UNIVERSITY WARNS AGAINST ILLEGAL USE OF NAPSTER
In response to recent court proceedings regarding copyright issues and the Internet, the University last week sent out e-mail letters to all faculty, staff and students regarding the use of computer programs such as Napster on computers connected to the University’s network. Napster is an integrated browser and communications system provided by Napster Inc. that enables users to locate and download music available on the Internet in the MP3 music format, some of which is copywrited. Copying of copyrighted material without the permission of the owner is a violation of state and federal laws, as well as University policy.

In the letter to employees and students, Rodney A. Erickson, executive vice president and provost, explained that while the University does not intend to curtail legitimate use of the software, the University has an obligation to ensure that its networks and computers are not used to violate the law or University policy. The University regards these violations as a very serious matter. Those found to have used the University network to infringe copyrighted works will have their access accounts suspended. For a longer version of the story, go to http://www.psu.edu/ur/2000/napster.html 

LECTURES COMING UP:

URBAN DESIGNER TO SPEAK ON CITY AFTER NOW, SEPT. 28
Michael Sorkin, principal of Michael Sorkin Studio in New York City, will give this year's Kossman Lecture on Thursday, Sept. 28, at 4 p.m. in room 101 of Engineering Unit D. He will talk about visionary urban designs of the future in "City After Now." Sorkin is the Director of the Institute of Urbanism at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He teaches at City University of New York. For more from Arts and Architecture go to http://www.artsandarchitecture.com

IRISH POETRY READING OCT. 3
"Actors from the London Stage,"cast member Richard Howard will present an hour-long program of Irish poetry and prose, "Health and Long Life to You," at 4 p.m. in the Palmer Museum of Art Palmer Lipcon Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Actors from the London Stage is a group organized by ACTER (a center for theater education and research), which is on campus for a week’s residency The program is sponsored by the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies in cooperation with several colleges and departments on campus.

CORRECTION: The editor misidentified the Poet in yesterday’s Newswire. For more information on events and programs of the Institute of Arts and Humanistic Studies, go to http://www.research.psu.edu/iahs/

YI-FU TUAN TO SPEAK ON LANDSCAPE AND POLITICS, OCT. 5
Yi-Fu Tuan, Vilas research professor emeritus of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will kick off this year's John R. Bracken Lecture Series, sponsored by the Department of Landscape Architecture," at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5, in 102 Thomas Building.. The title of his talk is "Landscape and Politics. Tuan is the author of 10 books on systematic humanistic geography. For more from Arts and Architecture go to http://www.artsandarchitecture.com 

ALERT: PATERNO PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE WEB
Coach Joe Paterno will hold a regularly-scheduled press conference on Tuesday, September 26, at 12:30 p.m. in the Founders' Room of the Bryce Jordan Center. The conference will be televised live on the Internet at http://www.GoPSUSports.com. A written transcript of the Paterno press conference will be available on the Penn State site as soon as possible following the event.