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Campaign Addresses Illegal Downloads Employees Take Courses the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s ndsmcobserver.com Volume 44 : Issue 117 THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2011 ndsmcobserver.com Campaign addresses illegal downloads Professor By AMANDA GRAY researches News Writer A campaign to inform students education about illegal file sharing began recently, Robert Casarez, assis- tant director of the Office of By ANNA BOARINI Resident Life and Housing News Writer (ORLH), said Wednesday. The campaign, held in con- Peace studies Professor junction with the Office of Catherine Bolten, an anthro- Information Technology (OIT) pologist by trade, has focused and help from the Office of her research on the state of General Counsel (OGC), launched education in post-war soci- this week to educate students eties, specifically Sierra about the consequences of Leone. engaging in illegal file sharing, “I started out working as an Casarez said. apprentice for a medicine “We would like to take a proac- man studying ethnobotany in tive approach on the issue rather Botswana 15 years ago, than waiting for the violations,” Bolten said. “When I went to he said. “Over the last year, the LAUREN KALINOSKI | Observer Graphic Cambridge for my master’s I number of copyright infringe- wanted to study AIDS, but ment notices that the University is engaging in illegal download- expressed permission from the Copyright Act representative in after I made a very good has received has more than dou- ing or sharing of copyrighted copyright owner, Casarez said. the OGC, which is then forward- friend from Sierra Leone, bled, and we are aiming to keep material on the University’s net- File sharing is monitored on the ed on to our office for identifica- they convinced me I would be as many students out of the disci- work at any given time. This internet by major organizations, tion,” Casarez said. “Illegal better off studying war and plinary process as possible for year alone, the University has such as the Recording Industry sharing or downloading is trace- resources.” these types of violations.” received more than 800 copy- Association of America and the able, and once the student In 2003, Bolten made her Casarez said the University right infringement notices. Motion Picture Association of responsible is identified, they are first trip to Sierra Leone. The does not actively look for illegal Illegal file sharing is defined as America. notified by our office of the viola- West African nation had file sharing, but ORLH “conserv- the downloading or sharing of “These organizations then tion.” recently ended a ten-year atively estimates” more than 40 copyrighted material without send a copyright infringement percent of the student population having purchased or received notice to our Digital Millennium see FILES/page 6 see LEONE/page 6 Club donates money, Employees take courses time to orphanages By NICOLE TOCZAUER News Writer While many students spend some of their free time at campus jobs, a number of University employees do just the opposite, electing to enroll in courses while employed at Notre Dame. This semester, 71 non- degree students have taken advantage of an employee benefit facilitating ongoing education for those on the University payroll, Assistant Registrar Chris Temple said. “There’s a 90 percent tuition remission for an undergraduate course and 100 percent for a graduate one,” Temple said. “Payroll does some tax considera- Photo courtesy of Michael Daly tions because the benefit is Senior Michael Daly poses with children at an NPH orphanage in LAUREN KALINOSKI | Observer Graphic Honduras. FOTO sponsors trips to the country during school breaks. taxable, which is part of the reason why Human Resources comes into play.” Temple said. desire to learn without nec- FOTO is a student group that By EMILY SCHRANK Eligible candidates — Once employees meet these essarily having a goal of raises funds and awareness for including administrators, requirements and receive receiving a diploma. News Writer Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos faculty, staff, postdoctoral approval, they have access “I really do believe the (NPH) orphanages. Consistent research associates, interns to courses with spots avail- main reason employees As many Notre Dame student with the orphanage group’s and spouses — must meet able after degree-seeking choose to enter classes is clubs begin to wind down their name, which translates to “our academic prerequisites for students have finished regis- personal enrichment,” activities for the year, the little brothers and sisters,” the any course they enroll in. In tering and can begin classes Temple said. “Some, though, Notre Dame branch of Friends orphanages provide homes for addition to this, they must alongside regular students. have hope of using these of the Orphans (FOTO) still has obtain the approval of their Temple said employees big plans. see ORPHANS/page 4 immediate supervisor, often take classes out of a see CLASSES/page 4 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER New stud. gov. administration sworn in page 3 N Viewpoint page 8 N ‘Waiting for superman’ at DPAC page 10 N Football readies for Blue-Gold Game page 20 page 2 The Observer N PAGE 2 Thursday, April 7, 2010 THE OBSERVER QUESTION OF THE DAY: IF YOU COULD INTERBREED ANY TWO SPECIES, WHAT WOULD YOU PICK? P.O. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Douglas Farmer MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER Sarah Mervosh Patrick Sala ASST. MANAGING EDITOR: Adriana Pratt ASST. 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