24,2003 ad itimenu ntries can b{ il and Ameri- CA have ere- ps and a com- iredetermined ;nts may have aericanswhec CA, but those changed ther students ording to Kec ;lared interna- South Korea, lanada, I used ■e self, and all igno- :-mail. “There se that, but after meeting reatUNCA; le stereotypes iing on what impressions; I country. Re. f provides difference he ld reality, isually respect bout my cul- students, like 1 with people •eotypes, their ickhome may riends already I Jang,' ti a very upset eans against itial of exp( n their trips, jating in the e a great id to the ideas the different to Poole, travel with the preconceived i ErsoflF, ■ The Blue Banner Features UN CA takes Shakespeare to wild west Opinion Suspicious of the National State of Affairs ■ see page 11 Sports Tennis squads play in BSC Tourney ■ see page 4 Volume 37 Issue 12 The Student Newspaper of UNC-Asheville »rgia. Hail an dollars, rst weather Hurricane - Mount reported in 10 days, all total for 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 EVAN SCHAFER/GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER 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- MAX TAINTOR/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER 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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