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®ljr laily dar MM Local Officials Respond to College Alcoholism Survey By James Russ Staff Writer In response to a recent study, local officials say that while it’s hard to pin point binge drinkers, they’re working to stamp out the broader problem of alco holism on UNC’s campus. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism conducted a study, released April 9, that states that about 40 percent of college students are classified as binge drinkers -a finding that parallels last year’s information. Illegal Downloads Continue to Go Up File-sharing is still rising in popularity, and college students are one of the technology's main users. By Christen Broecker Staff Writer Despite record companies’ dramatic success in forcing thejuly 2001 shutdown of Napster - formerly the nation’s pre miere Internet music exchange program - experts say the use of illegitimate file sharing networks continues to rise nation wide, particularly on college campuses. Napster was by far the most prominent of the unrestricted file-sharing services that has appeared on the Internet within the last two years. Its demise was initially seen as a major triumph for the record industry and advocates of copyright protection. But Matt Bailey, the founder of Redshift Research, a research firm which focuses on Internet file sharing, said that while there were at least 1.57 million users logged on to file-sharing servers at any given time at the peak of Napster’s success, that figure has risen to 2 million. “It’s possible that record executives have managed to slow growth, but what we’re seeing now is more file sharing than ever,” Bailey said. The decision by the free file-sharing server Morpheus to join the Gnutella net work last month might very well lead to another dramatic increase in file-sharing networks’ usership. Use of the Gnutella network increased by almost 300 percent on the weekend that Morpheus joined the network. “The rise of Gnutella is a further sign that pirated music will never go away, said Bailey. “It may change, but it’s not likely to disappear.” But one organization has responded to the threat of illegitimate file sharing in a proactive way. The Recording Industry Association of America, a trade group that represents the five major record labels, is in the process of enact ing what it believes is a positive alterna tive to services like Gnutella. Amanda Collins, a spokeswoman for RIAA, said the organization has devel oped a two-pronged strategy aimed at protecting the rights of artists and copy right owners - educating individuals on copyright law and encouraging “legiti mate” alternatives to services like uhc Daily dar Hrrl | For Rent | Great Location. Intertret conneons far each resided /Granville\ I TOWERS (370-4500/ 1 Spaces available! \ Fall 2002 / \ ...HURRY! 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But Chapel Hill police crisis coordi nator Matt Sullivan said that from a policing perspective that it is hard to pick out those who are binge drinkers. “The citations we give out have nothing to do with how much you drink,” Gnutella and Morpheus. “The music industry is listening to what consumers want,” Collins said. “The future is bright because these (sub scription) services are still in version 1.0.” The sharing of pirated files seems especially unlikely to disappear on uni versity campuses nationwide, Bailey said. Although many administrations have developed policies aimed at reduc ing student use of file-sharing services, their efforts have not produced any sig nificant results. “The question here is whether the incentive (to prevent file sharing) to universities is really worth the hassle to block access,” he said. Bailey said that universities have always had the ability to block student use of file-sharing services but have only taken action when network traffic was so large as to create a significant slowdown. UNC Director of Networking Jim Gogan said the University has always pos sessed the capability to deny students on the network access to file-sharing services but are ideologically opposed to doing so. “The use of the application is the prob lem, not the application itself,” he said. Jeanne Smythe, UNC director of computer policy, said the University’s Procedure on Dealing with Possible Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights is enforced once potential viola tors are brought to her attention. If a complaint from a copyright hold er or the RIAA is received against a par ticular student, the University verifies that the student has engaged in sharing activity and then places the user in the “penalty box." The student’s computer is taken off the network but he or she is free to use other computers on the network. After signing an agreement to refrain from downloading, violators will be rein stated in the network but repeat offend ers are reported to the Honor Court. Despite the occurrence of such policy violations, Smythe said the University’s interests would not be served by denying all students access to services with which they could potentially violate copyrights. “Our intention is that we should not block technology,” Smythe said. “We’re an edu cational institution, and we want students and faculty to be able to experiment with file sharing since there are legal and appropriate uses for this technology.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. | For Rent | | For Rental 4BR/2.58A HOUSE near mall Walk, bike to campus, hospital Central air. heat, deck. 2 refrigerators, stove. 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By Christen Broecker Staff Writer A recent report states that teacher salaries in North Carolina and across the nation have been experiencing growth far below economic trends, a pattern that is likely to continue in states experiencing budget shortfalls. The study, released April 8 by the National Education Association - an organization that represents 2.6 million educators nationwide, ranked N.C. teacher salaries as 21st in the nation. Denise Cardinal, a spokeswoman for the NEA, said North Carolina’s low teacher salaries are far from unique. “What we’ve seen in this report is that over the course of a decade, teachers’ salaries, adjusted for inflation, only went up one-half percent,” she said. “That’s just barely keeping up with inflation, and there were 30 states below that average.” Cardinal said such low salaries have created a nationwide shortage in capa ble educators, threatening the quality of education in the nation’s public schools. “The single most important factor in how well a student learns is the quality of his teacher,” Cardinal said. “It’s hard to attract the best and the brightest when the money is not there.” Cardinal said she does not expect a reversal of the the low salary trend any time soon. “Education is one of the first things to go to the chopping block dur ing financial crises because it costs so much,” she said. Vanessa Jeter, a public information officer for the N.C. 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