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§ Archil Friday/December 3/1993 The official student publication of Bethel College Volume 69, No. 7 I Sharing Christmas Joy Providing for the needy at Christmas means giving of ourselves Software pirateers are being watched by Dirk Kingsley News Editor As Christmas approaches, one's thoughts often turn to the needy. Christ's birth was a gift of life to mankind, God giving of himself to the world because His people needed Him, Bethel Business students involved with Students in Free Enterprise, Adopt-A-Family participants and shirt donors at the campus store are a few of that they could provide for themselves. I see this as a project that will get people oriented towards being self-sufficient. It's a part of doing community development work and it's also an integration of faith. Business students are using their business skills to do outreach work." Students in Free Enterprise is working with inner-city junior-high youth from the Hospitality House Boys and Girls Club, a non-denominational Christian organiza- Sophomore Laura Tobisch, President speaking to inner city youth. the members of the community that are giving of themselves to others this holiday season. Students in Free Enterprise, an unofficial Bethel student club advised by Associate Professor of Business Leo Gabriel, and led by Sophomore Laura Tobisch, has set its goals on outreach and business. "Most outreach work is centered around providing food, clothing, shelter," said Gabriel, "Certainly, if we can get people who are lacking physical needs oriented towards making their own money, then we would not have to be about providing food, clothing, and shelter. It would be things Photo/Josh Freed of Students in Free Enterprise tion, helping them to create their own company so they could design and sell their own Christmas cards for a profit. "We do have a fairly large group. We have ten kids that we are working with now and we were hoping for five—that's what we thought would be realistic, but we have ten," said Tobisch, President of Students in Free Enterprise. She and the others hope to expand to Easter and birthday cards, as well as silk-screened T-shirts in the future. The Christmas cards are being printed at Camden Printworks, a printshop started by inner-city youth under Tony Campolo. please see Christmas Joy on page 9 by Josh Freed Contributing Writer Usually, when something gets stolen, Bethel Security gets called. But if that something is software, Mark Schneider will be on the case. Schneider is Bethel's Director of User Services and the man who makes sure nobody at Bethel is illegally pirating software. Schneider defines "software piracy" as "the illegal copying of any commercial software product." A commercial software product is any computer program that one would pay money for, according to Schneider. Federal laws against software piracy are a lot tougher than many people realize, Schneider said. The vocabulary of those who work in this area now includes words such as "raids," "tiplines," and "investigators." Judgments against those who use software illegally can be as high as seven figures. Schneider described one scene of alleged software piracy: he walked into the computer lab and saw eight different students playing "Hellcats," an arcade-styled flight combat simulation game. Schneider said that one of the students may have paid for the game, but "we all know they didn't all pay for it." Although Schneider let this incident go, it signifies the kind of problem he is facing. Another game that concerns Schneider is called aMUD, or "Multi-User Dungeon." Schneider says that game is a Dungeons and Dragons-style role playing game that some Bethel students have gotten involved in. "It involves casting spells and dealing with demons, and that is not agood Christian activity, even in play," said Schneider. "I consider that to be the same thing as practicing a non-Christian religion on this campus." Schneider said that most of the people he finds using software illegally are students, not faculty or administration. It's not difficult for Schneider to find illegal software use on a Bethel network computer. Schneider says "we can track every keystroke" a student makes, meaning that Schneider can find out where the software came from (if you downloaded over a network computer) and where it goes (if you took it home with you). "If you're typing in the lab, I can come in like a ghost and see what you *re doing." Schneider says that from the computer in his AC office, he can look at whatever you have on your screen at that moment. That includes text files, graphic images, and your letter home to mom, although Schneider is adamant that he "typically" does not take advantage of this ability to play Big Brother. "We're not trying to tum this into the Spanish Inquisition," he said. "We are strictly looking for violations of the law, and violations of our ethics statement." The "ethics statement" he refers to is a document that outlines the sins that constitute a misuse of Bethel's computers. The statement includes specific references to the Minnesota law governing software misuse. Students accused of misusing software will be referred to Student Development. Schneider says that one reason he is so vigilant is that Bethel can get sued if a student uses a Bethel computer to pirate software. He says that federal laws governing software use have toughened dramatically in recent years to the point where some companies have actually been raided —physically, not electronically—because of suspected software piracy. Schneider says that "a conviction could cost Bethel millions of dol lars." "We 'd be a very likely target," he says, "A lot of people would like to nail a Christian college." Another infraction Schneider watches for is computer pornography. Bethel is hooked up to the Internet, a worldwide computer network that distributes games, provides a place for different computer users to talk to each other via modem, and has a large cache of pornography. A person using a Bethel computer can "download" this pornography from the Internet and save it either on the Bethel computer or on their own disk. Schneider knows what many Internet pornography viewers do not know: Internet publishes a list of the names of those who have accessed the pornogra- please see Pirateers on page 3 News 1 Features 4 The Arts 6 Sports 8 Opinions 11 Classifieds 12 -Bethel students spend semester in Hollywood, Page 6 -Professsor Gregory A. Boyd says "All Dance Is God's Dance" Page 11 -i Next Issue: February 4
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Title | Page 1 |
Alternative Title | The Bethel Clarion |
Edition (Vol. No.) | Vol. 69 No. 07 |
Date Published | December 03 1993 |
Decade | 1990 |
Academic Year | 1993 - 1994 |
Frequency | Biweekly |
Notes | This project has been financed in part with funds provided by the State of Minnesota through the Minnesota Historical Society from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. |
Digital Collection | The Clarion: Bethel University's Student Newspaper |
Digital Publisher | Bethel University |
Editor | Johnson, Penny J. |
Contributors | Steiber, Mary (Administrative Advisor); Ashcroft, Mary Ellen (Academic Advisor); Kingsley, Dirk (News Editor); Coronna, Maryanne (Features Editor); Venneman-Bauer, Nicolle (Arts Editor); Wickman, Matt (Sports Editor); Powell, Naomi (Opinions Editor); Lindberg, Katie (Photo Co-Editor); Elstrand, Angela (Photo Co-Editor); (Layout and Graphic Arts Editor); Johnson, Anna (Copy Editor); Kennedy, Rebecca (Business and Ad Manager) |
Location |
United States Minnesota Saint Paul |
Time Span of Publication | Newspaper published from 1921 through present day |
Copyright | Reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted for educational and research purposes with proper attribution to the Bethel Digital Library. No commercial reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted under copyright law without the written permission of Bethel University Digital Library. For questions or further information on this collection, contact digital-library@bethel.edu. |
Type | text |
Format | image/jpeg |
Physical Dimensions | 11.5 x 17 |
Original Collection | Printed paper copies of original newspaper in the collections of the Bethel University Library and the History Center: Archives of the Baptist General Conference and Bethel University. |
Original Publisher | Bethel College |
Transcript | § Archil Friday/December 3/1993 The official student publication of Bethel College Volume 69, No. 7 I Sharing Christmas Joy Providing for the needy at Christmas means giving of ourselves Software pirateers are being watched by Dirk Kingsley News Editor As Christmas approaches, one's thoughts often turn to the needy. Christ's birth was a gift of life to mankind, God giving of himself to the world because His people needed Him, Bethel Business students involved with Students in Free Enterprise, Adopt-A-Family participants and shirt donors at the campus store are a few of that they could provide for themselves. I see this as a project that will get people oriented towards being self-sufficient. It's a part of doing community development work and it's also an integration of faith. Business students are using their business skills to do outreach work." Students in Free Enterprise is working with inner-city junior-high youth from the Hospitality House Boys and Girls Club, a non-denominational Christian organiza- Sophomore Laura Tobisch, President speaking to inner city youth. the members of the community that are giving of themselves to others this holiday season. Students in Free Enterprise, an unofficial Bethel student club advised by Associate Professor of Business Leo Gabriel, and led by Sophomore Laura Tobisch, has set its goals on outreach and business. "Most outreach work is centered around providing food, clothing, shelter," said Gabriel, "Certainly, if we can get people who are lacking physical needs oriented towards making their own money, then we would not have to be about providing food, clothing, and shelter. It would be things Photo/Josh Freed of Students in Free Enterprise tion, helping them to create their own company so they could design and sell their own Christmas cards for a profit. "We do have a fairly large group. We have ten kids that we are working with now and we were hoping for five—that's what we thought would be realistic, but we have ten," said Tobisch, President of Students in Free Enterprise. She and the others hope to expand to Easter and birthday cards, as well as silk-screened T-shirts in the future. The Christmas cards are being printed at Camden Printworks, a printshop started by inner-city youth under Tony Campolo. please see Christmas Joy on page 9 by Josh Freed Contributing Writer Usually, when something gets stolen, Bethel Security gets called. But if that something is software, Mark Schneider will be on the case. Schneider is Bethel's Director of User Services and the man who makes sure nobody at Bethel is illegally pirating software. Schneider defines "software piracy" as "the illegal copying of any commercial software product." A commercial software product is any computer program that one would pay money for, according to Schneider. Federal laws against software piracy are a lot tougher than many people realize, Schneider said. The vocabulary of those who work in this area now includes words such as "raids," "tiplines," and "investigators." Judgments against those who use software illegally can be as high as seven figures. Schneider described one scene of alleged software piracy: he walked into the computer lab and saw eight different students playing "Hellcats," an arcade-styled flight combat simulation game. Schneider said that one of the students may have paid for the game, but "we all know they didn't all pay for it." Although Schneider let this incident go, it signifies the kind of problem he is facing. Another game that concerns Schneider is called aMUD, or "Multi-User Dungeon." Schneider says that game is a Dungeons and Dragons-style role playing game that some Bethel students have gotten involved in. "It involves casting spells and dealing with demons, and that is not agood Christian activity, even in play," said Schneider. "I consider that to be the same thing as practicing a non-Christian religion on this campus." Schneider said that most of the people he finds using software illegally are students, not faculty or administration. It's not difficult for Schneider to find illegal software use on a Bethel network computer. Schneider says "we can track every keystroke" a student makes, meaning that Schneider can find out where the software came from (if you downloaded over a network computer) and where it goes (if you took it home with you). "If you're typing in the lab, I can come in like a ghost and see what you *re doing." Schneider says that from the computer in his AC office, he can look at whatever you have on your screen at that moment. That includes text files, graphic images, and your letter home to mom, although Schneider is adamant that he "typically" does not take advantage of this ability to play Big Brother. "We're not trying to tum this into the Spanish Inquisition," he said. "We are strictly looking for violations of the law, and violations of our ethics statement." The "ethics statement" he refers to is a document that outlines the sins that constitute a misuse of Bethel's computers. The statement includes specific references to the Minnesota law governing software misuse. Students accused of misusing software will be referred to Student Development. Schneider says that one reason he is so vigilant is that Bethel can get sued if a student uses a Bethel computer to pirate software. He says that federal laws governing software use have toughened dramatically in recent years to the point where some companies have actually been raided —physically, not electronically—because of suspected software piracy. Schneider says that "a conviction could cost Bethel millions of dol lars." "We 'd be a very likely target," he says, "A lot of people would like to nail a Christian college." Another infraction Schneider watches for is computer pornography. Bethel is hooked up to the Internet, a worldwide computer network that distributes games, provides a place for different computer users to talk to each other via modem, and has a large cache of pornography. A person using a Bethel computer can "download" this pornography from the Internet and save it either on the Bethel computer or on their own disk. Schneider knows what many Internet pornography viewers do not know: Internet publishes a list of the names of those who have accessed the pornogra- please see Pirateers on page 3 News 1 Features 4 The Arts 6 Sports 8 Opinions 11 Classifieds 12 -Bethel students spend semester in Hollywood, Page 6 -Professsor Gregory A. Boyd says "All Dance Is God's Dance" Page 11 -i Next Issue: February 4 |
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