WEDNESDAY H E U N I R>S IlT Y F INDEX JULY 23, 2003 0 IDAHO Vol 104 No 65 'c 2003 Partly A&E 81 Sunny, ... Calendar ....A2 Hi: ... 96'o:57' Classrheds .. ...A8 Crossword .. ...A2 Opinion ..A10 Sports&Rec . ...88 COUNTING CROWS BEST JOHN MAYER LEARN ABOUT MOSCOW FROM A YETERAN A8IC, Page 81 Welcome, Page 86 and 87 File s aring Construction Bv Josn STUDDR cled this summer leaving a gaping O»BV OEBB ('BIEF hole next to McConnell Hall. nearing The 49-year-old building held about un er attac onstruction on campus hits full 350 bed and was not compliant with completion on swing in the summer bringing the Americans with Disabilities Act. It C changes for the upcoming semes- was cleared away to make room for the role LLCs, Theta ter with it. project,ed second phase of the LLC, not Ogicia/s take agI'ressive This summer the majority of the yet slated for construction. work on campus centers around on- "We'd like house to think we hit a home BY CHAD EDwARDS campus housing. The new Living run (with the new facilities)," Dan ABI:>'IAO T» TBE Al»'<>PA>'T Learning Communities and Kappa Schoenberg, director of Auxiliary Alpha Theta Sorority house open this Services, said. "But in case, we just 'S5 niversity of Idaho officials are bracing fall adding an approximate net gain of want to be able to get influence from i f0~~~ 325 beds. themselves for a possible wave of crimi- students to see if there is anything nal investigations next semester. Not More noticeable construction taking they would like to be different (for the U but place at the Kibbie will from alcohol abuse or suspected terrorists, Dome add next, phase)." sharing. more space for athletics including from a common student activity: file The razing of Gault-Upham was File sharing is the downloading and distri- offices, strength and speed exercise part of the overall architectural and areas and locker rooms, Construction bution of copyrighted material, and it is landscape design of what is becoming issue on across the on the dome will continue through the becoming an campuses referred to as the UI mall —the walk- country. Not only does it violate copyright coming semester. way that runs from the Memorial Gym AMANDA HUNDT: ARGONAUT Students will notice differ- laws, but large downloads make university a big to the Student Recreation Center. Construction ences in the residence hall workers put finishing touches one of the new networks slower for their users. system this officials off year. Gault and Upham halls were lev- CONSTRUCTION, see Page A6 Living Learning Community houses. However, the problem caught UI guard last spring when more than 50 students were accused by the recording industry in one week of sharing files they did not own. Those students got off "easy" with a $25 fine BEAUTY AND POWER paid to the university and an essay assign- Events ment about computer security for the Dean of help Students. But the coming semester may bring harsh- er penalties, like bigger fines and jail time. The Recording Industry Association of new students America has started to criminally prosecute college students who infringe copyright laws. Students have been taken to court and sued for as much as $150,000 per get involved song shared. "Downloading music off the Internet has Palousafest the place to find Princeton that some students free fun, food, information University for dOn't VieW It aS a more than 28.8 million. ViOlatiOn Of COpyright Bv AMANDA J Ht.lsl'IT >>-I!. $ »S>.lÃK >!I>IT»H 'P or university incom- regulations." I offers many practical options for ! Hughett, exec- ing freshman to familiarize themselves rgb,P'4> utive director BRUCE PITMAN with the campus and the college. of Information The New Student Convocation is the formal Technology DEAN OF STUDENTS welcome by the university president for all new 2 Services, said students. It will be held at 9 a.m. 22 in the Aug. the university receives complaints from the Kibbie Dome. New students will receive a free RIAA concerning file sharing regularly. day planner for attending. "I got a complaint from them this morning, Making College Count, of monster.corn, will actually," said June He slid present their "Unleash Your Inner Monster" Hughett 23. his presentation chair over to his desk and read a memo from at 11 a.m. Aug. 23. in the his computer: "'Unauthorized distribution Administration Auditorium. The presentation of a >d copyrighted motion picture entitled 'Matrix will focus on time management, setting rI pl k. goals Reloaded.'his memo the exact and maximizing opportunities while at gives IP college, address of the downloading it." said Mary Lu Schweitzer, coordinator of person Orientation and first-year An IP, or Internet protocol, address tells programs for the computer administrators exactly what com- Dean of Students Office. The presentation is *(Itic free. puter was used and who was logged in at the The annual Palousafest, 4-9 ~p time. from p.m. Aug. In this particular case, Hughett said the 23 outside the Idaho Commons, hosts live student not only downloaded the movie for music, food and freebies k.> personal viewing, but also distributed the from local shops. >'T ORIENTATION movie over network. The Vandal Walk and the iK";.;;I'l He explained that the distribution was barbecue will be at 5 p.m. FOr infOI'matlOR probably unintentional. The types of software Aug. 24. Students will on the barbecue North that download music or movies from the meet at Kibbie ,- > '4 auto- Field for a short pro- Palousafest and Internet (like KaZaa or Napster clones) matically file in a location where oth- learning other activities go place the gram, including ers can get it. This allows an unlimited the fight song. After the tO WWW.WebS. amount of people to get the file for free, costing program, there will be a uidaho.edu/nso A. >...> the studios millions of dollars. walk to Hughett said Dean of Students Bruce Administration Building the student and take barbecue. Pitman would confront lawn for the action. Hughett and Pitman met Schweitzer urges all new students to regis- disciplinary 23 to discuss new ways of dealing with ter for Residence Hall Orientation. Activities June this problem, including harsher penalties and begin the evening of Aug. 21 and continue all addressing the issue in the new student orien- weekend. For a $35 dollar registration fee, stu- several Vandal items including tation program. dents receive a "Downloading music off the Internet has Nalgene bottle with carabineer and a T-shirt. a'a vr> become so common that some students don' Also included for registered students are a view it as a violation of copyright or university free blockbuster movie showing, ice cream said. "They are surprised several orien- regulations," Pitman social, a talent show and special confront them." should register online when we tation events.'Students students see file sharing as more at www.webs.uidaho.edu/nso. "Off-campus stu- Many connections," than a copyright issue. dents can miss so many "I'e felt that music was more about Schweitzer said. Because of this, new off-cam- always the message than the money," said Kenneth pus students may also register for Residence in computer science. has been Perry, a senior majoring Hall Orientation. A special program "I think that somewhere between electrical built for them featuring relevant topics. BRIAN PASSEY,'RGONAUT Nontraditional students, those who aren' Tim Pulley, a senior architecture major from Idaho Falls, stands at the foot of Victoria Falls in Glacier National Park SHARING see Page A3 coming to college straight from high school, can Saturday, Glacier is one of the national parks within a day's drive from Moscow. Check out page 89 for information. attend a special Nontraditional Student Orientation. The program will be held from 9 a.m.-noon Aug. 23 at the Idaho Commons. The program will feature speakers, breakout ses- sions on special topics, and a closing speech by You'e a current nontraditional student. Spouses are got Vandalmail: ITS institutes new system which is free. welcome to the orientation, BY WINDY HOVE~ students is the Wings to the VandalMail, UI's new Web-based e- request That is 12 times more than 40 percent of America's inboxes and Also for new Ak(;»XA>'T ATAI'F Future program, an eight-week, one-credit mail program will make this require- Hotmail, and six times more than will most likely get worse before it twice a week in ment easy for students. In previous Yahoo!, both of which charge for extra gets better. class. Students will meet ooner than senior mentor. "The many of them would years, students have chosen commer- storage. "We want students to know that we groups with a junior or hope, UI students will be check- team building, academic suc- cial based Web e-mail such as Yahoo! The program coincides with a poli- (ITS) recognize spam is a problem and class will focus on ing their essential back to school it," cess and time management," said Katie S or Hotmail as their "preferred" cy set in place by a UI task force cre- we plan to take action against to-do advis- lists: accounts over university-issued ated in 2001 that sought one official Lanham said. "It is our goal to take Wittman, Wings to the Future program Buy books, check. Print class er. accounts. But with spam mail con- means of electronic communication care of spam "more than commercial- schedule, check.