JMU Salaries Increase Less Than Cost of Living Kinko's Fined in Copyright Suit
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OPINION 8ILIFESTYLES 161 SPORTS 8H Jams Macteon Univeisty APRIL 15.1991 VOL 68. NO. 50 JMU salaries increase less than cost of living BrpoktePavts received an additional two percent cut stqffwriter as a first-year faculty member at JMU. "I feel like I'm eight percent Due to the recession and state behind," he said. budget cuts, JMU faculty and staff But for other faculty members the salaries are failing to keep up with the failure to keep up with inflation has cost of living. not been a problem. The average faculty salary at JMU is "Quite frankly, my finances are $43,687 — an average of three percent managed so that this type of temporary higher than last year. But, according to discrepancy does not create a problem,'' a prediction by the American said Dr. Charles Harris, professor of Association of University Professors, psychology. "If it continues, it could the cost of living will increase six be a problem." percent for the year ending June 1991. And according to Rose, that But faculty salaries aren't determined situation may indeed continue. solely by JMU, according to Dr. "The forecast is that there will be no Lin wood Rose, vice-president of raises in next year's budget at all," administration and finance. Rose said. "It's because the state's A document is sent to JMU each projected revenue has fallen short of year specifying the salary level, and what they'd hoped to receive." every institution must be within one This issue is not unique to JMU. percent of that consolidated salary Nationally, the average faculty salary authorization, Rose said. raise at all colleges is 5.4 percent, 0.6 "In general everybody would prefer percent less that the rise in the cost of to have a salary increase," he said. living. 'The action of the state affects all But JMU salaries still are not below employees — it's faculty as well as average. The average faculty salary in TEE MORRB/THE BREEZE stafr." four-year institutions nationwide is Playing at Purcell: Dr. William McBride, assistant $34,480, $9,207 less than JMU. professor of history, said, "It's more of Children play tag in the afternoon at Purcell Park's Kids Castle. JMU volunteers helped build the castle last year. a crunch in my case" because he SALARIES page 2 One more arrested Kinko's fined in copyright suit in gambling probe Donna Ragsdate will take to obtain the rights to create a packet Laura L Hutchison stqjfwriter Dr. Roger Socnkscn, a JMU professor of human focus on... editor and mass communication and teacher of mass Harrisonburg's Kinko's Copy Center is taking communication law, said, "The court isn't saying ; JU A JMU wrestler was arrested Thursday and more precautions against copyright violations after a can no longer produce these anthologies — the court charged with illegal gambling. court ruling that found one of its chain stores is saying you're going to have to follow copyright Christopher Janish, 20, from Roseland, N.J., is responsible for infringing on copyright laws. law much more carefully." the second student to be accused by Harrisonburg Judge Constance Baker Motley ruled March 29 that In a separate statement to students, Kinko's said, City Police of participating in an illegal gambling Kinko's must pay royalties and obtain permission for "The court's decision will add cost and complexity to ring. all copyrighted materials that it copies. the educational process. In addition, students and JMU senior Jonathan Aldom, a physical In a prepared statement, Kinko's said, "Through the professors, for all the years to come, probably will education major from Pompton Plains, NJ„ was Kinko's Service Corporation Rights and Permissions have limited access to a variety of timely and up-to- arrested Tuesday in connection with the same case. center, we are well equipped to abide by these new date educational materials based on this court Janish wrestled in the 158-pound weight class standards and implement full compliance measures at decision." this season and has been suspended from the all of our Kinko's Copy Centers across the country." Despite its inconveniences, Soenksen said wrestling team until results of the investigation Donna Michael, the Kinko's Copy Center manager copyright enforcement is necessary to protect in Harrisonburg, said the only difference in Kinko's GAMBLING page 2 photocopying process may be the length of time it KINKO"S page 2 2 • TOE BREEZE MONtW, APRIL 15.1991 Salaries Kinko's CONTINUED from page I CONTINUED from page 1 This case, Basic Books, Inc. v. the case against Kinko's. She said This is because every university in "intellectual property." Kinko's Graphics Corporation, was when a large quantity of information is Virginia has an institutional peer group "There's a lot of investment in filed by eight publishers who claimed taken from a textbook, then there is no of 24 institutions, Rose said. terms of time and energy by the person that Kinko's had used "substantial reason to purchase it. "The state attempts to measure our producing the article that they should portions" of 12 books in creating packets. "Somebody has got to get copyright average salary with those institutions be compensated for," Soenksen said. permission if you're not going to buy that are determined to be similar to us Redefining the "fair use" clause of the textbook," Blankenburg said. nationally," Rose said. "[The General the 1976 copyright law, the U. S. Assembly] would want the Virginia "The court's Many JMU professors use institutions to rank 10th in the list of District Court in New York fined Kinko's Graphics Corporation decision will add photocopied packets because it is 25 institutions," which would be quicker and more efficient than using average compared to other schools like $510,000 for commercially reproducing substantial proportions of cost and complexity textbooks. The versatility of JMU. copyrighted materials in anthologies to the educational photocopying additional articles or Because JMU only had a three- for college students. The law only removing out-dated information from percent raise this year and probably allowed for a limited amount of process." one semester to the next is an won't have an increase next year, it reproductions to be made for appealing alternative for some classes. may not maintain that rank. educational purposes under some So the next time salaries are raised, Kinko's Copy Dr. Scott Milliman said photocopied circumstances. the raise will compensate for more Center articles are an essential part of his than just inflation — the increase will The 1976 copyright law's Statement to economics classes because of their be enough to bring JMU back to its "definitions were rather vague and students timeliness and specific topics. rank in the peer group, according to allowed individuals a lot of latitude in Rose. how they might define 'fair use,"' "Newspaper articles are very "I'm confident that the fust place Soenksen said. "I think you'll find out Judith Blankenburg, professor of important in demonstrating economic the state would want to spend any that Kinko's, probably in good faith, library science, said the amount of theory in real world settings," improved revenues is in salaries," Rose thought what they were doing was material copied from the sources was Milliman said. said. absolutely and positively legal." probably one of the main causes for Gambling CONTINUED from page I are known, said JMU Athletic Director Dean Elders. Ehlers said in the meantime Janish will retain his athletic scholarship, but Ehlers did not know the amount of that scholarship. "We want to believe that he is innocent until proven guilty," Ehlers said. "And we will await the results to make a final determination as far as his future participation is concerned." Janish's coach, Jeff Bowyers, declined to comment on the matter. However Ehlers said, "I don't think gambling and college sport have much in common, and if he is found guilty then it would be my recommendation that he not be allowed to participate again. But well have to wait to see what happens." At least one further arrest is expected in conjunction with the m 0RW/THE investigation, which is targeting Battle of the Bands: " *** gambling ring leaders rather than No Shelter, led by Jon Decatur, won this year's Battle of the Bands Saturday night in the PC Ballroom. bettors, according to police. Correction teen^mmfby rtmm tmdbUinmiiyaMrmnt an*i4fjmuitn.r huddSS JmlkaDiUafalr Student Wayne Funkhouser was editor Wandy Wnwi co-neus editor Ik* CmU» tifeayus editorApd Hahar editorial editor ktm Untfay mistakenly reported as a geology managing miUsrO»M Sdt**cM co-news edUorChntty Munford asst h/mtyiB»ducrl*otynWWUme asa editorial editor rtaatJwr E. OfM asst newsediiortan Record graduate student in the April 8 issue business manager Kavtn D. 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THE BREEZE MONDAY, APRIL 15,1991 «3 w>:«*!jS¥j-»^w Speaker accepts, overcomes VMI trial concludes; handicap 'on way to the top' ruling to take weeks Christy Mumford JoeKomfc at the Convocation Center co-news editor stqffwriter "The secret of success is simply learning how to The VMI trial came to a close last Thursday as Imagine climbing to the top of Pike's Peak, a trek control your limitations, instead of letting them both the prosecution and defense rested their cases.