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Serving James Madison University Since 1922 Mostly sunny n 63°/39° Vol. 86, No. 52 chance of precipitation: 0% Monday, April 19, 2010 Breeze Receives Legal Counsel After Friday’s Raid By AarON KOEPPER the commonwealth attorney’s office vio- Freshman media arts and design The Breeze lated the federal Privacy Protection Act. major Zack Russo agreed, “If they really The act states “it shall be unlawful need to see photos, it’s all over the Inter- In an agreement reached between for a government officer or employee, net, on YouTube. They’re just searching the attorney for the commonwealth and in connection with the investigation or for people now.” The Breeze’s attorney, the images seized prosecution of a criminal offense, to Sophomore nursing major Matt Hill during Friday’s raid on The Breeze office search for or seize any work product said the police should investigate to the have been temporarily sealed until a fur- materials possessed by a person rea- maximum extent of the law. ther agreement can be reached. sonably believed to have a purpose to “I don’t know the law, but if it doesn’t According to Katie Thisdell, editor-in- disseminate to the public a newspaper, violate students’ rights, they have right chief for The Breeze, the attorney’s agreed book, broadcast, or other similar form of to take the photos,” Hill said. Sunday to have a third-party source hold public communication.” The commonwealth attorney’s office the seized disks, while the common- LoMonte said that, under the statute, was not available for comment. wealth’s attorney continues to press for the newspaper should have had rea- Thisdell said that the commonwealth the release of at least some of them. sonable amount of time to obtain legal attorney’s office requested the photos After police raided The Breeze news- counsel and oppose the search. Thursday morning. room on Friday demanding Springfest The Privacy Protection Act allows the “I decided I was not going to release riot-related photos under threat of con- persons being searched to “submit an them because I felt that it wasn’t our mis- fiscating all newsroom computers, the affidavit setting forth the basis for any sion,” Thisdell said. “We shouldn’t be the INTERNET | Student Press Law Center provided contention that the materials sought are arm of the police.” support. not subject to seizure.” The office then phoned Breeze fac- Attorneys Seth Berlin and John Students gave differing opin- ultyadviser Mike Grundmann to ask if weori O’Keefe are representing The Breeze and ions on whether the raid was legal or he would order The Breeze to turn over Editor-in-Chief Katie Thisdell. necessary. the material. Grundmann said he was Marsha Garst, Virginia’s common- “They’re just dragging our school advisory only but that he had strong- wealth attorney for the region, along through the dirt now,” freshman inte- ly advised The Breeze not to do so, for with JMU and Harrisonburg police, con- grated science and technology major the same reason. Thisdell and Grund- DAVID CASTERLINE / THE BREEZE fiscated 926 photos, 682 of which were of Sam Frere said. “I don’t think the police mann then each contacted the SPLC. On Friday police copied 926 photos from The Breeze newsroom, 682 of which were the party and riot. need to be doing this. Something needs from Springfest. These images are now on a sealed disk while discussions between Frank D. LoMonte, the executive to be done [to fix the situation], but not attorneys for The Breeze and the commonwealth’s attorneys office continue. director of the SPLC, said the action by this.” see RAID, page 4 Internet Power Boost No Repeat for Rave? By TYLER McAVOY assistant vice president for IT, the contributing writer new upgrade, with a completion date set for July 15, will double the Sluggish on-campus Internet megabits per second of the current speed will soon be a thing of the system for both Wi-Fi and wired past. connections. “Another rave will JMU’s Department of Information According to an article on wise- Technology recently announced an geeks.com, megabits per second is a not be tolerated. increase to JMU’s Internet speed, a measure of how fast data can be trans- Individuals campus-wide upgrade that will affect ferred through a network. Increasing both academic and dorm buildings. choosing to According to Dale Hulvey, see INTERNET, page 4 participate in inappropriate JMU Internet Upgrade: What to Expect behavior will be subject to one 500 mbps connection vs. criminal and two 125 mbps connections university judicial more reliable charges.” wireless double the speed Mark Warner + same cost senior vice president for student affairs faster and university streaming video planning COURTESY OF SHERWOOD ELDER Last semester’s rave in East Campus Library took place around 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 6. The rave lasted about an hour and the library received a fire code violation for the event. By JOHN SUTTER have a DJ and speakers in Starbucks. The Breeze Mead created the event under the pseudonym, “Matt Dixon,” to avoid being known by administrators and Plans for a rave in Carrier Library during finals week potentially receiving charges from police or JMU judi- received a serious blow Friday night as Mark Warner, cial affairs. senior vice president for student affairs, sent an e-mail “I wanted to have a rave because it worked so well warning students about the consequences of participat- last time and people had so much fun last time,” Mead ing in the event. said. “Another rave will not be tolerated,” Warner said in the Mead said he chose Carrier Library for the spring rave e-mail. “Individuals choosing to participate in inappro- because there was less chance for destruction, as there priate behavior will be subject to criminal and university are no open stairwells and no balconies for students to judicial charges.” jump off. GRAPHIC BY NATALIYA IOFFE Sophomore Josh Mead created the Facebook event “I see this as a way for JMU students to redeem them- “Carrier Library Rave,” encouraging students to rave in selves,” Mead said. “As a campus we can have a good Carrier on April 25. Mead said he created the event to time and still be considerate of others. It’s not necessary replicate the success of the Dec. 6 rave in the East Cam- to destroy things to have fun.” 2010 SGA Minor n Jason Farber pus Library. According to Warner’s e-mail, JMU received a fire- Election Results n Ryan Philbrick On the Facebook event page, more than 1,900 people have replied as “attending” to the event. Mead plans to see CARRIER, page 4 PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF Science and Math n Andrew Reese (712) n Caitlin Natale (551) n Jay Lee n James Park COLLEGE SEATS 4/19 INSIDE Visual and NEWS Arts and Letters Performing Arts 3 Rebuilding with schools n Patrick Elwell n Dan Westbrook Haitian natives helps n Jordan Descovich n Zach Baumann to rebuild schools after n Maria Lane January’s earthquake. n Rahath Alam CLASS COUNCIL n Kyle Smith OPINION n Katie Stolp Senior Class 5 Carrier Library rave Event creator speaks up Business n Kathleen Lee (President) to defend his intentions. n Kaitlin Solomon (Vice President) n Susanna Chacko n Eric Hogan ( Treasurer) LIFE n Katie Cole n Stephanie Kissman (Secretary) 9 Slam dunk n Andrew Elgert Students raise money for n Steven Knott Junior Class charity through a 25-hour n Cody Williams PAUL JONES / THE BREEZE basketball game. n Evan Botello (President) Education n Rheanna Martino (Vice President) The City that Never Sleeps SPORTS n Timmy Austen (Treasurer) Relay for Life at JMU lasted from 7 p.m. on Saturday to 7 a.m. on Sunday. 11 Conference contenders n Adam Hall n Cara Prodanovich (Secretary) About 1,000 students and more than 200 teams attended to camp out, walk the Dukes still second in CAA n Erin Brooks Festival Lawn and light candles in memory of loved ones who died of cancer. The despite tough weekend Sophomore Class event raised more than $144,000. series versus UNCW. Integrated Science Four a capella groups (Into Hymn, Note-oriety, the Madison Project and Low n Matt Klein (President) SPORTS and Technology Key) performed for students involved. Co-chair, senior Janessa Muraco, thought n Meredith Wood (Vice President) this year’s location was much better. 11 An impressive homestand n Hugh Blanchetti n Kenzie Fisher (Treasurer) “It’s a great atmosphere,” she said. “We’ve had a great sunset with the JMU track wins five n Matt Wisniewski n Keith Zirkle (Secretary) mountains behind us.” individual events and two relays. You’re Invited to 3DSD-RKQ·V3L]]D'- Chalreston Townes Free Beach Towel Thursday, April 22nd 4:00 to 7:00 2 Monday, April 19, 2010 breezejmu.org Serving James Madison University Since 1922 G1 Anthony-Seeger Hall, MSC 6805 James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807 Phone: 540-568-6127 Fax: 540-568-6736 MISSION The Breeze, the student-run newspaper of James Madison University, serves student, faculty and staff readership by reporting news involving the campus and local community. The Breeze strives to be impartial and fair in its reporting and fi rmly believes in First Amendment rights. Published Monday and Thursday mornings, The Breeze is distributed throughout James Madison University and the local Harrisonburg community. Comments and complaints should be addressed to Katie Thisdell, editor. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ADS MANAGER KATIE THISDELL NICOLE ORT PAUL JONES/ THE BREEZE [email protected] ASST. 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