6| Behrend September 18, 20' I www.thebehrr •dition j Living on campus, do you download (pirate) music, movies, or software? Data was compiled through the collective efforts of the culture editor and four staff writers. The above data represents approx imately 10 percent of the student body. Percentage of 3 -4 GB (750-1000)* 3 GB (500-750)* 2 GB (250-500)* < 1 GB (250)* CAMPUS MUSIC Logan Series to celebrate its 20th anniversary JOE GOETZ While most Behrend students have never met Mrs. Kay Logan, they have surely experi enced her contribution to the school through “Music at Noon: The Logan Series." Since the series began in the fall of 1990, it has brought over one hundred musical ensem bles to campus and helped ex pose thousands of students to music they may never get a chance to hear. 2009 marks the 20th anniversary for the series and nobody is more excited about it than Dr. Gary Viebranz, the series director. the castlist rundown of this semester s production UJCE: NARRATOR 1: MljfcATOR2: < « XtRMOUSE: HmE QUEEN: WOFMARTS: fSE: IE RABBIT: 'Of the students who an swered "No.'’ 56% of them claimed they downloaded while at home. 1 6O ’Parenthetical values are the approximate numbei of songs that would equal the listed values in gigabytes. Values were determined based on Penn State's bandwidth limits. ‘Tm looking forward to the series this year because five out the six acts have performed on campus before,” he says. v/d// wnti'r This is Dr. Viebranz's third year as the program director. The Logan Music Series usu ally holds one concert a month throughout the entire school year. These concerts are free to students and the public, and have often seen students from area schools bused in. A list of acts that will be per forming in the series is released sometime near the first concert but the planning stages begin long before then. It is a year long process to plan the Logan Series, one the Dr. Viebranz is :.i:e Vh? MB 54.8 MB 554 MB 85.0 MB 349 MB information (in live Kylie Swanson Carissa Zozos Chris DeMarco Shay Conto Antonina Diehl Elizabeth Fogle Cassie Kosmal Kathryn Kotlarz Earl Kunsman Downloaded 64,3 44.0 EVAN KOSER culture editor In the world of piracy, people belong in one of two categories: they do or they don't. Justin Pekular. a senior MIS major, is one such ‘doer. - ’ On Aug. 31, Pekular was greeted with an email that he’d been caught downloading Para mount’s / Love You. Man and was therefore to be repri manded through the system at Penn State Behrend. His punishment came in the form of a talk with Meeghan Hollis, Assistant Director of Student Affairs and Todd Say, Manager of IT Support Serv- He claims that he began pi ices. The meeting was followed rating in high school, as is the by an online course that case for many students who teaches violators the negative aren't aware that downloading gigabytes) obtained by students who on campus relieved to see come together every year “It’s rewarding to see the end product after all the work that goes into it," he says. Since acts in the past have ranged from jazz groups and wind ensembles to string quar tets and percussion groups, one wonders how the series selects the groups to be featured. “It's part of Behrend’s pro gram with Diehl Elementary school,” says Viebranz. “All the acts are able to perform at Diehl as well as Behrend.” It is safe to say that anyone who has attended the Logan Series has a favorite act that they have seen, even if they CAT: HATTER: HUMPTYDUMPTY: RED QUEEN: UNDERSTUDIES: Preston Barrett Sara Coe Brittany Renfro Joe Sample 1120.6% 0.0% 0.0% OB 0 B 0,0% impact piracy has on society. “We receive notification from security at University Park,” ex plained Hollis. “Normally that notification comes via email. Security normally receives in formation from agents hired by larger industry that have copy rights on various media.” All steps taken are in accor dance to University Policy AD 20, Computer and Network Se curity. Pekular, however, stated that he felt he was doing nothing wrong. “I started pirating because someone else showed me,” he said. cannot particularly remember their name. “I can’t pick a favorite. There are just too many to choose from,” Viebranz said. Even though this is the twenty year anniversary for the series, Dr. Veibranz is already looking ahead to the future. “I hope the series can keep up to the high standard of ex cellence it has established. I want to widen its reach to both students and the community.” Although there is no theme from year to year, the acts are often chosen because of the way they compliment an act from the same or previous years. Not to say that an act Bryan Monroe Jose Picado Kevin Roche Charlotte Sweetland Done Sta «r ■> * l I L‘-»j1 that new single from the radio is illegal. “I went to my neighbor’s house and he had all this stuff on his computer,” explained Pekular, “so he told me about bittorrent and all the stuff you could get.” Pekular isn’t alone. Students at Behrend aren't as privy with their habits in obtaining music and other electronic media as one might suspect. When it comes to the legalities of these methods, a significant number of students don’t bat an eye. While living on campus, many students still find time to download illegal media, and some fervently claim to do so with good reason. “If it’s a song I really like, I’ll download it,” says Sarah Tannler. a sophomore biology major. “And if I really like the artist, I’ll go to their concerts. I know it’s wrong, but oh well.” Junior software engineering major, Chris Shumaker says, “It’s there, I'm just making a copy of it for myself Bands get their money from touring and merchandise." As a self-proclaimed musi cian, Shumaker equates down loading a song to recording one off of the radio. “The RIAA is the most opposition [to piracy]." While the wave of piracy sub culture at Behrend is certainly prevalent, there are those who don’t download anything through the various channels available. Programs such as Bittorrent, pTorrent, and Vuze offer a myriad of opportunities, though some students choose not to indulge in such things. Zeke Patterson, a junior me- must be similar to one that came before it, but the series is set up to expose people to as many styles of music as possi ble. To some people, over a hun dred acts for the Logan Series may seem like a lot, but to Dr. Viebranz. that number hasn’t even begun to scratch the sur face. “I would love to bring Wyn ton Marsalis and his Jazz combo to campus. [Wynton] is a strong advocate for music ed ucation, and can offer so much to the students and commu nity.” The Logan Music Series has offered 20 years of fantastic en- Downloading [F] [F] Downloading Queued Queued Queued Free • Co: STD TESTING -WALK IN CLINIC Erie County Department of Health 606 West Second Street (Comer of West 2nd & Cherry Streets) Monday 9:ooam -11:00am Wednesday l:00pm-3:00pm Thursday 3:oopm-s:oopm Questions? Call 451-6700 ulture chanical engineering major, chooses not to pirate media. “Piracy is stealing. I won’t hold it against [the people who do it], but I don’t feel like it makes you a horrible person.” Still, little more than half of all those who responded “No” to the piracy questionnaire ad mitted they do it while at home for many different reasons. While many students believe it’s just not possible to do so on campus -therefore not attempt ing to try —others simply be lieve it will ruin their computer or are worried about getting in trouble. “I actually stopped down loading because my roommate got busted,” said Dan Trilli, a junior marketing major. In accordance with policy, Penn State withholds a viola tor’s identity from their accuser as part of a deal made with recording companies. This provides Penn State an oppor tunity to reform the student, so to speak, and allow the student to make the right choicesthere after. Any subsequent viola tion. and the student is on his or her own. On-campus piracy isn’t a local issue; it happens all over the nation. Yet, some students still feel it’s their right, so long as it’s available to them, to ob tain something for free if they have the opportunity. In the end, it all boils down to ethics and morality which will always vary from person to person. “I’ll still support the things that I like. I bought Microsoft Office after I pirated it. I go to concerts of bands that I enjoy after listening to their pirated albums,” Pekular says. tertainment and wonderful mu sicians to the Behrend campus. “[The Series] provides possi bility,” says Viebranz. “It gives folks and opportunity to get up close with incredible artists and people. Anytime that can hap pen in an intimate setting like Behrend, amazing things can happen.” Music at Noon: The Logan Series kicks off on Monday, Sept. 21, in the Reed Winter green Garden with a perform ance by the Cavani String Quartet. The performance is free for all students, faculty, and staff.
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