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VOLUME 84, ISSUE 5 www.theticker.org OCTOBER 7, 2003 INSIDE Vertical Campus Plaza Baruch Accepted Renamed Barbara Kent Plaza Into NYSSA By ROSA CABALLERO Competition The 25th Street Plaza in front of the Vertical Campus was dedicated and renamed the By AARON SIEGEL Barbara Kent Plaza in honor of Barbara Kent, class of 1959. The event took place on After applying over the summer, Baruch Thursday, September 24, the same night that College was accepted to participate in the New Baruch College hosted its President’s Dinner. York Society of Security Analysts competition. Along with faculty and alumni, council mem- The purpose of Baruch College the competi- ber Leroy Comerie and Kent’s family members tion is for Baruch students to become acclimat- were also in attendance at the dedication and ed with company analysis. Students will be dinner. able to hone their skills against the brightest “My gift to the college is my way of giving and strongest from other schools in the region. back,” said Kent. The NYSSA competition has previously fea- Kent has been an active member of the tured institutions such as New York University, St. John’s University, Pace University, Seton Baruch College Fund since 1985, and now Baruch College President Ned Regan and Leo Hindery, YES Hall University and Fordham University. All of serves as secretary. The dedication is in thanks Barbara Kent stand in Barbara Kent Plaza. Network Chairman, for not only her contributions to the college, but (Photo/Aaron Siegel) these universities have competed in the 2002- also for her work at Baruch. Kent marveled at 2003 competition. The deadline to compete was Speaks In Lecture Series 3 Kent, she expressed her wishes for the future. the fact that students today have the same con- September 29 at 11 p.m. This is the first year “Maybe he will insist on Harvard or MIT, but cerns, such as homework and picking the right that Baruch College will compete in NYSSA. if his grandma has her way he’ll be here at classes, as those that she and her peers had This is the first year that Baruch is participat- Baruch,” she said. when they were in college. Her daughter and ing. Columbia, and Rutgers will also join son, as well as their families were present at the Baruch in this year’s competition. event. Of her two-year-old grandson Daniel “As far as the New York Society of Security See, PRESIDENT’S Page 2 Analysts is concerned, Baruch students are of the same caliber as the business students at NYU or Columbia,” said Professor Richard Recording Industry Lawsuits Against File Holowczwk, Computer Information Systems Director of the Subotnick Financial Center and Sharers Affect College Srtudents Computer Information Systems. “This will give us a way to prove that.” President for InformationTechnology and Chief Each team entered in the competition is made By AARON SIEGEL Information Officer at Baruch College. up of five members, consisting of students. “Baruch has not been contacted with regard to Who are Bachelors in Business Administration Baruch students who use the school’s wire- illegal downloading involving students. I do and Masters in Business Administration pro- less internet connections to download off the not know about incidents on other CUNY cam- grams majoring in finance. The students will be school’s wireless network should be aware of puses.” entering the competition under the guidance of the consequences of their actions. No copyright-related violations involving finance and economics professor Holowczak, On September 8, 2003 the Recording Industry Baruch students have been reported. as well as Finance professor John Merrick. Great Works Reading: Association of America (RIAA) sued 261 Students can also look at the Recording “This isn’t new for Baruch, I run a smaller Antigone, Debuts In The Internet users using P2P (User to user) Internet Industry of America’s web site, www.riaa.com group competition within my Finance 9783 applications (ex. KazAa, Limewire, WinMx, for further information. class,” said Merrick. Merrick will be mentoring Engelman Recital Hall 5 Morpheus), in order to enforce new laws to For information on the external legal con- MBA students in the competition. “We have deter Internet users from sharing and down- straints using Baruch College as an external studied a similar program inside a class.” Advice to Professors: Lose loading copyrighted materials. internet service provider, students can use is the The criteria to compete includes taking the On September 30, the RIAA came to a settle- Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Investment Analysis course. For undergradu- Lecture Notes And ment with 52 of the 261 defendants in the class The Act includes the “Online Copyright ates, Finance 3710 is required, and for graduate Interact More With action suit for $2,500 to $7,500 per case. Infringement Liability Act,” creating limita- students, the prerequesites are Finance 9783. At many college campuses across the country, tions of the liability of online service providers Each of those courses give students the basic Students university officials have sanctioned students for copyright enfringment when engaging in skills needed to compete in the competition. 7 who they caught for using the school’s wireless certain types of activities. Students can find the “Students who enter will need a basic under- network to download files illegally. Millennium Copyright act at standing of organization of public companies “The wide spread use of downloading soft- www.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/dmca.pdf. financial industries, growth opportunity and ware has become very visible at campuses “No matter if a student is sitting at a desktop very good writing skills,” throughout the country,” said Bobby Moy, sen- with an Internet connection, or downloading a Each of the team members will attend work- ior, Industrial Psychology major. “Its rampant file through the air. There is no difference in shops in the fall with counterparts from other use throughout the country has become part of copyright laws,” said John Dugan, legal consul schools. The workshops include Research mainstream in society.” to Baruch College president Ned Regan. The Report Writing, Ethics, and finally the competi- In many areas of Baruch College’s Vertical official CUNY policy in regard to downloads tion kickoff on November 26. At the competi- Campus, students have access to a wireless net- can be found in the “The City University of tion, each team will find out the company that work as well as in the Library and Technology New York Computer User Responsibilities.” the competition will be reporting on. Each team Center at 151 25 street and in parts of the 17 The law stipulates, that “You may not trans- will report on the same company and the Lexington Avenue building. mit or disclose data, programs or software strongest research report will win. After the Baruch College abides by the City University belonging to others and may not duplicate paper is revised, it is handed to a panel of of New York Computer User Responsibilities copyrighted material.” experts and they rank the entries. policy. “Any user who is found to be in violation of “This can showcase giving Baruch students in Even though no Baruch student has been rep- these rules shall be subject to the following: an industry we participate in,” said Holowczak. rimanded for the act, of downloading illegally Suspension and/or termination of computer “Students can compete and can excel.” the law is in place in case such a situation aris- privileges; Disciplinary action by appropriate John Merrick is a research assistant Professor Cold Creek Manor, Fails To es. “There is not a specific sanction or penalty college and/or University officials; Referral to at the Subotnick Center. Accomplish Its Goal As A for this illegal use of the [CUNY computer sys- law enforcement authorities for criminal prose- “The Subotnick center is about giving stu- tem] network,” said Carl Kirschner, Director, cution; Other legal action, including action to dents this type of opportunity and edge,” said Scary Movie 9 Student Support Services. recover civil damages and penalties.” Holowczak. “I would have to speak to the student to find For further information on the CUNY policy Five students will be chosen from the 12 that Features 5 out how much was downloaded was it shared on downloading files or use of computers with- applied. with others and did it interfere with college in the CUNY system, students can find further Commenting on the experiences that students Editorial 6 activities.” information at the following website: will have during the competitions Merrick said Op-Ed 7 “There is no regulation currently directed at http://portal.cuny.edu/cms/id/cuny/documents/ “The individuals will face new challenges in Calendar 7 this activity,” said Kirshner. level_3_page/001171.htm. trying to apply themselves. I have no doubt we “No policies have changed at Baruch, because will compete at a high level.” Arts 9 the CUNY Computer User Responsibilities pol- Sports BACK icy already addresses copyright issues,” said Arthur Downing, Acting Assistant Vice Next Issue: October 14, 2003 THE TICKER NEWS OCTOBER 7, 2003 2 Community Health Systems Closes John Grifonetti, Ameritrade Senior Advisor Doors Due to City Budget Cuts and Baruch Alumnus, Visits Baruch By WESLEY GRIFFIN the CHS program alone. By AHMED DOUGHRI it has kept the strong brokerage background “Agencies that are closing are doing their best that the old Ameritrade had, while it adapted Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS), to transfer services to other agencies. The Baruch Graduate Program and the the advanced trading technology that belonged located on 23rd Street between Park and However, I’m not sure if the other agencies that Undergraduate Honors Program co-sponsored a to Datek.