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Peer-to-peer sharing causes legal problems Freshmen received information about the consequences of illegal peer-to-peer sharing Nithya Kote Correspondent
Peer-to-peer sharing is illegal, and students will get caught. The University regularly sends out a notice just like this to all students about the consequences of illegal peerto-peer file sharing. Although the P2P file sharing software itself is legal, using it to share copyrighted content like licensed software, music and video games is illegal, according to a letter from Interim Provost Warwick Arden. There is a risk of civil litigation and criminal prosecution, as well as disciplinary actions by the University.
Authorities are monitoring content on the University’s network. Between July 2009 and June 2010, the University received 2,249 copyright infringement notices related to illegal file sharing, according to the e-mail. According to Pam Gerace, director of University Student Legal Services, freshmen are usually the main group involved in illegal P2P sharing. “Students usually share music and movies in high school,” Gerace said. “They think it is anonymous because they are online. They don’t realize they can easily be caught.” It is not unusual for companies to file lawsuits against students, according to Gerace. “Lawsuits have been filed against students for a long time. N.C. State saw its first P2P case in 2004 when [Recording Industry Association
of America] started filing lawsuits against one person per university,” Gerace said. “It was not handled by N.C. State’s University Legal Services. The student was referred to two trial attorneys who were dealing with similar copyright infringement cases. The student won the case on a technicality.” Josephine Yurcaba, a freshman in English, said she would never download copyrighted music and movies illegally. “My mother has always told me that people who produce music and movies work hard. I don’t like buying pirated music or movies,” Yurcaba said. In 2007, the RIAA filed a mass lawsuit against at least 200 N.C. State
The UNC Board of Governors has called an emergency meeting for Thursday at 11 a.m. Chelsey Francis Deputy News Editor
The emergency meeting for the UNC Board of Governor’s has one item on the agenda: naming a new president. Current President Erskine Bowles announced in February he was retiring at the end of 2010. Bowles has led the UNC System for five years. Thomas Ross has been the president of Davidson College since 2007. Anonymous sources told the Technician Thomas Ross is going to be named the new president at Thursday’s meeting. Stephanie Parker, assistant to the chancellor for communications, said Chancellor Randy Woodson could not confirm anything about the reports. “The Chancellor can’t confirm anything about those
reports because it hasn’t been voted on yet.” Parker said. “The Board of Governors meeting is at 11 in the morning.” According to Ross’ biography on Davidson College’s website, he graduated from Davidson College in 1972. After his graduation from Davidson, he attended the University of North Carolina School of Law where he earned his law degree. After working in Washington, D.C. as chief of staff of a congressional office for one year, Governor Jim Hunt appointed Ross as Superior Court Judge. Ross held this position for seventeen years. Ross has been married to Susan Donaldson Ross since 1972. The couple has two children, Mary Kathryn Elkins and Thomas W. Ross, Jr., who are both graduates of Davidson College.
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University receives $1.7 million grant in green jobs Money will help create jobs and internships, in the green industry
to get the job description out in next week or two.” The North Carolina Solar Center, a unit within the University’s College Joanna Banegas of Engineering, received $373,469 for Senior staff writer six internships and four fellowships to The University received a grant to- share research or projects and provide taling $1.7 million from the North estimates of greenhouse-gas reducCarolina Energy Office for preparing tions from their work. Dean said the North Carolina Solar students for jobs in “green energy” Center, the FREEDM Systems Center, fields. The N.C. Energy Office constructed Office of Sustainability and the Adthe program with money from the fed- vanced Transportation Energy Center, eral American Recovery and Reinvest- which is a nonprofit group on Centennial campus, received money from the ment Act. David Dean, outreach and com- fund and will create 10 energy fellowmunications coordinator with the ships. “Those job descriptions will be postUniversity Sustainability Office and Office of Energy Management said the ed in a couple of weeks,” Dean said. grant will help create about 110 jobs. “Individuals have to have graduated “[The office of] sustainability never within the past three years and will really had the opportunity to seek out be focusing on energy and the envithese kinds of funds, so now we can ronment. The Department of Meput students or alumni to work on chanical and Aerospace Engineering campus projects received $464,801 and give them from the grant an opportunity funding to eifor a good livther work with ing and workoutside partners ing environment active in conto get out in the ducting energy real world,” Dean assessments and Sonum Nerurkar, junior in studies, or work said. Bill Davis, environmental technology on campus in the energy program industrial assesscoordinator for the office of energy management of- ment center or energy management fice said there are two different grants. program. Dean said the mechanical One of them is for fellowships, which and aerospace engineering departtotaled just under $500,000 and will ment was awarded 48 full-time and fund 10 positions that will go through part-time interns. “Those interns are going to be conApril 2012. “The other grant is for $775,000, ducting energy assessment studies that which is to produce energy efficient will be working with the industrial asprojects and about half a million dol- sessment center and with energy manlars of that is identified for changing agement as well,” Dean said. “The neat out light fixtures,” Davis said. “That thing about this is that all these interns part of the grant will primarily will be and fellows will be working together working on renovations and utilities.” at some point for the betterment of Davis said the energy program felt the University. There are going to be like the grant was to give recent gradu- outreach positions, some engineering ates an education in the energy field positions, some kind of data analyst and the program was well-rounded positions and so it’s a wide variety of enough education for that kind of talent as needed. Engineering has a lot experience. to do with green. We all don’t really “This is what we put together as far think about it.” as the proposal goes,” Davis said, “We The College of Natural Resources just found out a month ago that we re- received $435,481 and will provide 45 ceived the grant, but we’re still trying internships and three fellowships in
“Dealing with the environment is very important...”
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Taking measurements across the pasture, Paul Siliciliano, associate professor in animal science, and Ali Thomas-Hollands, senior in animal science, work on a research project at the Reedy Creek horse facility June 11, 2010. Both researchers said their favorite part of their job was “getting paid to stand right here,” Siliciliano said while out working by the main barn.
fields including environmental technology, forest management, natural resources, paper science and engineering, and wood products. Sonum Nerurkar, a junior in environmental technology said the environmental program is one of the most progressive majors right now. “Dealing with the environment is very important and that’s where were going with jobs becoming more green,” Nerurkar said. Nerurkar said it’s really great the program is getting money because it’ll promote people in joining these programs and it’s a type of incentive for students to stay in the program. “If I find an internship this summer with the program I’ll be really excited,
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The new Engineering Building III on Centennial Campus features a “green roof,” which has benefits such as the natural absorption of heat and water by the grass and greenery growing on it.
because that way I know there will be more opportunities for me,” Nerurkar said. Nerurkar said she thinks green jobs are great. “As a society we need to become greener so we can conserve our re-
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sources and just become more of a green economy,” Nerurkar said. “It’s just more sustainable and it’ll help us out in the end.” Davis said the University a lot of opportunities to become more efficient in getting the students involved.