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Girls on the Run gives students chance to volunteer, Students warned of danger involving indecent images, extortion impact next generation Lindsay added that this is especially true for those stuJamie Greig

Lawyer speaks on Internet etiquette

dents who live on campus. “The burden of proof for criminal cases is usually around A nationally recognized student and academic rights 75 percent,” Lindsay said. “But, for on-campus disciplinary attorney told students last Thursday to be as vigilant hearings the standard of proof is around 51 percent.” Lindsay explained that if you are seen online even holdonline as they are offline. ing an alcoholic product on campus property, or breaking In a talk organized by the Issues Committee, lawyer C.L. any other rule, then you will be found guilty. Lindsay spoke to a group of more than 30 students in the Lindsay told students about the case of Cameron Walker, Cox auditorium. former president of Fisher College SGA of Boston, Mass., “Would you put 50 pictures of yourself smoking weed up on campus property, or steal a DVD from Best Buy?” expelled from the university for being a part of a Facebook group that targeted a police officer. Lindsay said. “No, well don’t do it online either.” The group attempted to have a campus officer fired by Lindsay spoke at length about the need for students to provoking him using methods of assault. Walker was tarbe aware that the same laws and social standards that apply geted as he was in an elevated position at the university, outside of the web also apply on the Internet. even though he had not even posted on the group. Lindsay is the executive director and founder of the Lindsay also added that beyond the boundaries of the Coalition for Student and Academic Rights (CO-STAR). university, 75 percent of recruiters admit to actively checkHis organization helps students across America with legal ing, and making judgments problems and is, to his based on, individual social netknowledge, the only free legal work pages. advice available to the college “Would you walk into a job community. application and tell them that “We get about 10,000 your primary interest is boorequests a month and are able bies?” Lindsay said. “If not, to touch about five percent of then don’t put that kind of them,” Lindsay said. thing on your profile, either.” Lindsay’s talk was accomLindsay also warned stupanied by a slideshow featurdents to always have their ing his own action figures security settings set to maxidepicting his various areas of mum and check them every discussion. time there is an update. One area of concern for “Right now there are students, Lindsay said, is the approximately 15,000 sexual distribution of indecent predators online in America images. actively looking for their next Lindsay warned students target,” Lindsay said. that over the age of 18 there He told students not to are no laws to prevent the make themselves a target by distribution of indecent putting up provocative images, images. adding that profile photos “Once an image is in the • Photo courtesy of Melissa Winchell/uwosh.edu should be kept as neutral as public domain it is virtually impossible to stop these C.L. Lindsay speaks to students at the University of possible so as not to attract images being spread,” Wisconsin, Oshkosh on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. the wrong kind of attention. Lindsay spoke with students at UT about keeping “Watch out for pictures of Lindsay said. their privacy safe online and how to act online to where you live, know that Lindsay also warned keep within the bounds of the law. smart phones GPS tag images against the online issue of and never post physical “sextortion.” addresses online,” Lindsay said. He cited the case of 17-year-old Trevor Shea, of Finally Lindsay showed a gallery of convicted online sex Mechanicsville, Md., who obtained indecent screen shots offenders, asking students to remember their faces every of girls in Indiana. Shea then located the girls through Facebook and threat- time they decide to post something online. “Also, don’t be afraid to get help if you think you are in ened to send the images to their entire friend list if they trouble,” he said. did not send him more images. After blackmailing several “He spoke about a lot of things that college students girls, Shea was eventually caught and is currently serving a really need to know,” Maggie Hannah, senior in political 2- to 3-year jail sentence. science and Issues Committee member, said. “It was On the issue of social media, Lindsay warned students informative and entertaining.” to be especially vigilant about their privacy. Kara Gallagher, senior in political science and Issues “Have no expectations of privacy,” he said. “The fourth amendment’s reasonable expectation of privacy is based on Committee member, explained that after Lindsay’s talk she an actual belief that the things are private, but this belief was going home to update her Facebook security settings. “The stories he mentioned about sexual predators online must be reasonable according to the law.” really touched home,” Gallagher said. Staff Writer

Deborah Ince Staff Writer UT students are involved in dozens of volunteer opportunities that help to spread encouragement and positivity throughout the community. This fall, a number of UT female students have begun to dedicate their time to coaching 8- to 11-yearold girls in Girls on the Run — a non-profit organization that, through self-esteem and character-building workouts, aims to instill healthy lifestyle choices within young girls and to empower them to pursue their dreams. The program addresses issues such as bullying and negative self-esteem to deter girls from making negative, at-risk decisions in the future. Girls on the Run is a 10-week program, during which time the girls meet twice a week with volunteer coaches and are trained to compete in an end-ofseason 5K run. Multiple sites across the United States sponsor the program, and in Anderson, Knox, Loudon and Sevier counties alone, there are currently 22 established Girls on the Run sites. Elizabeth Wallace, sophomore in nursing, is a volunteer Girls on the Run coach at Cecil Webb Recreation Center. “I found out about Girls on the Run through my sorority, Chi Omega,” Wallace said. “I decided to volunteer because I wanted to be a mentor and a friend to these girls and teach them how a healthy lifestyle can help make a happy and fulfilling life. I really enjoy seeing the girls’ faces light up every day when we (the two coaches) arrive ... (and) when they realize that they can actually run/walk much more than they ever expected to do.” Cecil Webb looks after 80-90 kids each day with two staff members on hand. It is a free childcare service that is extremely beneficial for both the kids at the center and their parents — many of whom work long hours during the week. Center leader Kent Johnson said Cecil Webb greatly appreciates the Girls on the Run program.

“Here at the center we help to prepare kids for the future. We try to cultivate a sense of family and positive achievement,” Johnson said. “The Girls on the Run program is incredible. The more positive female role models, the better the chance for positivity. It gives them something to aspire to be.” This year, Dogwood Elementary School student Kayla Harris is participating in the Girls on the Run program for the second year. “When I did it, it was fun, and all the girls were nice to me,” Harris said. “It’s for girls who bully people. They can start Girls on the Run and it tells them how to not bully people.” “I really appreciate the volunteers of UT students,” Johnson said, and he encouraged all UT students and organizations to come out and volunteer. “This is where you make a difference. You want to see a change? You have to be the change you want to see in the world. I like to call it the ‘Positive Ripple Effect.’ Every positive action you do to improve the world around you continues to ripple out past what you can see.” Both Cecil Webb and Girls on the Run aim to instill a sense of accomplishment within young kids and to show them that they truly can be successful in anything they set out to achieve. “There are three things we try to get through to kids,” Johnson said. “One: Do everything the right way every time. Two: Put great effort into everything you do. And three: Be better tomorrow than you were today. Have you ever heard of anyone doing those three things and not succeeding? If you do those three things, you’re not going to fail; you’re going to be all right.” Girls on the Run will be completing their 5K run on Nov. 20 at Tyson Park at 3 p.m. On Oct. 9, the organization is also holding a fundraiser at Fleming’s Steakhouse-Turkey Creek. Tickets are $100, with all proceeds going to the Girls on the Run scholarship program.

Tourist plane crashes in Nepal The Associated Press KATMANDU, Nepal — A plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest crashed while attempting to land in Nepal on Sunday, killing all 19 people on board, including 13 foreigners, officials said. Ten Indians, two Americans and one Japanese were among the victims, Tourism Secretary Ganeshraj Joshi said. The turboprop plane belonging to Buddha Air was also carrying three Nepalese passengers and three crew members when it crashed in Bisankunarayan village, just a few miles (kilometers) south of the capital, Katmandu. A witness, Haribol Poudel, told Avenues Television that the plane hit the roof of a house in the village and broke into several pieces. No casualties were reported on the ground. Poudel said it was foggy and visibility was very low in the mountainous area. Rewant Kuwar, an official at Katmandu’s international airport rescue office, said 18 bodies were pulled out of the plane’s wreckage, and another victim died after being rushed to a hospital. The two Americans were identified as Andrew Wade and Natalie Neilan, while the Japanese citizen was Toshinori

Uejima. Their hometowns and other details were not immediately known. The Beechcraft 1900D plane — manufactured by Raytheon Aircraft, now known as Hawker Beechcraft — had taken the passengers to view Mount Everest and other peaks on a one-hour “mountain flight” and was returning to Katmandu. The government ordered an investigation into the crash. The weather on Sunday morning was foggy and the visibility was poor around Katmandu, according to meteorologist Rajendra Shrestha. The surrounding mountains were enveloped in fog and it was raining at the time of the crash. The bodies were flown by army helicopter to Katmandu airport and transported to the Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital for postmortems. Relatives of the Nepalese victims waited outside the hospital to claim the bodies, but were told by police that they would only be able to do so on Monday. Most Nepalese believe that people have to be cremated within a day of their deaths. Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon Officials from the Indian and Kevin McClenathan, sophomore in architecture, looks at a painting in the Ewing Gallery’s installation of U.S. embassies visited the hos- “Immersed in Color: E-Cyclorama” featuring paintings by Sanford Wurmfeld. The gallery will be on exhibit pital but did not speak to through Thursday, Oct. 27. media.


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