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Monday, February 13, 2012

Vol. 100 No. 247

University cracking down on campus-based piracy

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On first offense, a student’s Internet access is blocked. On second offense, he or she goes before the complaint committee. On the third offense, the student meets with the dean of students and can face disciplinary measures.

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The University of Mississippi is cracking down on students who illegally download music through the Appropriate Use Policy. Students who violate the

policy can have their Internet access taken away, and legal action can also be a potential consequence. During orientation, students and parents are informed about the policy and the consequences that come with violating it.

Also, students are required every year to sign off on the policy through their myOleMiss account. There has been an increase in violations, however, despite the policy being in existence for so many years. Chief information officer

Kathy Gates said she thinks this is due to the university increasing its bandwidth. “We’re opening up bandwidth in the residence halls to try to give you all a better experience, but along with that, we’re seeing more of these illegal downloads,” she said. The university does not directly monitor students’ Internet activity. They are notified by the Recording Industry Association of America through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act when a student violates a copyright law. Following a student’s first violation, his or her Internet access is blocked until he or she complies with the Appropriate Use Policy and agrees to delete all copyrighted material from his or her computer. If a student violates the policy for a second time, he or she has to appear to the complaint committee. On the third violation, a student will have to meet with the dean of students, where he or she can face the same types of disciplinary measures as other university policies, which

include failure in a class as well as suspension or expulsion from the university. The punishments for violators is steep and IT Helpdesk manager Teresa McCarver said she wants students to be more aware. “The main thing they need to know is that downloading and redistributing copyrighted material is just a problem,” she said. “It’s something they shouldn’t be doing.” Thomas Womble, junior international studies major, said he was not aware of the policy but understands how students are misinformed. “Students aren’t walked through as in depth as they maybe should be about what’s acceptable and what isn’t,” he said. Sophomore marketing major Jay Sheffer said he thinks the price of downloading music is the reason students choose to download files illegally. “It’s like $1.09 to buy one song, so people probably don’t See PIRACY, PAGE 4

Benefit for Fox family tonight at Taylor Grocery BY ROSS CABELL rsscabell@gmail.com

Lori and Joel Fox are humble people. They would be the last to admit that they have had a big impact on the lives of the people they know. They care about their family, their friends, complete strangers and most importantly for them, their two daughters. Their names in the community have become synonymous with volunteering, cooking church dinners and setting up benefits. One can tell a lot about them just by walking into their house, located on the property of Camp Lake Stephens, where Joel works. Inside the green brick house, there are only a few blank spaces on the wall — framed pictures of their two daughters, Emery Ellen, 10, and 19–month-old Mamie Grace, seem to make up a kind of wallpaper.

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Walking into the house, the whole family gets up to greet you, and they seem to compete for who can be the friendliest. It ends up being a tie. A year ago Lori Fox was diagnosed with sarcoma cancer. “She found out on her birthday,” Joel said, sitting next to his wife on their couch. “Yeah, isn’t that something,” Lori added. “I guess the Lord just prepared me. I’m not saying I handled it calm or cool or anything, but it was the reaction that I myself would not have thought I would have had.” Lori admitted that she had been afraid of a cancer diagnosis, but when she heard the news she was surprised with her own reaction. “I don’t know,” she said. “It was almost weird. I was always afraid of getting that diagnosis all of my life you know but it was almost like I already knew it, I was just figuring out what it was called.” Her husband was equally surprised. “Since I’ve known her, if she

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would get a bump on her forehead, she’d ask, ‘Is it cancer?’” Joel said. “Just always been deathly afraid of a cancer diagnosis. I guess when it finally came around and it was, well it wasn’t really the reaction that I would have expected. She handled it really well.” For the Fox family, who have done so much for others, having others do the caring for them is a new and emotional experience. “It’s humbling to know that we have so many good friends that care so much about us and love us so much to help us out,” Joel said. “There are people involved that we don’t even know. It’s true. The other day I had a guy that I had just met who had heard about it, and said, ‘Well, hey I got a voucher for a free flight for Southwest Airlines, you can have that.’ “We are so blessed by all the friends and the family that are able to help. We were overwhelmed by it really.” A benefit is being held in the Foxes’ at Taylor Grocery tonight

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Left to Right: Lori Fox, Emery Ellen Fox, Mamie Grace Fox and Joel Fox pose for a picture in their home in Taylor, Miss.

from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. There will be a silent auction, t-shirts, a bake sale and plenty of fried catfish to go around. All the proceeds of the event will go to the Foxes. Johnette Jenkins, a family friend and member of the group setting up the benefit, said she didn’t think twice about it. “Because they have given so much to so many, we want to give to them,” she said. “They

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are just amazing people, and they need help. It’s always nice to be able to help somebody who was done for others for so long and to help them when they need it. That’s rewarding.” The benefit is set to raise money for the high costs in travel and hospital bills necessary to treat the cancer. Lori and Joel fly to Houston every two weeks See BENEFIT, PAGE 4

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