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UNCA seniors prepare for graduation
Christina Clayton
News Reporter
Approximately 590 UNCA stu-
lents will graduate May 17.
Commencement activities begin
vith a reception on the Quad at
; 15 a.m. The commencement cer-
monywill begin at 9:30 a.m. Frank
diodes, professor of geological sci-
and president emeritus of
]ornell University, will deliver the
ceynote address.
UNCA will award the honorary
legree of Doctor of Humane Leters
keynote speaker, Rhodes; former
'i.e. Supreme Court Chief Justice
■ idge Henry Frye; Yolanda Moses,
I cultural anthropologist and presi-
lent of the American Association
bn-Higher Education and Hugh
dorton, regional conservationist
nd owner of Grandfather Moun-
lin, according to the UNCA Web
UNCA will also hold a reunion
uncheon for the Classes of 1953
nd 197.8 in the Dining Hall fol-
owing the ceremony.
Graduating seniors have begun
laking plans for the upcoming
immer, job hunting and graduate
Some students, like Mary Ray, an
tmospheric science major, will
ontinue to look for jobs after gradu-
ion and through the summer.
‘I have no idea what I’m doing
bis summer, probably looking for
job,” said Ray. “It’s hard to get a
ob. We’re not really in demand
ight now, especially in broadcast,
dowever, my dream job is to work
WBTV in Charlotte as the
weather chick.’”
Some graduating seniors plan to
rork this summer.
Holly Gillespie, a psychology
najor, will work at Eagle’s Nest, a
amp located near Brevard that pro-
m
“My education at
UNCA has
helped me in
many ways, and I
just don^t mean
the classroom edu
cation, but a lot of
extracurricular
activities. It has
helped me decide
what to do”
JenniferCraddocky
graduatingsenior
psychology major
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Sarah Grano, features editor for The Blue Banner in cap and gown, is flanked by The Blue Banner Editorial staff. Beginning clockwise from
Grano: Sara Miller, Dearborn McCorkle, Matthew McCorkle, Stuart Gaines, Jason McGill, Ed Fickle and Whitney Setser.
vides “an alternative environment
for kids,” according to Gillespie.
“They’re not allowed to bring
TV’s. They’re not allowed to bring
candy,” said Gillespie. “They are
encouraged to find a space in na
ture. There’s a lot of camping and a
lot of talk about respecting the en
vironment and animals.”
Gillespie worked at the camp last
year as a cook and this, year will
perform the duties of head counse
lor of the oldest girls cabin. She will
supervise 14 to 15 year olds and will
teach art classes.
After the summer, Gillespie plans
on spending a year with
AmeriCorps.
“It’s a local program that doesn’t
travel,” said Gillespie. “I’ll be tutor
ing and doing an after school pro
gram for the YMCA and stuff like
that.”
Gillespie will also spend the year
applying to graduate schools and
taking Graduate Record Examina
tions. Trying to prepare for gradu
ate school while finishing her se
nior year “seemed like too much,”
according to Gillespie.
Gillespie plans on getting her doc
torate in social psychology.
“It’s different than the whole lay-
on-the-couch-and-tell-me-about-
your-mother stuff”
Gillespie wants to eventually go
into the teaching profession.
“My dream job? Is it cheesy if I say
a professor at UNCA?” asked
Gillespie. “I want to focus my ef
forts on teaching what we’ve al
ready learned from research so that
people can use it in their lives.”
Jennifer Craddock, another psy
chology major, plans to find a sum
mer job to help pay for graduate
school this upcomingfall. Craddock
interned with the Department of
Student Life and participated in
the Student Government Associa
tion and the Baptist Student Union.
“I’m probably going to go to
graduate school next year at the
University of Tennessee at Knox-
May 1, 2003
UNCA hon
ors victims of
the Holocaust
Kristen Ruggeri
News Reporter
See GRADUATION Page 12
Recording industry sues college students
Beth Wyche
News Reporter
The Recording Industry Associa-
on of America (RIAA) recently
lunched three lawsuits against col-
:ge students, whose Web sites on
:hool servers violated copyright
nfringement laws. The lawsuits
:quest that the Web sites be shut
I, while seeking maximum
amages of $150,000 per song.
“I feel like the amount they’re
uing these students for is way out
'f proportion,” said Joshua
lollingsworth, an undeclared
ophomore. “I don’t really think
nybody should be sued unless they
re storing a lot of songs or are
oing over board.”
The RIAA lawsuit targets three
ifiidentified students from three
ifferent schools: Princeton Uni-
ersity in New Jersey, Rensselaer
’olytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.
nd Michigan Technological Uni-
ersity in Houghton, Michigan, ac
cording to The Washington Post.
The RIAA intentionally opted to
file suit rather than file a copyright
complaint through the school, due
to the high levels of active file swap
ping.
The RIAA claims that allegedly
between 27,000 to 1 million songs
were stolen. The RIAA discovered
the sites through the school news
papers, according to The Washing
ton Post.
“I think when you start archiving
your media files into albums and
artists as well as getting into thou
sands of songs, then you’re defi
nitely going overboard,” said
Hollingsworth. “But I don’t neces
sarily think it’s wrong to down
load.”
Yet, United States law and mem
bers of the recording industry dis-i
agree.
“We want this infringement
stopped for good,” said Matthew J.
Oppenheim, the RIAA’s senior vice
president for business and legal af
fairs in a Washington Post article.
“Frankly, we are hopefiil that this
round of lawsuits will send a mes-
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Katie Guertin, a junior literature major, listens to samples from a
CD at a local music store before making her purchase.
sage to others that they should im- launched at college network
mediately sease and desist.” according to a CNN Web s:
The RIAA lawsuits mark the first tide.
major legal battle specifically File sharing remains problematic See FILE SHARING Page 12
for many college campuses, includ
ing UNCA.
“Violations are everywhere on this
campus,” said Kern Parker, direc
tor of the UNCA computer center.
“We’re not naive. File sharing is
absolutely rife, just totally perva
sive in RESNET (the UNCA resi
dential internet network).”
While file sharing permeates
RESNET, UNCA policies, which
adhere to the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998,
prevent UNCA from taking a pro
active role in seeking out copyright
offenders.
Since campus residents pay for
their internet services through stu-
dentfees, the DMCA views UNCA
as a standard internet service pro
vider, explained Parker. As such,
the recording industry cannot hold
the university liable for copyright
infringements committed by resi
dent students.
However, under the DMCA “we
have the obligation to be responsive
to complaints by copyright owners
In honor of Holocaust Education
Week, UNCA presented numer
ous cultural events providing the
Asheville and UNCA community
with an opportunity to reflect on
the Holocaust.
“It’s important to remember the
Holocaust and the events that led
up to it so we can do our best to
ensure nothing like it happens again,
not to any people,” said Rick Chess,
associate director of the literature
and language department and di
rector of the center for Jewish Stud-
Holocaust Education week is im
portant so people will count their
blessings and realize how lucky they
are, according to Emily Atkins, a
senior literature major.
Events for Holocaust Education
Week began Apr. 22 and ended
Apr. 29. The events were open to
the Asheville community as well as
students, faculty and staff members
ofUNCA, according to the UNCA
Web site.
“This year, events include a talk
by Elizabeth Snyder (professor of
foreign language) on two Jewish
women poets, a talk by Robert
Melson on his experiences in Po
land during the Holocaust and a
screening of‘The Quarrel’ followed
by a discussion led by Ken Betsalel
(professor of political science),” said
Chess.
The events during Holocaust
Education Week attract a lot of
people. The talk given Ijy Melson,
a Jewish studies expert, had an ex
pected attendance of 125 people
for his lecture on his personal expe
riences in Poland. Other events
were expected to draw at least 20 to
50 people, according to Chess.
Speakers covered a wide range of
topics including history^ li erature,
personal experience, politics, law,
theology and many more, accord
ing to Chess.
Readers announced the names of
Holocaust victims in front of the
library for eight hours each day
from Apr. 22 to Apr. 24, according
to Kim Garfield, a senior Spanish
and environmental studies major.
Although many vicitims of the
Holocaust were not Jewish, the Jew-
ish population was, by far, the most
affected by it, according to Sam
Kaplan, assistant mathematics pro-
“We try not to limit the speakers
to onlyjewish topics,” said Kaplan.
“However, 12 million people died
and half of them were Jewish. This
has a significant effect within Juda-
because that was two-thirds of
the Jewish population in Europe at
the time.”
This is the fourth year UNCA has
conducted Holocaust Education
Week, according to Kaplan.
“It seems like every year we are
able to come up with ways Holo
caust Education Week applies to
that year,” said Jacob Komisar, a
senior political science major and
>-president of Western North
Carolina Hillel, the Jewish Student
Association.
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