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Show r.NETXNEWS.NET LQNPAY • JANIJARY-22 • 20.07 v • fi* UVSC art exhibit now open The Woodbury Art Museum features faculty-created art LukeHickman Life Writer In theaters this week On Friday, January 19, UVSC's Woodbury Art Museum premiered its latest exhibit. This round, the focus is on pieces created by faculty members of the Art and Vi- sual Communication department. Director Marcus Vincent of the Woodbury gave proud compliments to UVSC's staff by saying, "As the movement of UVSC toward university status intensifies, so does the SeeART-B2 Smokin' Aces Cafch and Release Blood and Chocolate Catherine Downing, "Juniper Springs" Courtesy Photos/yahoo.com New on DVD Saw III -What could've been the most disgusting movie of 2006 just got even more disgusting with an unrated DVDI The Guardian - Check this out for yourself before the Academy Awards to see if it really is worth all of the Oscar hype. Walker, Texas Ranger: The Complete Second Season - One thing you can never get enough of - Chuck Norris. '**£ Perry Stewart, "Mackie" Marcus Vincent, "Girl Speaking Flowers" With iTunes sales leveling off, CDs may be making a comeback Courtesy Photos/amazon.com top ten Hitting a Rat Note US,. (l.jJltfll W$, til lit Mi Things we're tired of I 0 After low 9 8 7 Football movies 9 % American Idol '-0 6 Hale storm "Entertainment" This Semester "Got, ads id 20 5 2 I The Vagina Monologues Cindy Sheehan "Head O n " commercials New on CD The Shins: "Wincing Hie Night I Away" - The Future is bright For this band made Famous by the hit indie film Garden State. g* John Mellencamp: "Freedom's Road" A - Wasn't he so much better when he included "Cougar" in his name? 2007 Grammy Nominations: Various Artists - If you want to hear the nominations, but don't want to buy the CD, tune your radio into any damn station and you'll hear them all - over and over again. J Courtesy Photos/amazon.com i'J Chuck Norris Psycht CDs take on digital downloading Chad Hunt Life Writer With recent debates over iTunes Music Store downloads stalling during 2006, a new light has been shed on the debate over whether digital downloads or tangible CDs are the better music format. Since the opening of the iTunes Music Store in 2003, the legal music downloading retailer has turned many heads to the shiny, 99-cent single and the option to pick and choose songs from albums, instead of paying a more expensive rate for a compact disc that contains one or two songs worth listening to, making digital downloading a preferred method for buying music. To be fair to the CD, however, digital music isn't as easy to use as it may first appear. The biggest hassle is Digital Rights Management (DRM), which regulates how, where and the length of time that the purchased music is available to you. Another problem is music formats, which also limit the use of downloaded music files. Further comparing and contrasting of digital music versus compact discs, a breakdown of each format puts each to the test: The CD In general, the purchasing price of a CD ranges between nine and 20 dollars. Although the expensive CD can be ripped to different formats, anti-rip protection prohibits ripping on some discs. Purchasing a CD generally results in paying for only one or two of the songs, getting stuck with the rest of the songs that aren't worth mat restrictions sometimes it, having to store discs and leave the consumer high and cases that take up space, and dry when trying to switch scratches ruin disc playback. formats, or upload songs to Though they are more ex- an MP3 player. pensive than downloads, CDs There is also the nightare universally compatible. A mare of losing songs if the CD can be ripped, burned and computer crashes, or an acused in a number of differ- cidental deletion, and someent formats and with differ- times damage can occur when ent programs. The playback transferring between computquality is always excellent, ers. Replacing a lost or damand without purchasing the aged song is difficult, usually disc, the artwork, liner notes, impossible, through the maand tangibility of the musical jor digital music retailers. experience are lost. However, digital music CDs can also be found for is generally more cost effeccheap online through ama- tive than CD purchasing. The zon.com, and there are sites music selections are typically were CDs can be traded and more infinite online, and the sold back and forth for a more purchases are instantaneous reasonable cost. and can be done without leaving the comforts of home. The download There arc alternatives The luster of the 99-cent to the major players in the download has worn off, or so digital downloading seen as it appears, as DRM and forSee MUSIC-B2 |