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FRIDAY SEPT. 5, 2003 Vol. 125, No. 5 Sunny and warm 78 / 58 www.studlife.com S TUDENT L IFE THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS SINCE 1878 S TUDENT L IFE One Brookings Drive #1039 #42 Women’s Building St. Louis, MO 63130 Newsroom: (314) 935-5995 Advertising: (314) 935-6713 Fax: (314) 935-5938 Editor: [email protected] News: [email protected] Calendar: [email protected] Please Recycle INSIDE INSIDE Center forms to promote biodefense Midwestern schools unite to enhance re- search efforts The Washington University School of Medicine has joined other educa- tional institutions to form a Midwest center that will focus on biodefense. Yesterday’s announcement by the United States Department of Health and Human Services said that the School of Medicine will house the Midwest Center for Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (MCRE). Currently, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is set to fund the MRCE with a $35 million grant. The School of Medicine is working alongside St. Louis University School of Medicine, Case Western University in Cleveland, OH and the University of Missouri-Columbia. The formation of the center comes in answer to a call put out by the Na- tional Institute of Health for a fortifi- cation of biodefense strategies across the nation. According to Virginia Miller, Ph.D., professor of molecular biology at the School of Medicine, one of two associ- ate directors, the MCRE will be one of ten such centers across the country. “The goal for the country is that there will be one center in every By Cory Schneider q Senior News Editor ACTIVITIES FAIR JuniorsBrittneyBailey(right)andJenniferHunt(left)signupforChiOmegaattheActivitiesFairthispastWednes- day. Hundreds of students flooded the Quadangle to talk to the representatives of the more than 200 student groups and university departments which were recruiting students to join the ranks of their organizations. Yu Araki RIAA loosens downloading restrictions ResTech continues to warn against file sharing By Sarah Ulrey q News Editor The Recording Industry Association of Amer- ica (RIAA) will only prosecute students who download a “significant amount” of copyrighted material, announced President Carl Sherman in a letter released Aug. 18. Sherman wrote the letter in response to Sena- tor Norm Coleman, R-MN, who is chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs’ Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. According to an article from The Chronicle of Higher Edu- cation dated Aug. 21, Coleman had previously expressed concern that the Recording Industry was targeting small-time down-loaders in order to intimidate the wide population of people who download songs. Matt Arthur, director of Residential Tech- nologies at Washington University, was unable to clarify how many downloads qualified as a significant amount. Instead, he warned that any downloading or distribution of copyrighted ma- terial is illegal. “It is still a violation of the law whether they are uploading or downloading one song or a hun- dred songs,” said Arthur. According to Arthur, this letter from the RIAA is similar to previous statements made by the as- sociation. “It sort of fits with the things they’ve said in the past,” he said. “Their initial goal is to start large and work their way down.” In recent years, the University has seen a surge in the number of outside complaints re- ceived regarding student copyright violation. Once a complaint is taken, the student is notified and given a 48-hour period to respond and get rid of their files. If the student fails to respond, or the University receives a second complaint, that student will lose internet privileges. A second See RIAA, page 3 See CENTER, page 3 EMILY TOBIAS Mike Jozewicz, senior, studies in the newly opened leveltwoofOlinLibrary.Althoughleveltwoisopen, construction continues. Olin gets new face, interior From her new office on level three of Olin library, associate dean Vir- ginia Toliver can look out a window while at work for the first time in 21 years. New views and increased natural lighting are just some of the goals of the Olin library renova- tions scheduled to conclude Apr. 30, 2004. Currently, lower floors A and B, along with upper floor two, are com- plete. According to Toliver, the proj- ect is on schedule with the original construction plans. “It has always been a three-year project because we could not close the library,” said Toliver. The library has remained open while construction closed one floor at a time. The present renovation efforts have focused on the first and third floors of the building. The third floor will closely resemble floor two and is expected to be complete by late November. Plans include study- rooms, wireless Internet access at study tables and comfortable seating surrounding the glass windows that look down into the space that will eventually hold the cyber café. The first floor is to be completed in December of this year. During winter break, the building entrance will be moved to the south side of the building. Service desks, which were previ- ously spread to different floors of the library, will be brought together on the first floor. These services include circulation, reserve, interli- brary loan and reference. The final construction will be on the 24-hour cyber café. Food will not be served 24-hours a day, how- ever, and the café will most likely be card access after midnight. There is discussion that library hours may change once the café is available to students. A large goal of the renovation is to make Olin more Internet-accessible. Along with increased coverage areas for wireless access, the Arc Library Technology Center is available to students on floor A. Sarah Bombich is manager of the Arc Center, which opened in March 2003. “I think they have done a really good job of looking at what students’ needs are in this century as opposed to the fifties,” said Bombich. “The construction is a little inconvenient now but I know it will get better.” Junior Ryun Miller was pleased by the Arc Center and compared the previous condition of Olin to the fu- ture renovated areas. “The library used to be really bad and musty,” said Miller. “I think it will smell a lot better and architec- turally it will look a lot better instead of feeling like a dungeon.” Toliver also anticipates an improvement in the library atmo- sphere. She already feels the differ- ence in her new office. “I didn’t realize what a difference a window would make because I’ve been here for 21 years without one,” she said. “I think the students will notice the difference, too.” The interior design was formu- lated to improve the ambiance of the building but keep true to the quali- ties that won the building awards when it first opened in 1962. The rededication celebrating the official reopening of the building is scheduled for May 7, 2004. “We’ve always had a top collec- tion, our research collection has al- ways been great,” said Toliver. “Now we are going to have a building that matches that greatness.” By Sarah Ulrey q News Editor 1 3 4 2 5 6 7 UNIVERSITY BIODEFENSE RESEARCH CENTER LOCATIONS Each center will study infectious diseases, new vaccines, and antibiotics Terrorist agents to be studied include anthrax, smallpox, and plague. LOCATIONS: 1. University of Washington 2. University of Texas at Galveston 3. Washington University 4. University of Chicago 5. Duke University 6. University of Maryland 7. Harvard University ❖ ❖ ❖ [email protected] Cadenza pages 5-6 Forum pages 7-8 Calendar page 9 Sports pages 11-12 INDEX The women’s volleyball team, who recently fell from No. 1 to No. 4 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, will play host to Millikin University and Southwest- ern University this weekend. After streaking to a 3-0 start on the season, the Bears fell in the fifth game to sixth-ranked Elmhurst College. The team should have its hands full with Southwestern, who is ranked No. 16 in the nation. VOLLEYBALL HOME OPENER PAGE 11 Stargazers crowded into the Crow Observa- tory to view the red planet, which last week was the closest to Earth as it has been in 60,000 years. Reporter Tom Ward explains the phe- nomenon that creates, and gets reactions to, the sight of a lifetime. If you missed it this time, your next chance is in the year 2287. MISSION TO MARS Soon you’ll be able to grab a cup of Joe at the corner of Big Bend and Forest Park Parkway. Kayak’s Coffee is slated to open its doors to students and the surrounding community mid- month. Reporter Justin Choi takes us inside Kayak’s to talk to the shop’s owner, Frank Grund. CUP OF JOE PAGE 4 What do you think of Bob Dole speaking at WU? STUDENT SNAPSHOT D. I hope he takes his Viagra to spice him up. B. Okay, considering the other option was W. C. We’re the ninth-ranked school and the best we can do is a loser. Let us know what you think! Cast your vote at studlife.com Q: A. That’s great. Can’t wait to hear him speak. A: PAGE 7 JONATHAN GREENBERGER
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STUDENT LIFET H E I N D E P E N D E N T N E W S PA P E R O F WA S H I N G T O N U N I V E R S I T Y I N S T. L O U I S S I N C E 1 8 7 8
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INSIDEINSIDE Center forms to promote biodefenseMidwestern schools unite to enhance re-search efforts
The Washington University School of Medicine has joined other educa-tional institutions to form a Midwest center that will focus on biodefense. Yesterday’s announcement by the United States Department of Health and Human Services said that the School of Medicine will house the Midwest Center for Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (MCRE).
Currently, the National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is set to fund the MRCE with a $35 million grant.
The School of Medicine is working alongside St. Louis University School of Medicine, Case Western University in Cleveland, OH and the University of Missouri-Columbia.
The formation of the center comes in answer to a call put out by the Na-tional Institute of Health for a fortifi -cation of biodefense strategies across the nation.
According to Virginia Miller, Ph.D., professor of molecular biology at the School of Medicine, one of two associ-ate directors, the MCRE will be one of ten such centers across the country.
“The goal for the country is that there will be one center in every
By Cory Schneiderq Senior News Editor
ACTIVITIES FAIR
Juniors Brittney Bailey (right) and Jennifer Hunt (left) sign up for Chi Omega at the Activities Fair this past Wednes-day. Hundreds of students fl ooded the Quadangle to talk to the representatives of the more than 200 student groups and university departments which were recruiting students to join the ranks of their organizations.
Yu Araki
RIAA loosens downloading restrictionsResTech continues to warn against fi le sharingBy Sarah Ulreyq News Editor
The Recording Industry Association of Amer-ica (RIAA) will only prosecute students who download a “signifi cant amount” of copyrighted material, announced President Carl Sherman in a letter released Aug. 18.
Sherman wrote the letter in response to Sena-tor Norm Coleman, R-MN, who is chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs’ Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. According to an article from The Chronicle of Higher Edu-cation dated Aug. 21, Coleman had previously expressed concern that the Recording Industry was targeting small-time down-loaders in order to intimidate the wide population of people who download songs.
Matt Arthur, director of Residential Tech-nologies at Washington University, was unable to clarify how many downloads qualifi ed as a signifi cant amount. Instead, he warned that any downloading or distribution of copyrighted ma-terial is illegal.
“It is still a violation of the law whether they are uploading or downloading one song or a hun-dred songs,” said Arthur.
According to Arthur, this letter from the RIAA is similar to previous statements made by the as-sociation.
“It sort of fi ts with the things they’ve said in the past,” he said. “Their initial goal is to start large and work their way down.”
In recent years, the University has seen a surge in the number of outside complaints re-ceived regarding student copyright violation. Once a complaint is taken, the student is notifi ed and given a 48-hour period to respond and get rid of their fi les. If the student fails to respond, or the University receives a second complaint, that student will lose internet privileges. A second
See RIAA, page 3
See CENTER, page 3
EMILY TOBIAS
Mike Jozewicz, senior, studies in the newly opened level two of Olin Library. Although level two is open, construction continues.
Olin gets new face, interiorFrom her new offi ce on level three
of Olin library, associate dean Vir-ginia Toliver can look out a window while at work for the fi rst time in 21 years. New views and increased natural lighting are just some of the goals of the Olin library renova-tions scheduled to conclude Apr. 30, 2004.
Currently, lower fl oors A and B, along with upper fl oor two, are com-plete. According to Toliver, the proj-ect is on schedule with the original construction plans.
“It has always been a three-year project because we could not close the library,” said Toliver.
The library has remained open while construction closed one fl oor at a time. The present renovation efforts have focused on the fi rst and third fl oors of the building. The third fl oor will closely resemble fl oor two and is expected to be complete by late November. Plans include study-rooms, wireless Internet access at study tables and comfortable seating surrounding the glass windows that look down into the space that will eventually hold the cyber café.
The fi rst fl oor is to be completed in December of this year. During winter break, the building entrance will be moved to the south side of the building.
Service desks, which were previ-ously spread to different fl oors of the library, will be brought together on the fi rst fl oor. These services include circulation, reserve, interli-brary loan and reference.
The fi nal construction will be on the 24-hour cyber café. Food will not be served 24-hours a day, how-ever, and the café will most likely be card access after midnight. There is discussion that library hours may change once the café is available to students.
A large goal of the renovation is to make Olin more Internet-accessible. Along with increased coverage areas for wireless access, the Arc Library Technology Center is available to students on fl oor A. Sarah Bombich is manager of the Arc Center, which opened in March 2003.
“I think they have done a really good job of looking at what students’ needs are in this century as opposed to the fi fties,” said Bombich. “The construction is a little inconvenient now but I know it will get better.”
Junior Ryun Miller was pleased by the Arc Center and compared the previous condition of Olin to the fu-ture renovated areas.
“The library used to be really bad and musty,” said Miller. “I think it will smell a lot better and architec-turally it will look a lot better instead of feeling like a dungeon.”
Toliver also anticipates an improvement in the library atmo-sphere. She already feels the differ-ence in her new offi ce.
“I didn’t realize what a difference a window would make because I’ve been here for 21 years without one,” she said. “I think the students will notice the difference, too.”
The interior design was formu-lated to improve the ambiance of the building but keep true to the quali-ties that won the building awards when it fi rst opened in 1962.
The rededication celebrating the offi cial reopening of the building is scheduled for May 7, 2004.
“We’ve always had a top collec-tion, our research collection has al-ways been great,” said Toliver. “Now we are going to have a building that matches that greatness.”
By Sarah Ulreyq News Editor
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UNIVERSITY BIODEFENSE RESEARCH CENTER LOCATIONS
Each centerwill study infectiousdiseases, newvaccines, andantibiotics
Terrorist agentsto be studied includeanthrax, smallpox,and plague.
LOCATIONS:1. University of Washington2. University of Texas at Galveston3. Washington University4. University of Chicago5. Duke University6. University of Maryland7. Harvard University
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Cadenza pages 5-6Forum pages 7-8Calendar page 9Sports pages 11-12
INDEX
The women’s volleyball team, who recently fell from No. 1 to No. 4 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, will play host to Millikin University and Southwest-ern University this weekend. After streaking to a 3-0 start on the season, the Bears fell in the fi fth game to sixth-ranked Elmhurst College. The team should have its hands full with Southwestern, who is ranked No. 16 in the nation.
VOLLEYBALLHOME OPENERPAGE 11
Stargazers crowded into the Crow Observa-tory to view the red planet, which last week was the closest to Earth as it has been in 60,000 years. Reporter Tom Ward explains the phe-nomenon that creates, and gets reactions to, the sight of a lifetime. If you missed it this time, your next chance is in the year 2287.
MISSION TO MARS
Soon you’ll be able to grab a cup of Joe at the corner of Big
Bend and Forest Park Parkway. Kayak’s Coffee is slated to open
its doors to students and the surrounding community mid-month. Reporter Justin Choi takes us inside Kayak’s to talk to the shop’s owner, Frank Grund.
CUP OF JOEPAGE 4
What do you think of Bob Dole speaking at WU?
STUDENTSNAPSHOT
D. I hope he takes his Viagra to spice him up.
B. Okay, considering the other option was W.
C. We’re the ninth-ranked school and the best we can do is a loser.
Let us know what you think!Cast your vote at studlife.com
Q:
A. That’s great. Can’t wait to hear him speak.
A:
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JONATHAN GREENBERGER
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