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Western Carolinian Volume 67 Number 16

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o inion / letters ewsma opinion LETTERS azine nov. 20 - dec. 3, 2002 uzn Total Information Awareness The following editorial appeared in Saturdays WaShington Post: Anyone who deliberately set out to -invent a government program With the specific •aim Of terrifying the Orwell-reading public could hardly have improved on the Information Awareness Office, Tucked away -in the outer reaches of the Defense brandishing an eerie and cryptic logo—san all-seeing eyeatop: a pyramid and the slogan "Scientia Est Potentia» CKn6wlédge -Is office is headed by retired Rear .Adm;:; John M. Poindexter, the Reagan administration official who was convicted in the wake of the Iran-Contra scandal of five felony counts. of lying to Congress; destroying official documents and obstructing the congressional inquiry into the affair. Not Surprisingly; there. have already been some fast. breathing reactions to recently published. information about the office, including allegations that it is funded by the Homeland Security Bill (it isn't) and that Adm, Poindexter -has compiled a computer dossier: on every American (he hasn't; or not. yet), In fact/the program is still a research projectofthe Defense Advanced Research Projectsngency (DARPA), the high-tech innovators who helped Ofeate. the who claim that this project is equally benigne Among other things, the4nformation Awareness Office is •trying to find ways ofbetter identifying potentially dangerous people by using video cameras and biometricss and Of processing. large amounts Of data from different sourcesso as to predict and preventxerrorist attacks (the u Total -Information Awareness Police tracking the Washington sniper-suspects might, for exampl% have caught them more quickly with the help. ofa Computer program that could simultaneously search their motel. records; their immigration and police histories; and traffeviolacions tied to their Chevrolet Caprice. Yet; given both the context and the content of the: program, DARPA should hardly have been surprised by the bad publicity. For however revolutionary and innovatiVe.it may be;i this is not neutral technology, and '"the potential for abuse is enormous If information that Once took five people a week to find will now take Oile peison; 15 minutes to finds then instant-e-æand instantly dossiers: on everyone really do cease to be science fiction, Ifcomputers can learn toidentiÉy a person: through a •video camera;then constant surveillance Ofsociety becomes possible; too. Because thelegal system designed to protect privacy has yet to catch up With this eehnology, Congress needs to take a direct interest in this projects}? and the defense secretary should appoint an outside committee:to Oversee •it, before it proCéédS3Privacy Concernsneed to be built •into the technOlogy from, the beginning—f the public decides :aftek being fully acquainted With the possibilitie$ that itis to be built at all, Finally, everyone :involved might also want to considefwhethef Adm. Poindexter is thebe't person •to thiS7extremely sensitive project. Though hiseriminal •convictions were overturned •on appeals his record Of lying '"to:Congress hardly makes him an ideal protectorof > 'e*legal his conduct of Iran2ContrÅ• hardly makes •htman advertisement: for government Even his choice Of. logo callsinto question his tact and taste, Poindexter's presence on this project;. thetlack of clear public information about it and the absence Of any real oversight already indicate a serious •lapse ofjudgmenn 0 2002 THE WASHINGTON POST LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, E-MAIL US: WC@WCUEDU THANK YOU, SIR! MAY I HAVE ANOTHER? Grounds for Complaint Where does a guy have to go around here to get a refill of coffee? Not Java City, apparently. Hunter Library's stylized delicatessen and caffeine junction is a great idea. I love the fact that I no longer have to trudge across campus for a hot cup o' joe while writing a term paper or researching a project. Needless to say, I won't subject myself again to the brackish, tepid, crude oil dispensed from the coffee machine in the library's lounge for as long as I live. As for convenience, Java City rates high. I have no grudge against the quality of coffee served, the manner in which it is served, or even the prices at which it can be bought. What does percolate my discontent is the fact that they do not offer refills. What is the point of purchasing one of the stainless steel travel mugs they market if one cannot be afforded a discount while using the thing? Upon requesting a refill this afternoon, I was told I certainly could not have one, as it was against the rules, and was then served a large paper cup of the House Blend of which I was to decant into my own stainless steel Starbucks travel mug. This seems both unnecessary and redundant. One would suppose that the Java City bureaucracy has placed a veto on refills in order to make more money, but has a mandate to waste as many paper cups as possible also been issued? Good God man! Could they not have just held my mug below the stream of steaming coffee and saved the poor cup? The horror! The inhumanity! Think of the environment. Think how my dejected Starbucks travel mug must have felt. It was ostracized and denied the only function for which it exists, to receive the precious caffeinated liquid and keep it warm. No, this Seattle-spawned coffee apparatus was not treated with dignity and respect it deserves, far from it. Avoided like a Calcutta leper, the Starbucks steel was forced to endure the cruel sight of an intermediary performing the task which rightfully was its own. And what of the paper cup? Used and scrapped at the whim of an obstinate guideline, there is no end to the inferiority it must have felt, and feels still, as it lays complacently and uselessly at the bottom of the wastebasket in which it was tossed. For Heaven's sake, for the environment's sake, for the coffee-drinker's sake, and for the delicate sensibilities of coffee cups everywhere, please, I implore you, institute a refill policy at the Java City. Travis Bugg, Java Aficionado WRITER "DISMAYED" BY WEEKEND SPIRIT 17 November 2002 My Dearest Editor: I would like to draw attention to some items that severely dismayed me at this past weekend's football game. First, I would like to address whoever types the different banners for the scoreboard. Whoever handled this job did a poor task of checking his/her grammar. "We taking that jug" should never have been shown in front of all the football fans. Furthermore, where is the proofreader for this sign? Second and far more importantly, I feel the need to chastise members of the football team. In what is supposedly the most important game of the year, WCU football players showed no or little enthusiasm for the game or their teammates. Is it no wonder then that they could not do any better than they did? Other fans and myself attended tailgating in the rain and then proceeded to the game. There, we fully supported WCU and the football team by screaming, ringing cowbells, and generally creating a lot of noise pollution all the while enduring a damp, cold and miserable Saturday. We also put up with the mocking of App students and defended our players. As I recall from high school, coaches practically had to restrain players on the sideline from running out to celebrate and encourage teammates on the field. High school players had a true sense of being a team. Without encouragement from fellow players, the team will not work to its true ability. Perhaps, instead of local high school coaches bringing their teams to WCU, WCU should take their team to the local high schools to learn about being a team. Team is not spelled with an Bitter and Concerned About the State of WCU Athletics, Jennifer S. Conklin

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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  - Date original: 2002-11-20
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  - Dimension: 14" x 11.5"
  - Pages: 16
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  - Jackson County (N.C.)
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