Happy Halloween!!!
TO THE EDITOR:
We are writing in response to Mr. McCotter’s letter on October 29, 2007. While illegal file sharing is not explicitly forbidden by the Instrument of Student Judicial Governance (colloquially known as the Honor Code) it is a violation of ITS’ Acceptable Use Policy (see https://help.unc.edu/1672). When the Office of the Student Attorney General receives a report of a suspected violation from ITS, it is always the second time the student has violated the Acceptable Use Policy. For the first incident, the student’s internet access is shut off until a meeting with ITS is scheduled and the student signs an agreement. The agreement acknowledges that they are in violation of the Acceptable Use Policy and further violations will result in a report to the Honor System. If we receive such a report, the student is charged with II.C.2.b Violating University policies regarding use or management of resources including but not limited to computers, electronic resources, library resources, equipment, or supplies.
If you receive a letter from ITS, please contact Carolina Student Legal Services Inc. (http://www.unc.edu/student/orgs/sls/) to discuss your options regarding separate civil litigation issues before you meet with ITS since this is a separate matter from the Honor System. Our interests are in upholding honor and integrity on campus. We are vindicating the interests of the University community, not those of the RIAA. We encourage you to abide by the Acceptable Use Policy so this issue does not rise to the level of a violation. Please take advantage of Ruckus as an alternative to illegal file sharing.
Benjamin Peterson
Student Attorney General
Andrew Pham
Deputy Student Attorney General
TO THE EDITOR:
I’ve had enough with the spam that has been jammed into my UNC email account. I always report each email as spam, yet I still get repeated messages about how to have a great sex life or how to get the biggest penis ever. These amount of spam has increased since I began school and I really want to know if UNC is even doing something to help the students’ inboxes. I’ve opened some hoping that there would be an “unsubscribe” button, but most of them don’t. So, please, somebody: either tell me what to do to get rid of this crap permanently or tell UNC to be more active in fixing this problem. My inbox contains important emails that get lost in the sea of spam. I’d rather it stop soon.
-Sarah
Junior, Spanish & Chem Majors
TO THE EDITOR:
The continued focus on the location John Edwards campaign headquarters is baffling. The report by Carla Babb is about as fair and balanced as a report from Fox News, one of the first “news” outlets to pick it up (I wonder why). The story puts the Edwards staffer on the defensive from the very beginning by emphasizing Southern Village’s affluence. The continued insistence of the DTH’s Dillard that John Edwards should have put his campaign in poor area has become comical. We get it dude, you want Edwards staffers to work in the ghetto (and why don’t you quote Jay-Z again while you’re at it).
Instead of focusing on why John Edwards put his campaign headquarters in Chapel Hill (maybe because he lives and works here), why don’t we talk about why Barack Obama is charging students $15 and guests $25 to hear him speak in Durham, a poor area, on November 1.
Eugene Rossitch III
Junior
Political Science
TO THE EDITOR:
Dear Editor,
I was suprised to read “Who’s to say what’s ‘classic’: the radio, or the listeners” in today’s DTH (page6). Williams’ presents the argument that the term “classic” was simply a label slapped on rock of the 60’s and 70’s by radio. He also suggest that given enough time bands like the Smashing Pumpkins could become under the umbrella of classic rock. His argument is inaccurate. For instance, Williams’ writes, “By pigeonholing things, the radio has listeners stuck on the same old things they’ve been listening to for years without offering any incentive to seek out new things.” People still listen to it because 40+ years later it is still good music. Radio stations aren’t forcing us to listen to it. If we don’t want to listen to “classic rock” then we’ll turn the dial. Classic rock is called “classic” because it is timeless. It is the beginning of rock music and no sound of its era will ever be produced again. College students will no doubt be listening to the tunes of The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and The Rolling Stones for years to come. Just as students will continue to read classics like The adventures of Huck Finn, Catcher in the Rye, 1984, and so on. I don’t see anyone challenging the “classicness” of novels. We still read those novels because even after all these years they are still good and remain unmatched. It’s the same with rock of the 60s and 70s. The radio didn’t say classic. Listeners made it classic by appealing to it for so many years.
Casey (I’ll fill in the rest of the info soon – the info was sent separate from the letter content and has since been deleted.)
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