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4 THE Seahawk/Dctdber 26, ZOOO UNCV. Campus Crime Blotter for the week of October 15 - 22, 200(i October 15 4:15 a.m. - A resident student was referred to the Dean of Students (DOS) office for a visitation violation at Belk Hall. 4:00 p.m. - Andrew P Maughan, 24,1243 C Columbus Circle, was chained with driv ing with a suspended license and expired inspection. October 16 1:18 p.m.-Andrew R.Cofiinan, 17,3435 Wilshire Blvd., and Patrick T. Butts, 18 of Greenville, N.C., were involved in a traf fic accident on Riegel Road. Butts’ vehicle sustained $1,500 in damage, Coffman’s sustained $2,500 in damage, and Coffman was chaiged with a safe movement viola tion. 1:45 p.m. - Michael J. Durako, 45, a UNCW faculty member, reported the theft of a university-owned l^op computer and a backpack from Friday HaU. 2:33 p.m - The Department of Ciiricular Studies reported two books stolen. 4:16 p.m. - Philip T. Bynum, 21, reported two books stolen fk)m Randall Library. 10:00p.m.-SarahE. HomeU, 18,aUNCW student, was arrested for possession of mari juana with intent to sell and possession of drug paraphernalia. October 17 1:02 a.m. - A resident student was referred to the DOS for endangering the health and safety of others by climbing a tree outside Galloway Hall. 1:15 arm. - A resident student was referred to DOS for underage possession of alcohol at Galloway Hall. 10:56 am. - The Hawk's Nest reported a “smoker’s um” (ashtray) stolen. 12:22 p.m. - Kenneth R. Puigason, 20, a stu dent, reported larceny of textbooks from Randall Library. 1:27 p.m -Christopher J. Beahan, 22, backed a state-owned vehicle into another state- owTied vehicle at Wagoner Hall, resulting in $2(X) of damages. October 18 1:30p.m. - Sue S. Bartlett, 21, and Constance A. Hinson, 19, both UNCW students, were involved in a traffic accident at "E” Lot. Bartlett’s vehicle sustained $350 in damage, and Hinson’s vehicle sustained $1,6(X) in damage. 11:30 p.m -Three reports of harassing phone calls at Belk Hall were reported. 11:56 p.m. - Michael AZichy, 18, a UNCW student, reported a stolen bicycle at the Uni versity Union. October 19 12:26 p.m. - Michael O. Wmters, 22,712 S. 5* St., was charged with failing to register his vehicle, fictitious registration, and driv ing with no insurance. 12:51 p.m.-The bookstore reported larceny and obtaining property by false pretenses. 5:05 p.m. - Dina M. Burelli, 20, a UNCW student, was charged with driving with ex pired registration and inspection. 6:00 p.m. - A resident student reported re ceiving harassing phone calls. 8:03 p.m. - Jeanette Levaughn, 29, of Leland, was charged with speeding and no insurance. 10:21 p.m. - Kristina R. Downing, 22, of Wrightsville Beach, was charged with run ning a stop sign and driving with a suspended license. October 20 Marij uana and dmg paraphernalia was seized from the Apartments area UNCWPD is in vestigating. ll:35ara-Kristen L.Corutn, 18,aUNCW student, reported minor injuries and damage to her vehicle after her air bags deployed for unknown reasons. 12:05 p.m. - John M. Atkinson, 18, and Samuel O. Omolewu, 24, both UNCW stu dents, were involved in a traffic accident on Randall Drive. $10,(XX) in damage oc curred to Atkinson’s vehicle and $6,0(X) in damage was sustained by Omolewu’s ve hicle. No injuries were reported. 4:07 p.m. - Three resident students were referred to DOS for possession of mari juana and drug paraphernalia on Wood Dale Drive. 7:00p.m.-Asign was reported stolen from the Boseman softball field. October 21 12:57 am. - Aresident student was referred to DOS for underage possession of alco hol in “L” Lot, October 22 10:45 am. - A UNCW student reported theft of sunglasses from Madeline Suite. 5:04 p.m. - A non-student was trespassed fiom the campus for skateboard policy vio lations. 5:22 p.m. - Two resident students were found carrying a “Stop” sign; the sign was confiscated. Squrce: UNCW Police Virginia refuses to bar Napster at state universities BY Kristina Stefanqva Knibht-Ridder Tribune Virginia’s public colleges and uni versities, despite legal pressure from music groups, will not prevent their students from using Napster on cam pus, the state’s attorney general said last week. His statement came in response to a letter from a Los Angeles law firm representing rock group Metallica and rapper Dr. Dre in a suit against the on-line music file sharing service for copyright infringement. The firm urged Virginia colleges to ban Napster. “It would not be productive to di rect Virginia’s public institutions of higher education to block student ac cess to Napster, especially since the law on the issue has not been clearly and definitely addressed by the courts,” wrote Mark Earley, the attor ney general who serves as legal coun sel to the state’s public institutions, “The cyber marketplace should not be subjected to the interference you seek while litigation is pending on this very issue and no injunction has been issued,” he added. While Virginia would not go along with the request, some 34 percent of the nation’s leading universities agreed with the law firm. Those insti tutions now prevent students from ac cessing Napster, according to Gartner Group, a Stamford, Conn.-based re search firm. The recent study by the group found that several high-profile insti tutions like Yale, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Kent State, New York Univer sity, Arizona State, Oregon State and the University of Texas prevent their students from using Napster while on campus. Yale, for example, banned Napster because it got named as a defendant in Metallica and Dr. Dre’s lawsuit. So did the University of South Carolina and Indiana University, which have now also banned the service. But equally prestigious colleges like Princeton, Harvard, Penn State, Michigan State, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Cornell University, and locally, Johns Hopkins University have not turned their back on Napster. Afraid of potential lawsuits, Marymount University in Arlington also has banned Napster. “It’s an open (legislative) question and we feel it’s appropriate (to ban Napster) until the issue is settled,” said Laurie Callahan, a spokeswoman for the university. The only other Washington region school to prevent its students from ac cess Napster is St. Johns College in Annapolis, which blocks the service through a fire wall, a technology that prevents users from accessing the Web site. St. Johns, however, banned Napster not because of legal issue but because its computer framework couldn’t handle the heavy traffic that results from downloading on-line music files, a college spokeswoman said. Since it went on line last year, Napster has attracted over 30 million users without the help of advertising, making it the fastest growing Internet site ever. The software, which lets us ers search for and download music on line for free, was written by a 19- years-old college student. “It’s very popular. All on-line mu sic is popular,” said Brett Zongker, a sophomore at American University as well as news features editor at the college newspaper, the Eagle. AU banned Napster for nine months this year, but not because the university was siding with Metallica or Dr. Dre or the Recording Industry Association of America, which is also suing Napster. Like St. Johns, AU’s computer system couldn’t handle the heavy traffic Napster created. But the university upgraded its sys tem, and students have been able to access Napster again since last month. Four other D.C. institutions — Georgetown University, George Washington University, the Univer sity of the District of Columbia and Catholic University — have never tried to ban Napster. “Some schools have their resident halls attached to their network and it’s really hurting the education processes and uses of the network,” said Peter Murray, vice provost for information technologies at Catholic. “So they look at doing something about stu dents’ access to the Internet. But we don’t have that problem here.” Napster’s lawsuit began in early October. Late in the summer its op ponents won an injunction to shut it down, but the company appealed, won and remained on line. “Once we know what is happen ing legally through the courts we can then follow that direction,” Mr. Murray said. Like Virginia, Maryland’s public schools have left Napster alone. “It hasn’t become a problem to the point where university presidents are considering such a move,” said Chris Hart, a public information officer for the University of Maryland System.
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