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FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2001
College newspapers
permit Internet
gaming ads, poll finds
by Tony Batt
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
April 2, 2001
Student newspapers at all 65
universities that qualified for
this year's NCAA men's basket
ball tournament either take or
would publish advertising for
Internet gambling, the American
Gaming Association said Thurs
day.
The finding comes from an in
formal poll solicited by the
AGA. National Media, a firm in
Alexandria, Va., conducted the
poll from March 19 through
March 26 after being hired by
an AGA consultant, said AGA
spokeswoman Naomi Greer.
AGA president Frank
Fahrenkopf issued a news re
lease saying the poll results
show the hypocrisy of the
NCAA's efforts to outlaw bet
ting in Nevada on college sports.
"The universities themselves
are promoting the very activity
that the NCAA claims to be con
cerned about, - Fahrenkopf said.
"Not only are these schools pro
moting illegal gambling. they
Napster fans: RealNetworks' new service
by Todd Pack
Knight-Ridder Tribune
April 3, 2001
Hoping to convert Napster's 50
million users into paying customers,
three of the world's largest record
companies have closed a deal to start
an online music-subscription service
by fall.
But experts and music fans say it'll
be a tough sell.
The music industry, citing copy
right infringement, squelched
Napster's free online song-swapping
service. But people may be unwill
ing to start paying because there are
scores more sites offering pirated
music at no charge.
What's more, the music labels will
ask people to pay for songs they aren't
allowed to keep.
Music Net, announced Monday by
Real Networks Inc. and record-label
owners AOL Time Warner Inc.,
Bertelsmann AG and EMI Group
PLC -- whose acts include Christina
Aguilera, Eric Clapton and Santana -
will let people download songs onto
are also profiting from it."
Efforts to reach the NCAA for
comment were not successful.
AGA and the Nevada congres
sional delegation are offering al
ternative legislation that. among
other things, would require
NCAA member schools to estab
lish gambling prevention pro
grams for students instead of a
betting ban.
In addition to the 65 tourna
ment schools, the 11 universities
represented on the NCAA's
board of directors also would
run ads for Internet gambling,
the AGA said.
National Media conducted the
poll by phoning the newspapers'
advertising departments and
asking if they would sell adver
tising space for Internet gam
bling sites. None would have re
fused and all quoted the cost of
running the ads, according to
AGA.
Internet gambling has grown
from 30 sites and bets of $l7
million in 1996 to 1,400 sites $3
billion in bets last veal - , accord
ing to the Center for Policy Al
ternatives.
their PCs, the same as Napster.
But special software will prevent
subscribers from saving songs on por
table music players or burning them
onto compact discs they can play else
where.
And if a customer cancels his sub
scription, the song tiles stop working.
Tunes downloaded from Napster and
other pirated-music services are in the
MP3 format. That means they can he
freely copied, and they don't. expire.
Real Networks chairman and chief
executive Rob Glaser, appointed
chairman and interim chief executive
of Music Net, said the service is de
signed to make it virtually impossible
for subscribers to copy songs. Con
cern about piracy has been one of the
main reasons record companies
haven't made a hig push online.
But forcing users to listen to their
songs only on a PC isn't good busi
ness, said Phil Leigh. a digital media
analyst at Raymond James & Asso
ciates, a St. Petersburg investment
firm.
"A big part of listening to music is
in your car, not sitting at your desk,"
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Higher education
introduced in Congress
A group of House Democrats has introduced a mea
sure which could make higher education more afford
able for all students, including American Indians.
The new bill also aims to strengthen colleges and uni
versities which primarily serve African American, His
panic, and American Indian students.
"The 21st Century Higher Education Initiative" was
introduced by Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., and House
Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt. D-Mo., along with
92 other members. The bill would double maximum value
of a federal Pell grant and double federal support for "his
torically black colleges, Hispanic serving institutions, and
tribally controlled colleges."
Miller said the bill is intended to increase the opportu
nity for all minority Americans to benefit from higher
education and was developed with input from tribal col-
"Tribal Colleges were involved in a variety of ways,
from working with the committee in developing the bill,
to helping identify some of the support that's needed to
help out American Indian students," Miller said.
There are 31 tribal colleges across the United States
that use cultural relevance to encourage American Indi
ans, especially those living on reservations, to overcome
some higher education barriers they face. For 30 years
these institutions have allowed a number of American
Indian students to attend college near their communi
ties.
A report issued by the American Indian Higher Edu
cation Consortium showed that American Indian enroll
ment increased 62 percent, from 2,100 students in 1990
to 25,000 students in 1996.
"I don't think anybody's going to pay for songs
they can't keep,...lfyou want that, you'll listen
to the radio or watch MTV."
Leigh saki.
Music Net's target audience, which
includes college students, also
scoffed at the idea.
"I don't think anybody's going to
pay for songs they can't keep," said
Sterling Thomas, a Napster user and
sophomore at Rollins College in
Winter Park. "If you want that, you'll
listen to the radio or watch MTV."
That isn't what Real Networks
wants to hear. The company spent a
year working on the subscriber ser
vice, Glaser said in a conference call.
tinder terms of the deal, the record
labels and Real Networks will each
by Brian Stockes
Knight-Ridder Tribune
April 3, 2001
- Sterling Thomas, a Napster user and
sophomore at Rollins College in Winter Park
The primary source of support for tribal colleges is
the federal government, under the Tribally Controlled
College or University Assistance Act. However, the ap
proximately $3,000 available per American Indian stu
dent is almost 40 percent less than the typical commu
nity college receives in per-student funding from fed
eral, state, and local government revenues.
"Our communities suffer from so much economic de
pression and social adversity." said Janine Pease-Pretty
on Top, former president of Little Big Horn College in
Crow Agency, Mont.
"Tribal colleges provide real opportunity that strength
ens our economic development, cultural understanding,
and social stability. We need to build on these successes
and make college possible for a much broader group of
American Indian people."
The consortium reports that all 31 tribal colleges of
fer associate degrees, four offer bachelor's degrees and
two offer master's degrees. The average age of a tribal
college student is 32, and 64 percent are women. Most
attend on a part-time basis.
A major provision of the bill would double resources
and build infrastructure for developing institutions like
tribal colleges. The initiative would double funding for
minority serving institutions under Titles 111 and V of
the Higher Education Act over three years. Funding for
tribally controlled colleges and universities would in
crease to $45 million and funding for Alaska Native and
Native Hawaiian-serving institutions would increase to
$2O million.
"The ultimate goal is to huild on the record of aca
demic excellence of Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Tribal
Colleges," Rep. Miller said.
"We look forward to helping all students prepare for
the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century."
own a minority stake in Music Net;
Real Networks will own the largest
share, 40 percent. Each label will li
cense music to the service on a non
exclusive basis; Real Networks will
provide the technology.
Music Net will then contract with
other companies to distribute the mu
sic. Its initial partners, AOL and
Real Networks, will tailor the service
to their specific needs and set their
own subscription rates, Glaser said.
Digital-media analysts say online
music services probably will charge
$lO to $l5 a month.
The deal marks the first time so
initiative
is off key
many major labels have agreed to li
cense music for online distribution.
Vivendi Universal SA and Sony
Corp., whose acts include Eminem
and Bruce Springsteen, plan to
launch a fee-based online music ser
vice called Duet by summer.
But "Duet doesn't cut it, and nei
ther does 'Trio'," said P.J. McNealy,
a senior analyst with the Gartner
Group, an e-commerce consulting
Conipany in Stamford; Conn.
"Consumers don't know music by
label," so any service that doesn't
have music from all five major labels
may prove unpopular, McNealy said.
Still, despite its shortcomings,
Music Net represents a step forward,
said Eric Scheirer, an analyst with
Forrester Research, an e-commerce
consulting company in Cambridge,
Mass.
"The real good thing to me is that
the labels are getting away from their
fear that all these problems 'over se
curity and selection' need to be
solved," Scheirer said. "They're not
expecting everything to be square
from day one."
Coach
dismisses
exotic dancer
from track
team
by Billy O'Keefe
TMS Campus
April 2, 2001
A female track and field star has
been dismissed from California
State University, Fullerton's track
and field team after refusing to
give up her job as an exotic dancer
at an area night club.
Cal State-Fullerton track coach
John Elders told sophomore
Leilani Rios that she could either
quit dancing and remain on the
team, or keep her job and turn in
her uniform. Rios, who credits her
job with financing her oollegeedu
cation, chose the lour and saw Etcr
reason why she couldn't xlio'hOth, —,
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sion to continue dancing wou
tarnish the accomplishments of her
teammates and the university as a
whole. "It's my responsibility to
protect the team's image."
But in an interview the Daily Ti
tan student newspaper, Rios reit
erated that she had done nothing
wrong.
"I chose my job soj can afford
to go to school," .she raid. "I don't
like the fact that they can kick you
off for no reason at all beeause
that's not a right reason to kick ,
somebody off the team."
Elders said that he first heard of
Rios' dancing after a group of
CSUF baseball players recognized
her while she was performing.
Word spread around campus, and
the entire track team knew before
long.
Rios, who ran cross country as
a freshman, said that she is the first
awn in her family to go Owl
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in physical' therapy. - •
Citing concerns
of violence, Brown
student group
pulls Horowitz
invitation
by Billy O'Keefe
TMS Campus
April 3, 2001
Citing student concerns of a possible
violent backlash, a Brown University stu
dent group has withdrawn an invitation to
conservative activist David Horowitz,
whose newspaper ad condemning repara
tions for descendants of slaves ignited off
a storm of protest on campuses nationwide.
Horowitz's full-page ad, "Ten Reasons
Why Reparations for Slavery Is a Bad
Idea—and Racist Too," touched off heated
protests last month on several college cam
puses, including the University of Wiscon
sin-Madison, the University of California-
Berkeley and Brown, where protesters
stole more than 4,000 copies of the issue
containing the ad.
According to BCR spokesperson Todd
Auwarter, the group invited Horowitz to
debate NAACP Providence chapter Presi
dent Clifford Montiero on the merits of
reparations, but the possibility of a violent
fallout made for a gamble best not taken.
"We wanted to have a good, intellec
tual debate, but there was a great possibil
ity that simply bringing him to campus
would result in violent protests," Auwarter
said. "We knew the risks of inviting him
and were willing to take them. But we don't
want to put others in harm's way."
Auwerter cited a meeting with students
from the Brown College Democrats and
the Student Labor Alliance, as well as a
former Herald editor, as instrumental in
the decision to rescind the invitation, and
said that group's decision was its own and
was not influenced in any way by the uni
versity, a point reiterated by university
spokesperson Mark Nickel.
Horowitz, however, doesn't buy it. On
his Web site, he remarked that the event
was "cancelled by Brown," while
Horowitz spokesperson Stephen Brooks
told the Providence Journal that
Horowitz's inability to appear is a failure
on the part of the university's ability to
maintain an environment "where all stu
dents will be heard."
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