1 Foresights A glance into the crystal HE ORCH ball shows great things PMALSQJLLfc^^ for VU, city, page 10 2QQ3___ ymmJ&LM&Jk Tonight: Starry Night, 44° complete weather on pg. 2 SOFTWARE CRACK »• INSIDE EIS receives first complaint of copyright violations involving software News Becca Klusman only run a copy on a single machine, and two revenue for the company whose product has Legal Anniversary TORCH WRITER or more machines have copies with the same effectively been stolen. The VU violation, serial numbers, that, again, is convincing evi­ there was no exception. Electronic Information Services (EIS) dence of a violation," said Yohe. The accused student was sharing two received their first software copyright viola­ Adobe Products and one Macromedia product. tion complaint last week from the Business • • It is possible the The total cost of the programs, had they been Software Alliance (BSA). purchased via retail catalog, would have added "To this point, all the complaints had people running P2P up to $1,080. been related to music files," said Mike Yohe, software may be The only other time in VU history that a Executive Director of EIS. sharing private files software violation occurred was a number of According to their website, the BSA is years ago. EIS investigated an unusually high an organization dedicated to the promotion of without even knowing amount of outbound traffic on a faculty com­ School of Law celebrates a safe and legal digital world. They represent it." puter. some of the fastest growing digital companies 125 years of excellence MIKE YOHE The investigation revealed that the com­ in the world. puter had been hacked and was being used to Page 3 DIRECTOR OF EIS The organization covers the fields of distribute illegal copies of certain Microsoft software management and copyright protec­ software. The violation was reported to Opinion tion, cyber security, trade, e-commerce and The BSA has been known to raid busi­ Microsoft, but EIS never received a response. Gen-ed pondered other Internet-related issues. nesses before, during which they would enter "Since then, protection mechanisms An alternative view on A software copyright violation has bla­ a building, tell everyone to back away from have improved greatly, and I'm not aware of what should happen to tantly occurred if someone other than the their computer, and then search the machines any similar hacking after that incident," said general education courses copyright holder is offering the software for for programs with the same serial number. Yohe. Page 6 download and they have not obtained permis­ "Some businesses have incurred rather sion to do so. severe financial penalties," said Yohe. "If the software license says you can Features Software sharing creates a large loss of •CRACKDOWN ^ * Homeward bound Community Alert Subway robbed at knifepoint Brauer seeks 7-Eleven, Speedway also hit during recent rash of robberies community A history of Homecoming Page 9 assistance Karl Aho A&E TORCH WRITER A new organization, Partners for the Brauer Museum, will be formed this fall to promote visual arts in Northwest Indiana and at Valparaiso University. The partnership will support the educa­ tional programs at the Brauer Museum. Ultimate warriors Partners will receive news and information ARC rumbles as pro about the museum's latest exhibitions while wrestlers have audience helping to secure museum funding. Unlike pre­ attentions headlocked existing Brauer memberships, all money raised Page 14 will go directly to the museum for program support and outreach. Sports According to Gloria Ruff, the museum registrar and assistant curator, the partnership program is primarily intended for those who appreciate good art for the community and uni­ versity. "People we expect to be partners think that art is important and that it should be part of the education of all children and adults," she The great drought said. Men-'s soccer team has The Partners program will affect VU stu­ not scored in 9 hours, 12 dents by supporting programs and activities minutes, and 11 seconds they can attend, although Ruff thinks students benefit the museum just by showing up. JENN KLEIN "We are more interested in students actu­ INDEX ally attending programs than funding them. I News 1 Staff Report feet 8 inches tall wearing a amount of money. think that university students help out the Weather 2 bandanna, a baseball cap, Police are also report­ museum by just coming by and seeing what we black shoes and dark leather ing that a similar suspect VUPD Beat 2 Police are investigating have exhibited and by checking out Student a string of armed robberies jacket. robbed the 7-Eleven conven­ Announcements 3 Coffee Hour and other student functions," she in the City of Valparaiso. The suspect allegedly ience store at the intersection said. Opinion 6 The Subway sandwich brandished the knife and of Lincolnway and Garfield The Partners group will also fund awards Features 9 shop on Lincolnway was held it up to an employee's on the night of Sept. 10 as for the Secondary School Showcase Exhibition ValPoll 12 robbed at knifepoint at 1:39 midsection, forcing her to well as the Speedway serv­ and the VU Student Art Exhibition in the open the cash register. The ice station on U.S. 30 near A&E 13 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 28 by a white male weighing over suspect fled the sandwich Shorewood Forest at 2:49 Clips & Classifieds 16 200 pounds and standing 5 shop with an undisclosed a.m. on Oct. 1. page 2 Sports 17 f PARTNERS October 3, 2003 Intramurals go national Laura Bewley TORCH WRITER Four exceptional athletes proudly repre­ sented Valparaiso University this summer at the American Intercollegiate Intramural - Championships in Orlando, Fla. The ACIC is the series of campus, regional and national championship tournaments created to provide opportunities for college intramural athLes to compete in high quality, nationally promoted extramural events. The ACIC is in partnership with Campus Sports and Walt Disney Wide World of Sports They have the National Championship in Walt Disney World, inviting colleges from all over the country to compete. VU seniors Kristi VonTrebra, Adnenne Fritzsche, Chris Weber and i™io;,Nal™ competed the second weekend in May, 2003. The men came in second overall, and the women cap­ tured fonrth place. The fonr were chosen by xUet (*e sponsor of the "Fitness Chalen e event) as a result of VU having one of the top participation rates in fitness in the nation. Target paid for plane, hotel and theme park passes in Downtown Disney for four students ANGELA KNEIFEL from colleges all over the country. " ^~ (,Th. Amatuers" bv T Alexander Harrison in the museum's perma- "It was a lot of fun and a great way to rep­ resent Valpo," Fritzsche said about the competi- nemo v. • , . AccompanyinAr>™mnanvingg its i0n visitors are able to view sev­ ' ' Other schools in the competition included updates on art events at the diverse exhibitions, the eral exhibitions at the Baylor, U of Wisconsin-La Crosse Eastern museum and elsewhere. Brauer Museum at no Brauer Museum creates and Michigan, UNC Chapel Hill, Appalachian State ^PARTNERS Contributors will also charge, such as the 1997 distributes educational pack­ Texas A & M, and Valdosta State. Each school 'CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 receive acknowledgements premiere showing of paint­ ets for students and instruc­ sent two men and two women. of their gifts as well as tax ings from the National tors, provides guided tours The competition is a fitness competition benefits. Partnership follows Museum of Art of Romania for area schools, sponsors with four events to determine the overall winner. a tiered system of contribu­ numerous annual student art and the spring 2003 exhibi­ Among the events was a Duathlon (run/bike), spring. tions and ranges from the competitions and hosts spe­ tion of Salvatore Dali's donbleeliminatiou «ug-of-war, a sled pull and an Partners will receive a ' $25 "Apprentice" level to cial lectures by both local Shakespeare Etchings from number of benefits, which the "Curator" level for and nationally known artists the Dali Museum in St. ^^Z pull was the hardest because we range from invitations to donors of $1000 or more. and art scholars. couldn't get a grip on the grass we were mnning special Brauer Museum and Throughout each year, Petersburg, Fla. on," Fritzsche said. "The obstacle course was the VU events to periodic most fun, and that's the event it came down to for Zl our groups. The gnys entered that even, ,n fourth and came out in second. The course involved climbing a rock wa , negotiating a rope obstacle, grabbing a football running through hanging sandbags hurdling a 2& wall shooting a basketball, crawling K rings, dribbling a soccer ball and makin a goal and running a 50-yard sprint to the finish VUPD m' The competition lasted all day Saturday through the afternoon. That night, Pleasure "tad in Downtown Disney was blocked off just ^a .University Police Department or the ACIC participants. They received free A service food free passes to the shows and a pnvate dance > V^^Sded^u^i^ m reference Pa,ty'«The people were all really fun that were W vWDlS5d a vehicle for an ™V™*»e * to vandalism. A student reported his btke tire there," Fritzsche said f headlight. The operator had a suspended dri­ had been cut. A report was taken. ves Lense. He was issued a citation for toing while suspended. The vehtcle was parked and the operator had to call a frrend for • VUPD and EMS responded to Wehrenberg a ride. Hall in reference to a student that had passed TONIGHT: SAT PM: out.