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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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.