative effects.
"This is just another indication of
consumerism that doesn't consider en
vironmental concerns," environmen
tal studies Professor Galen Martin said.
Considering the new FCC rule may
cause consumers to purchase new
phones, Martin said it may serve to
worsen the overflowing conditions of
landfills, just like "anything else that
promotes a throw-away mentality."
Although switches from land lines
to mobile phones may decrease the
number of phones needed per house
hold, Martin said the constant temp
tations of new cell phone upgrades
only encourage overconsumption of
communications technology.
"It's obsolescence in the name of
convenience and profit," he said.
Besides extra charges and environ
mental concerns, consumers could
also experience technical difficulties in
the new number portability process.
Although wireless to wireless switch
es may only take a few hours, land line
to wireless switches may take several
business days to complete. Also, land
line to wireless switches do not carry
over long distance services because the
new wireless carrier will provide them.
During the switching process from
the old carrier to the new carrier, the
FCC warns that consumers may also
experience a period of "mixed service,"
during which two phones may have
the same number. For this reason, the
FCC advises consumers to ask new car
riers how long the process will take and
how it will affect location-based fea
tures, such as emergency 911 services.
"No doubt there will be some
bumps in the road to implementa
tion, but I trust that carriers will use
their best efforts to ensure consumers
have the highest quality experience
possible," FCC Chairman Michael
Powell said in a press release.
For more information about wire
less number portability, call the FCC's
consumer center toll-free at 1-888
CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322).
Contact the business/science/
technology reporter
at caronalarab@dailyemerald.com.
Steps to Take Before Switching Carriers
• Compare rates and coverage Choose a carrier that provides the value, services and
technology that best fit your needs.
• Review your current contract Make sure you know what early termination fees apply.
Carriers are not allowed to refuse to transfer a number because a fee or outstanding
balance has not been paid.
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• Do not cancel existing service. Contact your new carrier and it will handle all rite
details of the transfer. HhUB
• Bring a copy of a recent phone bill, which wfl have aK the account Information.
beginning Nov. 24,2003, if you live
In other areas, carriers have until Ma*
. Expect to get a new phone. Your ole
service provider's telecommunkalio
Use your phone
Things to Know