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The Behrend Beacon
Colleges frown on online
music file swapping
by Christine Laue
Omaha World-Herald
Despite effonslo educate students about copy
right laws, illegal online music swapping persists
on college campuses.
In recent years, many universities have worked
with the recording industry to combat piracy.
But the Recording Industry Association of
America says such efforts haven't curbed the prob
lem. The group has filed 261 lawsuits against
people, alleging copyright infringement.
Colleges have high-speed Internet access, so
students can download songs in seconds rather
than the 10 to 30 minutes with dial-up access.
That makes computer labs and dorm rooms ha
vens for online music file-sharing, which eats up
the universities' bandwidth, or Internet capabil.
ity, creating technical headaches.
"We pay for our Internet access based on the
amount of bandwidth we use," said Debbie
Schroeder, assistant vice chancellor for informa-
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"We don't want to spend our money so that stu
dents and people across the world can share files."
Universities also don't want illegal activity on cam
pus, even though the Digital Millennium Copy
right Act of 1998 limits universities' liability.
To teach students about copyright rules, Ne
braska and lowa universities have used fliers, post
ers or computer messages..
When the RIAA notifies a university of sus
pected illegal file-sharing, officials talk to the stu
dent and either shut down the computer immedi
ately or soon after the student is notified. Once
the student removes the file-sharing software,
computer access may be reinstated.
Kent Hendrickson, associate vice chancellor for
information services at the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln, said that one student threatened
to sue the university after it cut off computer ac
cess but that about 95 percent of students comply.
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the future,
Deborah Gonzalez, director of the Gateway to the Future Program, talks to college students
interested in courses to be taught entirely in Spanish at Fairleigh Dickinson University in
Hackensack, New Jersey,
Fairleigh Dickinson University next month is
kicking off a new associate's degree program in
business, which will be taught largely in Spanish.
While many American colleges and universities
offer select courses in foreign languages, the "Puerta
al Futuro" (Door to the Future) program is unique
in offering a degree program taught in a language
other than English, educators say.
In the first year, intensive English-language train
ing is combined with college-level coursework that
is taught entirely in Spanish. In the second year,
students continue the English language studies
while taking courses in both English and Spanish
taught by bilingual faculty. In the final year, all
courses are conducted in English.
The three-year program allows students with lim
ited English skills to jump into college level
coursework. Typically students have to take up to
two years' remediation before beginning the course
work needed for their degree.
"This offers a light at the end of the tunnel," said
Kenneth Vehrkens, dean of the college of continu
ing studies. "People can begin their degree program
while strengthening their English skills."
Gena Avila, 19, had begun her degree work in
Colombia when she found out she would be able to
join her mother in West New York. At Hudson
County Community College, she was able to take
only one college-level course each semester while
studying English. She says she likes the idea of
being able to continue college-level work and hopes
to become a graphic designer more quickly.
Her mother likes the idea of the FDU program as
well. "I told her you have the opportunity in your
hands you're young, you're legal, you can do any
thing," said her mother, Clara Blanco. Avila's aunt
is also considering the program. Isabel Blanco was
a systems engineer in Colombia, but has had a hard
time finding a job in her field since arriving here a
year-and-a-half ago.
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Deborah Gonzalez, director of the program, said
Puerta al Futuro is a good option for people like
Blanco, who may have been professionals in their
native countries and are anxious to obtain creden
tials here.
The program initially is geared toward area resi
dents with limited English skills; later, it will be
marketed to international students, FDU officials
said.
The courses will he taught at satellite locations
in Hackensack, Paterson, Newark, and Morristown,
Gonzalez said. The per-credit cost will be half the
usual $637 charged for on-campus courses.
Gonzalez said her office was flooded with 400 calls
after a snippet about the program aired on Spanish
language television. "The response has been amaz
ing," she said. Seventy-five people are now enrolled.
The popularity of the program points to pent-up
need in the area's large Spanish-speaking popula
tion, university officials said.
Academic courses will be taught by full- and part
time faculty at FDU, as well as new adjunct faculty
recruited ffrom the Hispanic professional commu
nity. Two Internet courses are also part of the pro
gram, which was developed in cooperation with the
Bergen Hispanic Business Association and the In
stitute for Latino Studies.
Language instruction will be provided through
the university's partnership with ELS Educational
Services Inc., a division of Berlitz International Inc.
Classes will be held on Tuesday and Thursday eve
nings plus Saturdays. Students in the Puerta al Fu
turo program will attend classes as a group and de
velop their English writing and speaking skills while
earning the Associate in Arts degree.
Students will start with a traditional 15-week fall
semester, followed by two 12-week winter and
spring semesters. While there is a break in degree
studies during July and August, students will con
tinue their English immersion courses year-round
during the program.
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