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  • WESTERN CAROLINIAN NEWS March 22, 2000 { /' / Candlelight Vigil to Protest Violence and Infanticide by Dawn N. Pasley Asst. News Editor The Western Carolinian will sponsor a candlelight vigil to be held at the WCU Alumni Tower on Wednesday, March 29, at 7:30pm to protest infanticide and violence everywhere in the world. Infanticide, a term that is generally used to describe the murder of a young child before its first birthday, is something with which the world is quite familiar. For example, in China, where government regulations place severe punishments on couples who have more than one child, there are high rates of infanticide, especially of female babies, because male children are more desired. The United States is no stranger to the killing of infants, but the chief motivation behind the candlelight vigil is a case that has hit much closer to home for many in the WCU community. A WCU student was recently charged with murdering her infant, and this has Candlelight Vigif WHEN Wed., March 29 7:30pm WHERE WCU Alumni Tower V brought the concept of infanticide to the forefront of public consciousness in the area. All participants will light a candle, and speakers will talk briefly about violence in our society, especially violence against children, said Seth Sams, organizer of the vigil. The ceremony, which will be very casual, will end with a moment of silence for all of the children who have been murdered in the past year. The vigil is intended for members of the WCU community to band together against violence and infanticide. "I think people read the ^ news and talk about it on their lunch breaks, and to their families when they get home, but nobody shows their support outside of that, so this is a chance for people to do more than just talk about it and actually rally together and protest against violence," said Sams, "I hope that we see students turn out to show that our generation is not going to condone violence in the years to come." U.S. Campuses Ban Napster by Craig Day Staff Writer With over 500,000 song files in over 4,000 music libraries at any given login time, the website Napster.com is being banned from universities nationwide due to network congestion and infringement of music copyright laws. Napster.com, whose offices are based out of California, became available to web surfers in August of '99. It is a web site that allows web surfers to trade MP3 files. These MP3 files are "musical songs that have been converted into a digital format that compresses the song," said Scott Swartzentruber, who is the Network Services Manager for the WCU campus. The congestion of many of the universities' LANs (Local Access Network) comes from the trading of these MP3s that are huge files ranging between two and 10 megabytes. These files take from 15 to 30 minutes to download on a 56k modem. On a T3, which is the LAN size of WCU, it takes from six to 10 minutes depending on the congestion of the site. This massive trading of such large files, in turn, strangles the universities' LANs to make accessing other web sites close to impossible. The popularity of the web site and the massive trading of MP3s caught the attention of the Recording Industry Association of America. They are suing Napster for 16 recording companies because of music copyright infringement. "Part of the 'beauty' of the Napster program," said Swartzentruber, "is that if I am a user and I am into gathering MP3 files, whether it is illegal or not, and I have a bunch of MP3 files on my computer, I install this program, the Napster program is set up by default to make your computer a server of your MP3 files and it registers with the main Napster server that your machine has a copy of whatever songs you have on your hard drive. As long as you have Napster running, your computer is giving out MP3 files unbeknownst to you. Everyone of your CDs is for your own use. It is when you give them to me or someone else, then it becomes an issue." WCU has not banned the web site as of yet and currently has no plans to do so. "A T3 could be congested," said Swartzentruber, "but we are not filling up the pipe we have now. If we found that we were having problems and we started researching where the problems were coming from, and we found that it was Napster that was causing most of the traffic, I do not think we would make it at our level arbitrarily, but we would certainly pass up the recommendation that we turn it off." For more information, please access the web site at www.Napster.com or write to Napster Inc, 4 West Fourth Avenue, Suite 401, San Manteo, C.A. 94402. Please refer to WCU's copyright regulations at www.wcu.edu/local/patti/htp/help/ copyright.html before accessing the Napster web site. Health Services Gets a Facelift by Jon Estes Staff Writer The Health Services Department is undergoing drastic changes to improve benefits to WCU students. In addition to both physical renovations and a better use of current staff, WCU has hired a new full-time physician's assistant. Debi Brotherton is originally from Connecticut. She graduated from the Duke PA program and, after working there for two years, pursued her profession in Florida while her husband attended FSU. She has also worked in Boseman, Montana, and in Cherokee. Brotherton is already presenting new ideas to better aid the student body. She would like to address women's health, a subject Health Services hasn't focused on in the past - it has been left to the Jackson County Health Department, which visits the campus only once a month. "We hope to get it off the ground ... in the fall. We' 11 start offering more of women's health issues; pap smear, birth control, information, and all that," said Brotherton. Brotherton is now among a growing list of three providers, including Dr. J. Davis and Tom Tabor, also a PA. They are looking to add another to the team in the near future. Though not full doctors, the physician's assistants are qualified to offer the same care as Dr. Davis. "We need to get the word out that physician's assistants are licensed to do virtually everything a doctor can do; so to ask for me because I have an MD behind my name is ridiculous," said Davis. The streamlining of Health Services is being developed on two levels - changes and additions to staff, and actual physical renovations. As well as adding the new PA, Health Services has also employed Trent Inman as their Medical Records Manager. The result is a better, more organized records room and much quicker access to patient history. Also, standard operating procedures are being revised to allow the nursing staff to offer medical assistance to the patient. By administering some of the more minor services, this will ease the physicians' schedules while providing patients with faster treatment. Currently the facilities are virtually being rebuilt from the inside-out. The goal is to have the equivalent of any medical practice office. The first floor of the building will soon include 8-10 examination rooms; all of the providers' offices will be upstairs. The idea behind this is, once again, time and efficiency. It allows Health Services to take on more patients at a time, while not sacrificing personal care. Ideas that might be implemented in the future include trying an appointment system, and carrying some of the more commonplace prescription drugs, such as penicillin. Hours of operation are from 8am-8pm Monday through Friday, and 10am-2pm on the weekends. Doctors are usually staffed until 5pm, and are on call afterwards. The busiest times are from lunch until the late afternoon. Retired or Semi-Retired Persons Welcome! PART-OR FULL TIME, FLEXIBLE OR SPLIT-SHIFT SCHEDULE M&vzsr High Hampton Inn & Country Club HIRING FOR 2000 SEASON Taking applications for all positions available. Receptionist, Front Desk, Kitchen Cooks and Salad Apprentice, Housekeeping and Recreations Staff for 2000 Season. 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