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©?p Sotiij (Tar Hprl $ ft'i The University and Towns In Brief Police Offering Reward In NCSU Murder Case Chapel Hill police continue their investigation of a N.C. State student by offering a $1,200 reward for any infor mation in the case. Michael Gregory Crosby was found dead near the Orange Water and Sewer Authority plant on New Year’s Day. Crosby had been shot in the head with A handgun. Authorities from Chapel Hill police And the State Bureau of Investigation are asking for any information that could possibly assist in the arrest of the person or persons responsible for Crosby’s death. •' Anyone with any information is asked to contact Chapel Hill police Investigator Robin Clark at 968-2760 or Chapel Hill-Carrboro Crimestoppers at 942-7.515. CAA Creates Listserv For Sports Schedules The Carolina Athletic Association has set up a listserv to make students more aware of the organization’s activ ities. Information provided includes schedules for Homecoming, “Beat Dook Week” activities, basketball tick et distribution and upcoming sporting events. To sign up for the listserv, go to www.unc.edu/caa and click on the link that says “Click here to subscribe to the CAA announcement listserv.” Then fol low the directions. Fortune Seeks Students For Feature Article Fortune magazine is interested in fea turing students who have received mul tiple job offers in their May issue as some of this year’s “superstars,” said Marcia Harris, University Career Services director. Those who are willing to talk to the magazine and be photographed, should contact Harris for information at mar cia_harris@unc.edu. Volunteers should state their major and the organizations who offered them jobs. Activist to Lead Talk At Local Bookstore William Upski Wimsatt, author of No More Prisons and founder of the Raleigh-based Reciprocity organization, will lead a discussion on grassroots organizing Thursday. The discussion, which will focus on grassroots organizing, will be held at the Internationalist Bookstore, located at 405 W. Franklin St. Wimsatt, a 27-year-old Chicago native, became a columnist for the Source magazine at 16. He has also written for a dozens of other national publications, including The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Reader. He was named a Younger Scholar by the National Endowment for the Humanities and received an Individual Artist Award from the Illinois Arts Council. A college drop-out, Wimsatt has called for young people to hold them selves accountable for their own educa tions, whether in or out of the class room. Wimsatt spoke at the University Tuesday night in Murphey Hall, focus ing on “creative ways to keep the world intact for future generations.” Volunteers Honored During Special Week Volunteer Orange!, a service of United Way, honored more than 3,500 volunteers during National Volunteer Week, which was from April 9 to April 15. National Volunteer Week is a way of thanking the millions of people who have made contributions to their com munities. , For more information, or to inquire about volunteer positions in Orange County, call 929-9837. New Provisional Report Released by Task Force The Shaping Orange County’s Future Task Force completed delibera tions on a provisional report April 5. The report is available online at www.co.orange.nc.us/shaping. The task force was charged with developing a quality growth and com munity-building program for all of Orange County. There will be a countywide public forum in mid-May for comment and discussion. For more information, call 245-2597. From Staff Reports New Laws Trigger Old Debate Tragedy Sparks Firearm Locks And Deadlocks By Rachel Leonard Staff Writer When Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening announced earlier this month that the state would require built-in gun locks beginning in 2003, he attempted to demon strate how the mechanism worked. But it took him a few tries to unlock the device. The National Rifle Association immediately began running televi sion announcements featuring the video clip of the governor, insinu ating that gun owners would not have time to protect themselves in an emergency. Recent school shootings have Americans searching for an answer to gun violence -and find ing that there might not be an easy one. The decade-old issue picked up speed one year ago after two Columbine High School students claimed 13 lives before turning the guns on themselves. The shootings pushed school violence deep into the political arena but also into a lion’s den of lobbyists. The NRA is spending millions of dollars to fight stricter gun legislation. In response, gun control advo cates accuse them of interfering with the democratic political process. Individual states, including North Carolina, have passed new gun control laws in the year since Columbine. But disagreements have logjammed all See LEGISLATION, Page 10 Area School to Unveil Anti-Violence Program By Sarah Brier Staff Writer In an ideal school that enjoyed stabilization through uniforms, a low student-teacher ratio and a high computer-student ratio, the fear of violence would still linger. “If we asked, that principal would say she still worried about school violence,” said Maj. Ralph Stephenson, who works in the the safe schools divi sion of the Wake County Sheriffs Department. With the tragedy of the Columbine High School episode still fresh in students’ and faculty’s minds, the state is attempting to find the answer to prevent- Students Fight for Nature-Friendly Development By Denise Scott Staff Writer Two UNC students are trying to ensure that development plans for the University-owned Horace Williams Land Tract are environmentally sound. Senior Joshua Smith and sophomore Leigh Ann Cienek presented concerns Friday to the Sustainability Coalition, a University committee formed to aid UNC in reducing environmental destruction in its operations. The students formed Green Research Offering Widespread Sustainability to encourage environmental awareness among local developers. The tract in question is a 979-acre site off Airport Road that houses an airport, municipal yard and Laying it On &eLine Internet Increases Access to Gambling By John Zhu Staff Writer Matt is a senior at UNC. He lives in a state that pro hibits wagering on athletic events, and he doesn’t know any underground bookies. But every two weeks, Matt bets about SIOO on games. He does so from the comfort of his home and without see ing or talking to anyone. All he needs is a computer, his credit card and an Internet connection. Matt is one of more than 14.5 million people who are embracing the relatively new phenomenon of online gam bling. Since its introduction to the World Wide Web in the summer of 1995, Internet gambling quickly has blossomed into a booming business. A study by a research consultant for Christiansen/Cummings Associates Inc. revealed that revenues from online gambling more than doubled from S3OO million in 1997 to $651 million in 1998. .£ j* J&k | Columbine: I One Year Later I A four-part series examining the shooting's aftermath. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NEWS & OBSERVER/SCOTT SHARPE Cary police officer Mike Anderson talks to a group of sixth-graders. After Columbine, many schools brought police in to protect the students and serve as informal counselors. ing school violence through changes within opera tions of the schools. Even though the sixth annual Statewide Report on School Violence released injanuary reported that school violence numbers have remained steady in North Carolina, administrators said they were still looking for ways to enhance a safe environment. Kay Williams, director of communications for the State Board of Education, said anew program would be unveiled tomorrow on the one-year anniversary of the Columbine shooting. “‘Silence the Violence’ is a yearlong program to stop disruptions that lead to bigger things,” Williams said. “(The program will involve) a Web site, 550 acres of land to be developed. Smith said he was concerned the development of the University-owned land would result in a loss of the natur al wooded area. “The Horace Williams Land Tract provides bike trails and walking trails for families and students in Chapel Hill. Leigh Ann and I are con cerned about the loss of these areas.” In February, architects and campus planners revised UNC’s Master Plan for the University property -a blueprint for campus growth during the next 10 years - to include more than 1,000 housing units for UNC graduate students. Architects from Ayers Saint Gross presented a preliminary plan that would incorporate graduate housing with about 6 million square feet of private and The rise in the popularity of online casinos has been accompa nied by a similar boost in Internet sports-wagering sites. Sports Illustrated reported injanuary 1998 that the number of online sports gambling sites had jumped from two in 1996 to more than 50 by 1998. Rolling Good Times listed 110 sports-related gambling sites in February 1999. “I think it’s a quick and easy way for someone to bet,” said Matt, explaining the popularity of online bookies. “You don’t have to know any shady characters or underground people. See ONLINE, Page 5 News University research facilities. The proposal is a departure from the ideas of the late Chancellor Michael Hooker, who envisioned a satellite cam pus or biomedical research park. Bruce Runberg, chairman of the Sustainability Coalition committee, said the members were very receptive to the ideas of G.R.O.W.S. The committee is working with the group to bring the ideas to Ayers Saint Gross, the company constructing the master plan, he said. Smith said G.R.O.W.S. had two goals for the eventual development of the land. “First, we want UNC to increase their attention to sustainability, and second we want them to take a part of the land and set it aside, not to be developed.” Lee Conner, former president of the Focus on Gambling in College Sports The DTH looks at an issue in-depth. See Page 5 resources and materials for teachers to try to use to reach students.” This joint endeavor between the Department of Public Education and the NCAE Teacher’s Association will provide ideas to help prevent seri ous acts of violence, Williams said. Jeff Taylor, a school resource officer at West Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, said security in the school had become noticeably tighter since the Columbine incident. “The thread of bomb threats is up this time of year,” he said. “West Mecklenburg has only had one See SCHOOL SAFETY, Page 10 Graduate and Professional Student Federation and former member of the Horace Williams Advisory Board, said the plan presented two months ago was preliminary. “There is no detailed plan, but the plan I saw was very reasonable to the environment,” he said. “My understanding is, yes, there will be some trees cut down, but whenever land is developed, trees will be cut down.” The Chapel Hill lease for the munic ipal yard on the Horace Williams Land Tract runs out in 2006. University officials plan to meet later this month to discuss the financial reali ties and development of the plan. The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. f ’ 4 VbwNCAA Tournament '“Thorite Lu JJnisrdog E Cincinnati 16 UNC-Wilmington Ohio St. 131/2 Appalachian St. Piami 21/2 Arkansas Stanford 31 South Carolina St. North Carolina 21/2 Missouri Connecticut 91/2 Utah St. Tennessee 12 La.-Lafayette Michigan St. 25 1/2 Valparaiso Utah 3 Saint Louis Kentucky 71/2 St. Bonaventure Syracuse 14 Samford Maryland 14 lona Wednesday, April 19, 2000 Metallica Suit Seeks to Curb MP3s Metallica's manager and lawyer are pushing for schools to prohibit access to Napster, an MP3 Web site. By Jennifer Hagin Staff Writer Metallica’s manager compares the copying of MP3s from the Internet to waking into a music store and taking every CD off the shelf. “They’re stealing a copyright,” said Gayle Fine, Metallica’s manager. The popular heavy metal band filed a copyright infringement suit last week against Napster, a type of software - popular among college students - that allows music fans to search the Internet for other Napster users’ MP3s. Users can then exchange the MP3 via the Internet. An MP3 is a com pressed music file that can be down loaded off the Internet. Metallica, which is also suing Yale University, Indiana University and the University of Southern California, wants the schools to stop providing access to Napster via university servers. More than 200 schools nationwide have banned Napster. Howard King, the band’s lawyer, said USC and Yale were being sued because their reputa tions as dramatic arts schools conflicted with what he called a disrespect of copy right laws. IU was included in the suit because it had only recently lifted a ban on the Web site, King said. The suit calls for discontinued use of Napster and monetary rewards for dam ages. According to a U.S. statute, the band could gain SIOO,OOO for each infringement, but Fine said money was not the reason for the suit. “It’s about (the students) taking something that doesn’t belong to them,” she said. But with thousands of illegal MP3s downloaded each day, the amount required in damages could be expen sive for universities, if they lost the case. King said he had no problem with suing universities for allowing access to Napster. “(The universities) are (taking part) in the recreation business, not the education business,” be said. King said the suit included universi ties because most of Napster’s business came from students. “Napster probably wouldn’t exist without universities.” Tom Conroy, Yale spokesman, said the university had alerted students of copyright laws and blocked the software from the Yale network when the suit was filed. “The university is committed to protecting copyright laws.” King said lawyers also discussed find ing individual students who had down loaded illegal MP3s and possibly con fiscating their computers. He compared the MBs to boodeg T-shirts sold at con certs. “You get federal marshals to seize illegally copied merchandise,” he said. King said the plantiffs had technical experts to determine the number of vio lations and pinpoint specific students. This could mean trouble for college students. UNC freshman Sarah Abel said her brother burned CDs for her, and she did not see anything wrong with using Napster. “It’s cheaper to bum CDs,” she said. Joseph Rothman, a UNC sophomore economics major, said he did not see anything wrong with downloading MP3s, but as a Metallica fan, he said he supported the lawsuit “I think it’s legit, and they have every right to - it’s their money that (students) are using.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. 3
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