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Show ENGLISH LAB From page 7 sent a proposition to the provost after having it approved by the department head in October. They received permission for the lab in December and received the money in January. Since then, they have been making,plans for the revisions. The two main reasons the department decided on this project was because its peer institutions have facilities that include a collaborative work environment, and professional facilities are also based on the new, more collaborative writing space. The lab, although made for English students, is also available for use for anyone who wishes to pay the fee, English Department Head Jeffrey Smitten said. Geddef said in the grant proposal the lab was designed for English 1010 and 2010 students. But the design for the room is for graduate students and students in the major. "They're designing it for the select number of students but the majority of students that use that lab are 1010 and 2010 students," Geddef said. The old lab is more individualized and the renovations will make it more group oriented, Moeller said. "WeVe sort of been forced to do the best we can with what we have from surplus," Moeller said. "We're trying our best to recreate the best practices that research has showed us that works well." Technical writing student, Kowalis said he would enjoy the space for the professional atmosphere, and because they use that lab for their classes. "I think it's going to show us as students what we're going to be able to do when we get into our actual field," Kowalis said. A designer is helping design the new room which will include.connectible chairs without arm rests, like the library furniture. A white board and a group table will also be included. "While it's very idealistic for that graduate theory that they're talking about, the people that use the lab are English 1010 and 2010 students. So if you're changing it into a hang-out place verses a computer lab, people want to go to a computer lab to work, not to hang out," said Geddef. Moeller said he has talked with students and received positive feedback but Geddef said if students knew what the changes were, they would not be as happy. Moeller said he's very excited about the project, and students with concerns can contact him at rylish. moeller@usu.edu. ~ranaebang@cc.usu.edu Loophole in law allows Briefs companies to edit films Ecology Center hosts PROVO, Utah (AP) - Utah film editors are back in the cutting room just a few months after last year's ruling by a federal appeals judge that they could not edit movies to make them acceptable family fare. Thanks to what they say is a loophole in copyright law that allows cuts for "educational purposes," new companies such as Flix Club, a store in Orem, and older companies such as Cougar Video, are getting back into the editedmovie market. A portion of the Copyright Act reads: "the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship or research, is not an infringement of a copyright." Film editors say this section can be used to get around the July 2006 ruling by Judge Richard P. Matsch that stated sanitizing movies on DVD or VHS tape violates federal copyright laws. It marked the end of a three year legal battle between several film editing companies and 16 Hollywood directors started by a Colorado CleanFlicks store. Matsch ordered Utah-based CleanFlicks and others named in the suit, including Play It Clean Video of Ogden and CleanFilms of Provo, to stop "producing, manufacturing, creating" as well as renting edited movies and ordered the businesses to turn over their inventory to the movie studios within five days of the ruling. Daniel Thompson, the former franchiser of four CleanFlicks stores and the current owner of 2-monthold Flix Club, said he first heard of the loophole from a colleague and immediately called the distributor from whom he buys edited copies offilms.Thompson said that after some research, his distributor confirmed not only the existence of the loophole-but also its legal validity. Though the original suit dealt with many intellectual property issues, it focused on artistic control and the legal principal of fair use. Companies editingfilms,however, say they are legitimately bypassing the courts ruling regarding "fair use" by labeling their practices as having "educational purpose," and therefore falling under section 106's legitimate fair use provisions. The Director's Guild of America, which represented many of the parties involved with the original Colorado suit against CleanFlicks, refused to comment on the reemergence of companies who provide edited movies. A message left Sunday by The Associated Press on a Director's Guild of America media contact line was not immediately returned. An Easter full of eggs - plastic or smashed TylerLarsonAmhrson@ccMu.edu Spanish lecturer The USU Ecology Center is hosting Jordi Bascompte who has flown all the way from Spain to come and speak to the USU and Cache Valley community about networks and ecology. Bascompte has published many papers in scientific journals, and has authored three books. There will be ] two talks. The first talk will be held \ on Wednesday, April 11 at 6 p.m. It , is titled, "Networks in Science and Society." The second talk will be on Thursday, April 12 at 3 p.m. This talk is titled, "Mutualistic Networks: The Architecture of Biodiversity." Both j talks will be held in room 105 of the ; Natural Resource building. j ; For more information, visit www. usu.edu/ecology/seminar-speakers/ NEWseminar_speakers.htm. Women's Center scholarships open The following 2007-2008 scholj arships are available from the USU j Women's Center in TSC room 315. For more information contact the Center . at 797-1702 or visit www.usu.edu/reentrystudent for applications. The deadline for all applications is April 30, 2007The Dupont Endowed Scholarship for Women and Minorities in Civil and : Environmental Engineering is open i to undergraduate women in civil and : environmental engineering and undergraduate American minority men in civil and environmental engineering. The Susan Gray Blue Sky Scholarship is open to undergraduate junior and senior women who have a GPA of 2.5 or above and are enrolled for six credit hours for Fall 2007. The , scholarship is also available to gradu- : ate women with a 3.0 GPA or above and are enrolled for six credit hours. Applicants must be majoring or minoring in visual arts and can include an emphasis in the following: painting, ceramics, photography and twodimensional art. Reentry Scholarships and Encouragement Scholarships are also available for students with a gap of 3-5 years or more at some point in their education. Applicants must have a 2.5 GPA or above and be enrolled for six credit hours for Fall 2007- (TOP) AROUND 1 3 0 MEMBERS OF THE OLDHAM, RIGBY, Utah poet coming to USU Wednesday WALIJS, PAGE AND BUXTON families throw eggs on Old Main Hill Sunday afternoon. The Easter ritual that involves the throwing and cracking of dyed eggs is an annual family event for the holiday weekend. (Bottom) Samual and Paulina Rivera open eggs after an Easter egg hunt on Old Main Hill Saturday afternoon. The egg hunt on Old Main Hill is an annual event held the Saturday before Easter. The hunt started at 11 a.m. and a blue Easter bunny showed up to help kids track down eggs on the hill. The USU English department sponsors a reading by Andrea Hollander Budy Wednesday, April 11, at 12:30 p.m. at the Alumni Center. The event is free, light refreshments will be served, and all are invited. Budy will be on hand after the event to sign books. For more information, call Marina Hall at (435) 797-3858, or e-mail mhall@english.usu.edu. Jamie (rane/jamiecrane@ccusu.edu • Compiled from staff and media reports Contact USU Police at 797-1939 for non-emergencies. Anonymous reporting line: 797-5000 EMERGENCY NUMBER: 911 Blotter \PohceNews from tne.Compus & Community Friday, April 30, 2007 • USU police transported a student to the Cache Valley Specialty Hospital for medical care. report of someone creating a mess in and in front of two facility offices and two other rooms, by littering these locations with a white powder. Police are investigating. found a husband and wife who were visiting a relative, arguing over some personal issues. A compromise was ; reached and the couple agreed to separate for a few j days. Monday, April 2, 2007 • USU police responded to the USU trailer court where it was reported that the contents of a dumpster were smoldering and putting out a large amount of smoke.The dumpster s contents were extinguished without incident. Saturday, April 31,2007 • USU police located a vehicle in the Big Blue Terrace that appears to have been parked there for quite awhile. The vehicle is covered in dirt. There are flyers on it from October 9, 2006. Police will attempt to contact owner of the vehicle. • USU police responded to the economy parking lot access tunnel on approximately 700 East and 400 North where several individuals were observed defacing the walls of the tunnel. Police advised individuals to mark out what was written and were released. Sunday, April 1,2007 • USU police responded to the Fine Arts Center on a • USU police responded to Aggie Village on a suspicious person looking through the back windows of building 14. Police arrived, and searched the area for approximately 10 minutes but could not find anyone who fit the description. There was no further action taken. • USU police responded to the Aggie Terrace to locate three students riding their bicycles down the parking structure. Police could not find anyone in the Aggie Terrace when they arrived. • A female student reported that she was the victim of unwanted sexual touching. Police are investigating. • A USU parking employee reported that a female became disorderly when he wrote her a parking citation while in one of the residence hall parking lots. Police are investigating. • USU police responded to the area north of USU trailer park on a report of juveniles driving a golf cart in the gravel pit. Police were unable to find anyone driving a golf cart. Tuesday, April 3, 2007 Thursday, April 5, 2007 • USU police took a report that a student is repeatedly using drugs in resident housing. Police are investigating. • USU police responded to the Stokes Nature Center area, near mile post 463, in Logan Canyon to assist the Utah Highway Patrol on a vehicle accident. It was discovered that the vehicle had left the roadway and rolled over into the river. m Wednesday, April 4, 2007 • USU police responded to the West Stadium Villa on a report of a family argument. When police arrived they Compiled by Di Lewis. |
