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■v KIM CHI HA I don't think it's good for in- teniot 11 depth research or analysis just as I wouldn't rely on any other In today's technologically am | clopedia for those things savv\ world, information is Wikipedia has more articles available on just about any than am other encw lopedia topic from why people bom f\ m published. Gill said. in Southeast Asia tend to have Nature, a weekly idtftttfU less body hair than those born journal, used peer review to in Italy or why green is worn on compare Wikipedia to the Bm ) St. Patrick's . clopedia Britannica in the realm lust Wikipedifl ii of entries related to the s, icmM "I use it for fun. and I think Of the 42 tested entries, thafoUf its interesting that you're nal found that for .-very four reading things from different inaccurate Wikipedia entries, people's ptftpecUl »'s, senior there were three inaccurate Bri- Shaun Bockert said. "I feel it's tannica entries. tin' ultimate subiective encyclo- "1 think it's accurate for the pedia, and I think that's a good most part, though the onh m thing, because it doesn't at- son why some professors don't tempt in ob|echve standpoint, like it because it's not peer re- it doesn't have the same hidden viewed," senior Thomas Martin Maaai kind of like why people saul I use it for statistics, (md I h«- Dally Show' or Fox regression; mostly math topics News You know what you're because it gives good diagrams getting from it." that the book doesn't explain or A wiki is a collaborative I |ust need to look at it from a Web page thai allows users to different angle change the content of the site. Said Gill: "It's almost as ac- Wikipedia, created in 2001. is curate as the Britannica in the a Web-based encyclopedia that area of science and technology, can be edited by almost anyone, but in the so. Lai s» urn rv where oanaBMtod Wftn the Encyclope- facts aren't clear there an- dis dia llrilannK.i. which is only ed- pules that emerge." ited by scholars, There is a common consen- "I use it if 1 need I quick sus among students and proles overview of a topic, bocaUM ■>» sors on the dangers of Wikipe- curacy probably isn't its defin- dia's forum that allows anyone ing feature," and Gtrald Gill, to edit. Wikipedia is not consid- EVAN DYSON//ih» erlmr head of reference at Carrier Li- ered a scholarly source because brary. "It's a place to get your it is not reviewed by many Officer*Officer quMtkm a group of juvenile* during a St. Patrick'! Day checkpoint on Moeby Road. The four bearings on I subiectsoyoucan checkpoint Involved officers from Dayton, Harrlsonburg. Rocklngham County and Alcohol & Probation. further find information, but see SITE, page 4 Monument in danger

SCV working hard I In sons were unaware that the "(ML has ,i yen important and historic land was owned bv JMU until valuable piece of property' \1,inn to save Turner recently. I pon finding out, the Sons said. "We're pretty sure that when requeated mat Gov. lmu>th\ M. Kafeu they come out with the findings and Ashby memorial preserve the ptopert) as ■• alate park see how significant this uee It, [MI ihey have vet to receive *> definite will understand how important it ll to response from him preserve it " »v JIM DBMOS amtribuHna wrtttr l\ii is conducting ■ historical and tCODTding to Mann, much oi the archaeological assessment of the site importance and value of the propertv before moving forward with its plans IML's desire to turn local land lies in its abitttj 10 help us learn trom "(This assessment! will hopefully our p.ist Into athletic fields is creating a snr provide us with information th.it we "If we ignore our history, those within local ofganteattona. The land can use to ensure that our plans for lessons we should be learning from the In question happens to be one of development .ire designed to do mini- past will be lost,' Mann said I hen- s Harnsonburg's most significant C\\\\ mal impact in the are.i where General War reminders Gen lurner Ashb) s nothing better than to stand where the Ashby tell, s.nd ( furies King, |MU soldiers Mood to understand a battle monument and nearby property 1 vice president tor Administration and It would be foolish not to s,n ■ it KAITLIN IAMBI SCV > i ••ninbutmt /•hio&aptiti I lit- 4s or 4 * ,n res there is the UaM Finance. Mam also cited monetary COnaJd- remaining piece of a battle that prob- [Ml intends to continue its devel erations tor preserving the property, The Sons of Confederate Veterans are attempting to save 48 remaining acres ably Covered \^' to 2(Ki acres or more," opment, bill s,nd it uill have minimal .is the 150th anniversary of the w.ir of a battlefield that Is part of CMI War Gen. Turner Ashby's rnonurnent. said |ohn Mann, conuMftdef of ''"' imp.it t on the area approaches in 2011. D.H. I iv MartZ lamp No. It) of the Mann is opttrniatU that the battle- Sonaof Confederate Wterans. R round will be saved. seeMONVMKST ptgti Local gas prices climbing steadily Despite recent increase at Harrisonburg pumps, prices still below national average

B. Aw SlIARF As an owner of a bulky SUV. Camp- average of $2.,r;.» gallon and the state contributing wrtttr itell knows how hard gas ptiOBI hit Ira wide average of v ii according to /a- wallet eigaugtrtport.ioni, a Web site sponsored (Jnce again, gasoline pnees an- head- lust six MO, local gas priOM Fact Box bj \\\ ed fdn/waan dipped to around $2, taking some heat BK said gas prices tradifionall) rise <\< 11 -rciing t« i a sun ev of five local sta- off the Walktl of college students in the springtime. tions average costs tor regular unleaded But some called the price drop a "Spnng is a volatile tor gaso- lu.-l m the Harnsontnirg area n-st at $2.39 fluke. Gas Prices line COStS because refineries undergo re* a gallon I his marks an increase of about Randy Blv, head of I ommunitv R, National Average: $2.55 pain during that aeason," BK said ll 'tuftf/ul^niphrr

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Female arrested for 'Grey's' star donates to JMU Tiling false police report

TheJMU Police Department t\ RACHANA DIXIT have arrested a female student HAM editor and charged her tor tiling .1 tabs report regarding an abduction and subsequent sexual batten \ctor Isaiah Washington from ABC's popular on [an. 23. Two d.ns .liter the primetime drama "Greys Anatomy" donated $25,(XM) incident the university pottos In |\1l professors Joseph Opal a and Gary Chatelain department released a timclv to do