Wednesday, December 1 , 2010
Volume 9, Issue 13
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Music students win awards
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SG supports new recreation fee By Megan Hoolihan Senior staff writer
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resolution representing Student Government’s support of the implementation of a new Campus Recreation fee passed 32-3 at the Nov. 30 meeting. All students currently pay $11.24 per credit hour toward Activities and Services fees. The resolution supports reducing A&S fees in order to create a recreation fee of $4.49 per credit hour. This enables the student fee committee to raise health fees, which
are currently at $7.74 per credit hour for all students, by about $2.84 in order to provide for the construction of a new Recreation Center. Students will end up paying approximately $2.84 more per credit hour. The new fee will also provide funding for all sports clubs, which will then be strongly discouraged from requesting additional funding from SG. “This resolution will help because it creates financial stability within the department and influences the sports clubs by helping
them to grow as organizations within the limits of what will be given to them through this fee,” said Sen. Rosa Mendoza, one of the authors of the resolution. A Recreation Advisory Board consisting of faculty, staff and at least two-thirds students will be established to review the use of the fee and to assist in the planning, organization and administration of the new Recreation Center. Students who contribute to the Campus Recreation Fee but graduate before the new Recreation Center is completed will be granted ac-
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
Three pianists in the Bower School of Music won prestigious awards See NEWS on page 3
Connecting on different levels From relationships to one-night stands, know what you’re looking for.
Bumper stickers are minibillboards that reflect your personality. See A&L on page 11
Chatroulette is shock talk You never know what you are going to get with casual online chatter. See A&L on page 10
Men’s hoops team on mission Transition to Division I has been tough, but coach sees bright future for program. See SPORTS on page 20
Index News ....................... See page 3 A&E ......................... See page 10 Opinion ................. See page14 Sports .................... See page 18 Fun & Games ............ See page 16
LimeWire: The day its music died online By Samantha League News editor
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See OPINION on page 15
Take attitude on the road
cess to the facilities for the amount of time that they paid the fee. Amy Swingle, director of Campus Recreation, believes that this resolution will have a dramatically beneficial impact on students. “There is not another major university our size in Florida that doesn’t have a recreation center,” Swingle said at the Senate meeting. “We want to be able to provide more to meet the needs of students. The new center will free up the fitness center for athletics so that they do not have to share the weight room,” Swingle said.
The construction is planned to be completed in 2011. The Student Union expansion includes 5, 000 square feet of renovations and 21,000 square feet of additional space. EN photos/Taryn Kerber
Student Union almost there Construction changes have been frequent lately as the project targets completion in fall of 2011 By Veronice Vela Staff writer
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hroughout the semester, students have been watching the expansion being built outside the Student Union. However, the plans for the new addition hadn’t been revealed. Conference rooms and a deck for lounging are just some of the new features that will be part of the expansion. These new add-ons will allow FGCU to host a variety of small local and statewide conferences — opportunities previously bypassed due to the lack of meeting space. The new addition will also allow for more areas where student organizations, fraternities and sororities and student and faculty senates could meet more easily and comfortably. The plans also include a bigger area for the Career Development Center, which is currently located in Howard Hall. “This just gives (us) better resources to what we have and provides more resources for us to function,” said Mike Rollo, vice president of student affairs. The construction didn’t just
include more than 21,000 square feet of new infrastructure: It also comes with just more than 5,000 square feet of renovations as well. This includes a new catering kitchen for the Perch and will make the bookstore double its size when completed. Rollo stated that the current Student Union building was created when there were only 4,000 students in attendance at FGCU. Rollo also stressed the fact that new construction and buildings are always behind student growth, but that the university continues to try to provide services as fast as possible for the students. “There will be other additions to this building; this is just what we could afford right now,” Rollo said. The money for the project came from a reserve fund built every semester with student tuition fees. Academic buildings, on the other hand, are paid for by outside sources. The hope is that the downstairs area of the addition will be done by summer while the upstairs will be completed by fall.
imeWire is not only dead on FGCU’s campus — it is now dead to the global population as well. LimeWire was shut down Oct. 26 after being found guilty of massive copyright infringement, losing its four-year legal battle with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), according to Sofpedia.com. Now, Internet users are greeted with a notice that explains LimeWire’s shut down and “demands all persons using the LimeWire software, name, or trademark in order to upload or download copyrighted works in any manner cease and desist from doing so.” According to Sofpedia. com, as much as 98.8 percent of all of LimeWire’s traffic involved unauthorized sharing of copyright materials and more than 3 billion songs were being downloaded every month by LimeWire’s members. please see LIMEWIRE on page 4
So what are some legal alternatives? BearShare is a legal P2P application that allows free MP3 downloads with a free, registered account. Visit www.bearshare.com for more information. Zune, an entertainment branch of Microsoft, offers a Zune Pass, which is a $14.99 per month subscription that gives you access to unlimited music. You can keep 10 songs per month. Visit www.zune.net for more information. iTunes is a free application for download that will store all of your music, but any music from the iTunes store must be purchased. Songs are generally 99 cents to $1.29 each, and purchased songs can only be played on five computers that are registered with the purchaser’s username. Other websites, such as Pandora. com, are considered internet radios. Users can register for free and create up to 100 “stations.” You can only listen to your stations through the website or a device that officially supports the website.