The Stetson Reporter

r CHIMP WOMAN: Goodall '. signed copies of her book, 'Rea- - son for Hope,' at a reception • last Wednesday, photo by valerie FUTCH • Goodall addresses university community BY JEFF HAMRICK | The world's foremost prima- tologist urged the university community to support environmental education and individual action at a lecture last Wednesday : evening. "Instead of sitting in the forest at .Gombe—my paradise on earth—I'm giving lectures and rais- T irig funds to protect my paradise," Dr. Jane Goodall told the crowd of 2750. "Our experiences with the ^chimpanzees demonstrate how arro- .gant we really are," the 2000 Stewart Lecturer said to the crowd gathered in the Edmunds Center. "It was thought at one time that .only humans are capable of rational thought." "We can define these chimpanzee groups as primitive cultures," said Goodall, who noted that her studies in the 1960s revealed that chimpanzees do make and use tools. The author of Reason for Hope warned the audience that overpopulation and over-consumption are endangering the chimpan- . zees' habitats in Western Africa. "The population of humans in ;Gombe is greater than the land can. §upport," said Goodall. "There is -terrible soil erosion and the lands • .fhere are increasingly infertile." : Goodall said that there is ; [see STEWART, page 2a ] Construction worker breaks gas line by valerie futch | Last Thursday morning students were ushered out of Smith Hall by fire fighters and Public Safety after a second break in a gas pipeline occurred near the hall during the construction of the new chilled water loop system. This time, the cause was human error. According to Kenny Shane, director of project management, a worker was operating the bulldozer when he ran it too low and hit the 1" natural gas line. That worker has been removed from operating the equipment. The second line break occurred on the Smith Hall side of Arizona Avenue. The first was barely a week prior on the other side of the street. -That one happened to be an error in the hydraulics system of the bulldozer, explained Shane. That bulldozer was sent back to the rental company and replaced. x "At nine o'clock my RA knocked and said that there was a gas leak and we had to evacuate," said Betty Palios a resident of Smith Hall. "The fire fighters made sure that everyone was out of the building." "It wasn't really that big of a deal, just an inconvenience," added Palios, "in twenty minutes it was over." The team took a lot of precautions to prevent anything from being overlooked. According to David Noyes, vice president for facilities management, there were over 122 test sites dug around campus. From these sites, data was taken and it was noted whether there were any obstructions. However, the small gas line was missed by the test digs as well as the gas company itself. "Sometimes having an incident like this happen at the beginning of the project is a good thing," added Shane. That way, it raises caution throughout the whole project. However, he added that it is an "embarrassment to the contractor.". (A O < Q. >. H H ill ffl .According to Noyes, there is a set of tiered precautions that is taken before a project of this magnitude begins. The first is to coordinate with the city for things such as road closings and obtaining an outside contractor. In this case, the outside contractor is Strategic Facilities Development, Inc. The second precaution taken was to hand dig at the test sites. After the test sites have been examined and data has been collected, they move on to the actual building phase of the project. The first part of the trench is dug by hand. Actually, according to Shane, half of the project is done by hand. This is to once again make sure that there are no obstructions in the path for the chilled water loop. The only problem was that the high pressure line running from Minnesota to Nemec was missed. Shane and Noyes both said that even the gas company didn't know the line was there. It exists to provide the gas to heat the water for the laundry rooms in Nemec. When the gas line was hit on Thursday morning and a string of precautionary measures unfolded. According to Noyes, "you have to err on the side of caution, so you voice evacuate." . He explained that setting off the fire alarm was probably not that big of a danger. With any gas leak, no matter how minor, you take all precautions, explained Noyes. For this reason, they did not set off the fire alarm because it was possible that a spark could ignite with the fumes. The fire department responded within five minutes and that everything was back in service within an hour of the break. Shane added that the evacuation was precautionary. Shane said that the rest of the construction is on schedule and that very soon Amelia will close down to pass the line from" Gordis Hall over to Carson-Hollis- Hall. "There have been extraordinary precautions to minimize disruptions to campus," added Noyes. Valerie Futch is co-editor of the News section and is a first-year student. "It wasn't really that big of a deal, just an inconvenience... in twenty minutes it was over." CHILLED WATER LOOP: Workers installing the new chilled water loop accidentally struck a gas line twice last week, photo courtesy of project management 'Music community' is no longer accessible BY BRIAN CAMPBELL | On Thursday, Jan. 27 at approximately 8:00 p.m., access to the "music community" software Napster was disabled by the university's Center for Information Technology (CIT). Seme students attributed the severance to the Napster's current lawsuit with the RIAA (Re cording Industry Association of America). Others believed that the severance was in response to The Reporter's recent stories regarding the illegal trading of .mp3 audio files. The ACM mailing list quickly circulated rumors about the disabling of America Online's internet communication device, Instant Messenger (AOL-IM), and the eliminating access- to off-campus users that dial up via phone to. connect to the university's network. Director of Network Services Nick Ganesan and Network Engi neer T.J. Schuler said that these rumors and explanations are not true. "I hadn't even read the stories regarding .mp3 trading, and the shutdown had nothing to do with the status of the company. The reason we shut Napster off was simple," Ganesan said. According fo Ganesan, Napster access was stifled because of incoming traffic. He said the network has slowed down in the last few months and the system became saturated. "We try to keep a close eye on the bandwidth of the system. When in just one month, the traffic from outside sources utilizing our servers went from ten percent as a peak during the day to .80-90 percent twenty-four hours a day, we had to find out what was going on," said Schuler. . The culprit they found was the program Napster. While Napster was the cause ofthe "degrading of services at the university," it was only part of the program's utilization that caused a problem. . "It wasn't the downloading of .mp3's that was the issue, it [ see MUSIC, page 3a ] Trustees raise tuition, approve new mission statement BY VALERIE FUTCH I Tuition will increase by five percent next i^ear, concluded the Board of Trustees at their Feb. meeting. ; Many other things were discussed as well, including the mission statement and tlie 2000-2001 budget plan. \ • "The approval of the mission statement was the most strategically important thing that happened at the meeting," said President H. Douglas Lee. In addition, the board approved the budget plan for the 2000-2001 year. Lee commented that the budget plan is essentially, the same model from last year. In addition, the enrollment will continue to increase 5 percent annually. "We are continuing to increase the percent of funds going to the scholarships," "Lee added. Other issues addressed were campus renovation as well as changes to some of the academic programs. Lee discussed a 5-year, $42 million renovation project for different buildings on campus. The residence halls are the largest portion of the school being renovated. Lee added that they are the biggest challenge because they cannot simply be taken but of service. Included in the discussion was the;installation of the chilled water loop, a S4.2 million project. In addition, there were preliminary dis cussions regarding the structure of some of the University's academic programs. Discussions were brought up regarding a new Center for Religion and Culture. Lee commented that this is a "very preliminary proposal" and that it will be a "consolidation of current programs." There will be a greater emphasis on the Christian Ethics Institute. The board also addressed an expansion of the environmental studies program. Valerie Futch is News co-editor of The Reporter. Lecturer talks about'urges and surges' BY JULIE GOWAN |. It's on 1 everyone's minds every five to ten seconds. We can not escape from itj some try to enforce it, some try to battle it, others are all for it or against it, leaving the baby boomers in the middle deciding whether it's ethically and ".morally right- . „ .'■''•' - ..' Sex was only a portion of the lecture given by Roger. Newman in the . Stetson Room Feb. 15. Censorship of sex on the internet and filtering programs filled the 45- minute speech given by the author of Banned Films and Constitution and its Amendments. "Censorship brings about more urges and surges than sex does," said. Newman. "It's always there, none of us-, can escape it, and we're foolish if you', think you can. People are obsessed with taming the beast within." What is the beast exactly? For some, according to Newman, the beast wants to attack the youth, and the public should take all measures in saying the children of today and tomor- [ see SEX, page 3a ] 4 ,*I n *- \s \ ii 'D ^ n a '**2Sfc Management class held in local lounge by jeff hamrick | The relocation of a class last semester to a local establishment has caused controversy at the School of Business Administration. On Jan. 20, 2000, Associate Dean Ted Surynt issued an email to the business faculty reminding them that "the SOBA policy manual states that all bschool [sic] classes will meet in their scheduled place, at their scheduled time, unless the chair of the department agrees to make an exception." Four faculty members told The Reporter that the email was a direct response to the relocation of a management class last semester. Last semester, Dr. Dan Rosetti, professor of management, and his students relocated class to the Smoke 'N Cellar. [ read this story in News, page 2a ] n y s li I h, r> ri 'Pitch Black' is an Innovative movie' by andy tippin j The space freighter-transport ship Hunter-Grazner left shipping lanes after 19 weeks offlight. Contact with the ship was lost in the vicinity of the Taurus system. The passenger roster indicates 39 passengers and several hundred tons of cargo. Faint distress signals indicate only ten survivors. The ship crashes on an alien planet. The survivors, including two crew members, a bounty hunter, a criminal, and an antiquities dealer, are marooned on a desert world. This world is scorched, blanketed with heat that continually radiates from the three system suns. The daytime is completely intolerable and almost everlasting...almost. When the pitch black night falls, the day seems a dream of [ read this story in Life, page 1b ] paradise. D Peacocks fall to Hats PEACOCKS: The Hatters opened a jumbo can c' whoop- ass beating St. Peter's 19-i two times in a row. photo by VALERIE FUTCH [ read this story in Sports, page 4b ] today On^^ in our uncensoiPd discussion am.