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(03/29/04 5:54am)
Freshman Allie Krueger legally downloads music using Apple's iTunes software, a program offering thousands of downloadable songs for 99 cents each. \nKrueger said she is willing to pay if it means avoiding a thousand-dollar lawsuit. \n"It's not that bad," said Krueger about the iTunes pricing. "Even if I download twenty songs a month, that's only 20 bucks, and I don't have to worry about getting caught."\nBut prosecution looms ahead for five IU file-sharers, making many IU users of peer-to-peer software think hard about what they download. University officials had not received subpoenas from the Recording Industry of America Association Friday, so the identities of the accused students are still unknown.\nThe IU students were part of a wave of lawsuits filed last week targeting 539 downloaders across the country. The average number of songs shared by the defendants was 800, said the RIAA president. Copyright law allows for court-ordered damages of $100,000 per song.\nMany programs that support illegal music downloads still exist, including KaZaa, KaZaa Lite, Bear Share, Grokster and Morpheus. Often, users will disable the sharing part of the software, which is how the RIAA tracks file-sharers. \nFreshman Christina Acker said she shares her music files on KaZaa Lite despite the increased risk of being sued. Acker said she doesn't think it is fair to download music without sharing it in return.\n"It's easier to get music this way," Acker said. "If people don't share, then the software can't even exist."\nIllegal file-sharing programs exist because of peer-to-peer sharing. According to www.copyrightguru.com, sharing is a way to make the files stored on one computer available to others. The software itself is not illegal, but it is illegal to share copyrighted material without specific permission from the artist. \nIt isn't legal to share the newest Britney Spears song with a friend, but it is legal to share your latest essay with them.\n"Downloading is going to happen," Krueger said. "Students download knowing they could get caught but just hope they won't." \nFreshman Claire Dagress said she doesn't understand why the industry goes after college students. \n"Why don't they go after MP3 players?" she said. "They promote the illegal downloading of music, too."\nAcker said she doesn't believe the music industry even needs the proceeds from CD sales anyway.\n"Artists and labels make most of their money from concert sales anyway," she said. "Plus, I hate paying the price of a CD for two songs I really want."\nBryan Liebreman, a visiting student from Tulane in New Orleans, shares over 2,000 files himself. \n"If the music industry really wants people to buy CDs, then they should stop prosecuting their biggest customers -- college students," he said.\nIn fact, Liebreman said many smaller bands want their files to be shared on these peer-to-peer networks.\n"I went to a concert for Something Corporate, and at the end, they asked us to download their music illegally," said Liebreman. "They said they wanted more people to get to know their music that way."\nKrueger said she has learned not to download copyrighted files illegally any longer. She said the risks are too high.\n"It's not just the threat of getting caught that keeps me from downloading," she said. "KaZaa was giving me a lot of viruses and other problems."\n-- Contact staff writer Cecelia Wolford at cwolford@indiana.edu.
(03/23/04 6:30am)
IU Cyclotron Facility scientists John Cameron, Dennis Friesel and Vladimir Derenchuck were walking through the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico last year when they spotted something they would like for their program. That something was a ground-test accelerator, a 40-foot long device used in the Reagan administration's defense program, nicknamed "Star Wars."\n"It was actually very easy to get," said Cameron, director of the facility. \nAs the three were walking around, they somewhat jokingly asked if they could have the accelerator. \nTo the trio's surprise, the answer was yes.\nDerenchuck, project leader of IU Cyclotron's Low Energy Neutron Source, said he is very excited about the prospects of the piece of equipment, which the program received last fall. It was originally used to shoot down missiles at a distance using a concentrated proton beam for the United States' defense.\n"That's what the Star Wars project was all about," Derenchuck said.\nThe Cyclotron Facility Laboratory is used for many scientific disciplines, Derenchuck said. Everything from physics to medical problems are tested at the facility.\nThe LENS project is devoted to the study of small particles. The ground-test accelerator will become part of what is basically a large microscope to be made by 2006, Cameron said. It will be used primarily as a training ground for scientists who will later work at the $1.5 billion neutron source in Oak Ridge, Tenn.\n"It's bigger than your apartment," Cameron said of the LENS project's size.\nThe huge microscope will be used to study some of earth's tiniest objects. Cameron said LENS will use it to observe studies important for medical research. \n"It's a big microscope used to study proteins and viruses," Cameron said.\nThe Cyclotron is an organization supported by IU, state and federal grants, as well as user fees. It was started in 1941 as one of the first cyclotrons in the world and is used to turn protons into neutrons for various scientific purposes.\n In 1993, the cyclotron was used in studies for treatment of cancers and other non-malignant diseases. This has helped form the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute, which will provide medical services. Many programs in the area of materials science are now being investigated at the cyclotron.\nFor more information, visit www.iucf.indiana.edu.\n-- Contact staff writer Cecelia Wolford at cwolford@indiana.edu.
(03/11/04 5:53am)
IU Parking Operations is looking to construct a new parking garage, possibly to be located between Atwater Avenue and Third Street near the Acacia fraternity house, said Doug Porter, parking operations director.\nAlso under consideration is a $3 increase in parking permit costs.\nFreshman Jake Wirth said he is excited that the campus is tackling one of its thorniest issues.\n"I felt the (Residential Programs and Services) Parking Operations System has pushed students into a frustrated corner," he said. "It is obvious that parking is an issue on campus."\nPorter said IU has many plans to help frustrated students like Wirth, the biggest of which is the paving of the Blue Lot at the corner of 17th and Fee Lane, he said.\nThe lot is currently gravel and is dusty when it is dry and difficult to clear after snow, Porter said. The paving will happen this summer along with the paving of several smaller lots.\nParking Operations also has skeleton plans to build another parking garage within the next few years. The garage, which will probably be located between Atwater and Third street, would be in the vicinity of Acacia, Porter said.\n"It takes about one year to build a garage from breaking ground," he said, although Parking Operations is still considering different potential sites.\nThough IU Student Association President Casey Cox proposed a parking ticket reform package, Porter does not think it is possible for the current computer system. \n"We pitched the committee our parking fine reform package that would lower fines for one and two time offenders and raise fines on those habitual offenders," Cox said. \nThough Porter supported the suggestion, he said it would be impossible to implement this with the current parking ticket technology in the next year. Porter still thinks it could ultimately be incorporated, he said. \n"We haven't given up on that proposal (in the future)," Porter said.\nThere is also a parking permit rate increase being considered by Parking Operations, which would increase fees by about $3 a year.\nCox has been working throughout his time in office for better parking. \n"Because 78 percent of parking offenders are in this one to two time offender category, I feel they shouldn't be paying the high $40 that the 22 percent of repeat nominal parkers are paying," Cox said. "There are of course logistical problems with updating parking technology to make our plan feasible. We have to hope that such a system could be in place in the next couple years and therefore will strongly encourage our successors to continue the fight for parking equity."\nIn addition to a different ticketing system, IUSA supports the Atwater and Third garage proposal.\nThis is good news for frustrated students like Wirth.\n"I'm often upset that I pay so much for a permit and am late for work because I had no where to park," he said. "I would support an increase in permit prices by $3, if it will help Parking Operations to get more spots for students."\nFor more information visit www.parking.indiana.edu or www.indiana.edu/~iusa.\n-- Contact staff writer Cecelia Wolford at cwolford@indiana.edu.
(03/04/04 4:45am)
Freshman Trisha Johnson was very excited to hear about the Hilltop Gardening and Nature Center's individual plots for sale. \n"I loved to garden at home, but really miss it at school," Johnson said. "I would definitely like to get a garden plot of my own to use here in Bloomington. I'm pretty sure I couldn't plant any corn in front of the dorm."\nThe individual garden plots run for $60 plus a $30 tool deposit fee which includes mulch, tools and water. They are about 10 by 12 feet in size. One orientation session is required and the growing season runs from May 17 to Oct.18. \nThe Hilltop Garden Center offers many other programs and activities as well. One is the Hilltop Summer Youth Garden Program from Jun. 7 to Aug. 9. The program, for kids ages seven and up, is a summer camp within an organic garden and includes field trips, games, crafts and guest speakers. \nAnother activity is volunteer work. \n"Hilltop is always looking for volunteers," said Program Coordinator Nathan Denn. "Typical volunteer work could include general grounds work, garden work and greenhouse work."\nHilltop Garden and Nature Center started in 1948 and is one of the first youth gardens in the country. Hilltop is also a program of the Department of Recreation and Park Administration in the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at IU. The organization continues to grow each year and offers everything from community gardening to nature education. The center also owns the Seward Preserve, a 20-acre wooded nature preserve in Monroe County. It is the site of many nature and woodland ecology programs. \n"Hilltop promotes lifetime attitudes of respect for and nurturance of the earth and its inhabitants through sharing in gardening experiences, environmental education and community involvement," Denn said.\nHilltop employee Marcia Figueiredo works with the therapeutic horticulture area of the organization. \n"We do a little bit of therapeutic horticulture," Figueiredo said. "I have a group of developmentally disabled people from Stonebelt."\nThis group comes from Stonebelt to volunteer and help with the gardening, which Figueiredo said is a great activity for both the mind and body.\n"We are also interested in year-round plant sales and focusing on native and endangered plants in Indiana," she said. \nFigueiredo said Hilltop also grows heirloom vegetables -- plants whose seeds have been passed down plant to plant for 50 years or more. Hilltop employees mostly work with peppers and tomatoes, but also work with a few other types of heirloom plants. \n"They are plants with a history," Figueiredo said.\nJohnson, a self proclaimed garden expert, plans on visiting Hilltop this spring. \n"I think what you get is definitely worth the cost for the plot," she said. "I would like to learn more about Hilltop."\nFor more information regarding these opportunities or to request a registration packet, contact Nathan Denn, program coordinator at 855-2799 or hilltop@indiana.edu. It is open from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Visitors must check in with Hilltop staff upon arrival. \n-- Contact staff writer Cecelia Wolford at cwolford@indiana.edu.
(02/02/04 4:00am)
If senior Shannon Henning ever needs an ambulance, she'll make sure and bring her checkbook.\n"(I'd) have to pay a grand for an ambulance to take me ten blocks," she said.\nHenning, a pre-medical student, supports a new initiative from IU Emergency Medical Services that will ultimately make ambulances free for IU students. \nIU Emergency Medical Service, a student volunteer organization, provides emergency medical services at a low cost to student and community events in the Bloomington area. In addition to providing medical care, the service also teaches classes on CPR, Emergency Medical Training and First Aid. \n"The service provides emergency medical technicians to events on campus like Little 500 and Dance Marathon" said IU-EMS President Jared Shapiro.\nBoth students and members of the community can participate in the classes.\nIU-EMS was started in 1994, offering pre-hospital education classes. In 1997, it was reorganized to work toward becoming a campus ambulance provider run by undergraduate and graduate students. IU-EMS students study to become certified emergency medical technicians. Students who join must be certified by the American Heart Association in CPR.\nThe goal of IU-EMS is to one day provide ambulance service to the IU campus at no cost to students, Shapiro said. Currently, students are charged by the Bloomington Hospital if they need emergency medical care.\nMost other large colleges have this service already, but IU has yet to acquire its own ambulance service. Shapiro said he hopes by getting the organization's name out at many student events on campus, the group will get enough support to achieve its goal.\nIU Police Department Sergeant David Rhodes said getting ambulances for IU-EMS is a worthy cause. \n"It's been several years in the making, and I've backed it since the very beginning that the IU-EMS program would be accepted with that hope that they would provide service to the IU campus and surrounding area one day," he said. \nIU-EMS will offer a mass CPR class Feb. 7 and will also host an event at this year's Little 500 on April 23 and 24. The event, which will be taught with the American Heart Association, is expected to attract 100 to 200 people, Shapiro said.\nFor more information visit www.indiana.edu/~iuems/index.html or email IU-EMS at iuems@indiana.edu. \n-- Contact staff writer Cecelia Wolford at cwolford@indiana.edu.
(12/15/03 5:12am)
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