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PAQ£2 ^ EDITORIALS / LETTERS THE TWIQ April 25, 1983 Editorial New Impersonal room process The computer age has definitely arrived on the Meredith campus, and It has arrived with a bang. Per the first time, rooming arrangements vtrlll be done this year by computer. Some say it Is a sign of progress and change. A com puterized assignment system may be Just ihat, but Is it what Meredith really wants and needs? Many problems could result from this new room assignment process. Being such a small coliege community, many Meredith students know each other and have developed many friendships along the way. At the same time, some students have very definite personality conflicts that are best avoided, if some of these studmts got on the same hedi, it could be a very un^ pleasant year for all the parties involved. The fomier way of choosing rooms t>ased on a priority system would limit the student displeasure that could possibly result In many room d^nges next year. Choosing the room you want to live in allows friends to live together and enemies to Iceep apart. It provides for better hall unity and spirit. Meredith has ^ways be^ a highly personal eolle^, always ready to meet the needs of the student. Unfortunately, a computer will not be able to measure a student's nieeds as well as an in dividual. Many rising seniors feel deprived because they will not tn able to spend tl^eir senior year with the friends they have made through the past thm years. Hopefully, tt>e computerized room assignment process will tie cwefully looked into before it is used again next year, MLS What is a '^'^Custom-Made Text”? A "custom-made text” is an Individualized anthology of reeding materials prepar^ for classroom use. Sometimes a representative from a copy shop will approach a professor and offer to assemble a ''textbook" by copying and combining excerpts from previously published texts and journals as well as complete artides. Some professors seem to like the idea of providing their students with "customized" textboAs, and the apparent cost is relatively iow...ger>eraily, }ust the copy center’s fee for reproducing the materials. There's Just one thing wrong with thte: Copy centers that offer this ser/lce bypass the proper copyright clesrance procedures and directly violate U.S. copyright laws. The concept of the custom- made text Is relatively new, but It has "federal case.” In 1960, several book publishers with the support of the Association of American Publishers, tx^ght legal action against the Gnomon and Tyco copying shops. The publishers charged that the shops were creating tffthologies of copyrighted materials for classroom use without seeking prior authorization from the copyright owners. Under court ordered conserit decress, these commercial copying centers are now prohibited from “an thologizing” wfien permission has not yet been given by the copyright owners of the works involved. A similar case was filed In December 1962 ^Inst New Yoi1 University, nine professors at that university, «md a neart;y copy shop. This Is the first Instance of a university and profeesors being charged with copyright violation. At this writing, the suit Is still pending. Why must copyright owners be so vigilant? Because authors and publl^>ers are entitled to see their efforts rewarded. 1^ licensing and publication of anthologies and ^milar collections is vitally important to many authors and publishers; for some, it is th^r principal source of Income. Does the cafeteria cramp students* style? When was the last time you went to a restaurant such^ the K & W or the Piccadilly and had to sit on the floor or had to eat so close to some unknown being tt^at every time you lifted your forit to eat, you hit that person with your elbow? If you haven't experienced this when dining out It Is possible that you have repeatedly 6k- perienced this when eating in Beik Dining Hall.) have nothing s^inst sitting on floors or meeting people but I, as well as others, would prefer to do both under different circumstances. I, by all means, do not object to out^ders using our cafeteria to have banquets, but I do object to these people taking up the students' seating area. I think it is wonderful for people to have the divine opportunity to dine in Meredith's cafeteria, but I feel that they should do so a^ter we, the students, have eaten. We ail pay a substantial SOME PEOPLE RETIRE WITH MORE THANJUSTA GOLD WATCH. m anwunt of money to be able to eat in the cafeteria and I believe the students ^ujuld have first pfioflty for caf^erla privileges, and outsiders second. \ understand that it takes time to "set up” for outside groups to eat and I can see why our diligent cafeteria workers see a reason to prepare the tables before the lunch and dinner rush hour; however, I feel that these luncheons and dinnefs should occur after our eating hours to allow er>ough seating spaces for Meredith students, if the guests were asked to schedule their feasts iater. I honestly believe they would not mind If they put So know the risks. Don’t smoke. |AAAERiaV4 ^CANCER f SOQETY* themselves in our portion. The guests must feei awkward wtien they loA around and see how much they Inconvenience us students and proCiably feei worse wtwn they hear the unfriendly convnents ttuit are made about the guests being here again. 1 feel the students' attitude towards the visitors would t>e more positive if the guests' dinners didn’t Interrupt and conflict with our regularly scheduled meals. Not only would I appreciate this change but I know many of the people Classified Tit D*v TM Ymt UM TatMlMr OMy • prafMslwal pmWriUm Dm mi tiMnMM •imtDm «■ m«k» VMT mwiMTiM all yM WWI ttm M M. e«li «t M m ow ur» fiM mu Kcutwi Httnm. tlHimrHwi Earn $500 oTItk^ each school year. Flexible hours. Monthly payment for placing posters on campus. Bonus based on results. Prizes awarded as well. dOO-526-0863 Rales ff«r Sabailttlag Twig Article* H your club or organization is interested in submitting an artlda toTTie TWO, please follow thedlractk>n8 below: 1) Either type double-spaoe OR prtnt on lined notebook paper, skipping every other tine. Do not write on the beck of a P^- 2) Count every word in the article artd place at the top of the page. 3) Leave a phone number of a person who can be contacted >1 there are any questions. 4) Put In aTWIQ drop enve^pe. These are located outside the doors of 107 Barefoot, 223 Paircioth, sod The TWTQ office, 2i^ floor Cate Center. TheTWQ appredatesanyarticles of interest to the coliege community, who have had to sit on the floor mid knock elbows v^th people would appreciate the change too. lam Interested in hearing how you feei about this situation and request that you write THE TWO and express your feelings on this subject. CynfWa L Church Copy centers that publish iiie^ anthologies muscle in on the market of legitimate publishers and deprive them of, in some Instances, their main source of iiveiihood. In conclusk>n, the wise student ^11 be cautious atxtut using photocopies of copyrighted materials In the classroom-whether they were iirfwtocopied by the stud^t, the professor, the library, a copy center, or whomever. Sorrie materials, incidentally, may be reprinted for classroom use under certain conditions without prior authorization from the publisher; but where this Is not tlie case, the student should beware. Thank you from First Stringfield The students on first Strirtgfleid would like to extend our many thanks to Joe Baker and to all the ladles in Housekeeping that made our dream of getting new furniture in our parlor become a reality. We really appreciate this gesture. Because our parior welcomes all the visitors, we feel all the giris in the dorm will benefit from the furniture. We hope every first floor pwtor will have the same opportunity we were able to have. Thank you iig^Oh this tremendous gift. We all ^n- cerely appreciate It. Many thanks, The Girls on First Stringfield THE TWIG Gofcgp ftAl£IQH, NORTH CAROUNA 27611 B 0 H)0/«CR I Edltor-ln-^tilef Linda Sellers Assistant Editor Emiiy Creig Managing Editor ■Amy James Senior Reporters Molly AfcOee, Melody West Staff Barters MIchelJe Cherry, Sarah Jane Jones Ailyn Turner Cynthia Church Cartoonist laura Gibson Business Manager Michelle Chenry Layout Editor Ailyn Turner Layout Staff Maria Kling Sports Editor Linda Cheei Exchange Editor Betsy Bosw«ll Advertising Manager Sheila Grady Advertising Staff Amy James Circulation Managers Ellen Austin, Ijiura Payne Proofreaders Pat Lewis, Carolyn McLeod Faculty Advisors Mr. Bill Norton Dr. Thomas Panarrxjre The Twig welcomes comment and will give ' prompt consideration to any criticisms submitted in I writing and signed by the writer. _
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