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Wednesday, September 20,2006
NEWS IN A
HIJHUY
Lopez, Tabor
open music
season
The University of
West Georgia will open
its 2006-07 UWG Season
of Music with violinist
Alfonso Lopez and pianist
Michelle Tabor.
The performance
by the internationally
acclaimed musicians is
scheduled on Thursday,
Sept. 21, at 8:15 p.m., in
the Kathy Cashen Recital
Hall.
Lopez is one of
the most versatile and
prominent musicians of his
generation in Venezuela.
He is currently the
concertmaster of the
Venezuela Symphony
Orchestra, which is the
national symphony and
one of the oldest and most
prominent orchestras in
the country.
Tabor grew up in
Venezuela and earned
several degrees in music
including a doctorate in
music from Florida State
University.
She is an expert in
Latin American culture
and music and has
Viruses, spyware slows
Internet speed in halls
By Kristal Dixon
News Editor
kristaldixon @ gmail.com
The high-speed
Internet connection in
the residence halls across
campus provides students
with the opportunity to
surf at speeds that were not
imaginable 10 years ago.
Each year, students
move into their respective
rooms, hook up their
computers, and connect to
the world of cyberspace.
However, many
students are hooking up
machines, in many cases,
that are infected with
viruses and other types of
malware.
This, along with the
dramatic jump in students
with their own personal
computers in the last
four years, has caused
the Internet connection
in residence halls to slow
to a crawl, according to
Mike Russell, the Chief
Technology Officer of the
Department of Information
Technology Services.
“There is also more
sophisticated file sharing,
more powerful machines
and bigger applications
running on students’
computers. And viruses
are still unmanageable.”
When a student brings
his or her infected machine
on campus and connects to
the network, that student’s
machine can dramatically
affect the Internet speed in
the residence halls.
Russell said that the
department works hard
to track students that are
connected to Res Net,
UWG’s high-speed
network, who have infected
machines so they can get
the machines prepared.
He even stated that if
performed throughout the
southeast.
Lopez and Tabor will
perform sonatas by Mozart,
Manuel Ponce and Cesar
Franck at the concert.
They will also visit
classes in the Department
of Foreign Language and
Literature to speak with
students enrolled in Spanish
classes about the culture
and music of Hispanics and
Latinos.
The event and their
visit coincides with Luso-
Hispanic Month which is
observed Sept. 15 through
Oct. 15.
The Department of
Music and the Department
of Foreign Languages and
Literature are hosting the
free event.
For more information,
call the music department
at (678) 839-6263 or the
foreign language and
literature department at
(678) 839-6515.
Auditions for
'Scary' start
this week
The Townsend Center
for the Performing Arts is
holding auditions for its
October production of “The
Not So Scary Fairy Tales,
a Not So Scary Haunted
House.”
Auditions will be held
on Monday, Sept 18, and
necessary, the department
will close a student’s port
until he or she gets their
computer serviced.
“The speeds are greater
now than the first week of
school because we’ve been
able to track students down
and get their machines
fixed,” Russell said.
Many students bring
computers to campus
without a clue their
machines are infected.
However, some
students are aware of
the risks of not having
protection.
“I’m running McAfee
Anti-Virus and I keep it
updated so my machine
won’t get infected” said
Wain Jeffers, a UWG
senior living on campus.
On the downside,
there are students who have
these types of programs,
but do not keep them up to
date, such as Freya Cole.
Even though her
programs aren’t up to
date, she does believe it’s
important to have current
versions running.
“It’s important
because your computer is
vunerable when you aren’t
protected. People can
have easier access to your
private files,” Cole said.
The most common
type of infection is known
as spyware. According to
Microsoft.com, spyware
is “a general term used
for software that performs
certain behaviors such
as advertising, collecting
personal information, or
changing the configuration
of yourcomputer, generally
without appropriately
obtaining your consent.”
Sometimes, spyware
comes with software that
generates advertisements,
called adware that pop up
Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 6:30
p.m. on the main stage in
the Townsend Center on
the University of West
Georgia campus.
The auditions are
open to campus and local
community members ages
nine and above.
The production will
be directed by Carrollton
resident Jenny Lyle.
“The idea of a fairy
tale haunted house is a
great choice for families
in our community to enjoy
the season,” said Lyle.
“The cast for Fairy Tales
includes adults, children,
high school students,
university students, staff,
and faculty. Everyone
will be working as one to
create a fairy tale world.”
Volunteers are
also needed as scenery
painters, technical
crew, operator,make-up
assistants and tour guides.
Rehearsals begin
Oct. 9 and will continue
each week on Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. until
the production opens on
Wednesday, Oct. 25 at
6:30 p.m.
The Not So Scary
Fairy Tales and Not So
Scary Haunted House
will continue through
Saturday, Oct. 28.
For more information,
call (678)839-4722.
on a person's computer.
Also, spyware can
cause annoyances that
change your Internet
browser’s homepage or
search engine, and add
browser helper objects that
you may not need or want.
Spyware can even cause
a computer to crash, thus
making it difficult to run
any applications.
A more serious form
of computer infections
are known as viruses.
These are designed to
interfere with the routine
operations of a computer
and can corrupt and delete
important data files.
Worms, which are
more sophisticated, can
replicate and send itself to
other computers through
the Internet, according to
Microsoft.
Another major
problem that is slowing
down the connection are
the peer-to-peer sharing
programs. These programs,
often free, come bundled
with spyware and adware
and are installed along
with the main program.
Many students, not
worried about the damage
these programs can do
to their machines, still
continue to use these
programs.
One solution to the
problem, some have
suggested, is to make the
residence halls wireless.
Russell said that this is a
possibility, but not in the
plans for the near future.
As of right now,
students can access
wireless points in many
locations across campus,
including, the Campus
Center, the bottom floor of
the University Community
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Chapin performs at UWG
By Miranda Byrd
Staff Writer
mirandajbyrd@yahoo.com
Folk musician Tom Chapin
entertained a full audience last Thursday
night marking the opening show of the
2006-2007 season at the Townsend Center
for the Performing Arts.
Chapin, a Grammy Award-winning
artist, has recorded 11 family-centered
albums in his career, and the audience
reflected the enchantment Chapin has
shared with all ages.
Children came with their families,
older couples came with an air of nostalgia
and students came for an experience like
no other.
It all started when Tom Chapin and
his brothers Harry' and Steve listened to
a recording of The Weavers at Carnegie
Hall in the 19505.
Harry said, “We could do that!”
Harry picked up the banjo, Steve played
piano, Tom took up guitar and the Chapin
Brothers were formed.
Tom shared some stories from his
childhood during the show.
“Harry played the banjo first...he’d
show me what he learned, then a week
later I’d play it back to him. It really
pissed him off!”
Harry Chapin went on to write and
perform songs, and is best known for
his song “Cat’s in the Cradle,” recorded
in 1974.
Harry Chapin, who died in 1981,
lives on through Tom, who performed
his brother’s most memorable hit
Thursday night.
Other songs performed in the set
Campus Calendar
Wednesday September 20
• NAACP, Outside UCC, 9 a.m.
• Sexual Awareness Meeting. UCC 210, 12 p.m.
• Judo Club, Student Rec Center, 6:30 p.m.
• SAC Multi-Cultural Committee, Campus Center
Boardroom 105, 6:30 p.m.
• Lambda, Pafford 302, 7 p.m.
• Soulstar Performance, UCC 312, 10 p.m.
Thursday September 21
• SGA Meeting, Campus Center 302, 3:30 p.m.
• MAP Mentoring Social, UCC 311 & 312, 4:30 p.m.
• College Republicans, Campus Center Ballroom 108.3
7 p.m.
• United Voices Gospel Choir Spoken Manna. Campus
Center 302. 8 p.m.
Friday September 22
• Muslim Student Association Meeting, Campus Center
Boardroom 105, 1:30 p.m.
• NAACP, Campus Center Ballroom 108, 2 p.m.
• Parking Appeals, Campus Center Boardroom 105, 3 p.m.
Monday September 25
• SGA Multicultural Committee, Campus Center 302
2 p.m.
• SAC General Meeting, Campus Center Ballroom 108.3
4:30 p.m.
• BSA Fall Meetings, UCC 210 and 311,5:30 p.m.
• BSA Programming Committee, Campus Center 302,
7 p.m.
• NRHH Meeting, Campus Center Boardroom 302, 7:15
p.m.
• Alpha Gamma Delta, UCC 312, 8 p.m.
Tuesday September 26
• SAC University Traditions Committee, Campus
Center
302, 5 p.m.
• Women of Diversity Weekly Meeting, Campus Center
104, 5 p.m.
• NAACP Meeting, UCC 311,7 p.m.
• Phi Sigma Pi, Campus Center 303, 7:30 p.m.
• BSA Community Service Committee, Campus Center
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included “A Study’s About to Begin”
and “The Family Tree,” which involved
audience participation. Michael Mark,
bassist, taught the audience the chorus of
the song in sign language.
The audience was also encouraged
to sing and clap along to the music
throughout the evening.
Mark, who co-starred in the film
version of the musical “Cotton Patch
Gospel” in 1988, frequently includes
songs from the film “Cotton Patch Gospel”
in his performances.
Thursday evening he chose the song
“Jubilation” to share with the audience.
He has anew solo album out this year.
Jon Cobert, pianist for Tom Chapin
& Friends, has his first solo album out this
year titled “Here’s Your Canoe.”
One of Cobert’s most recognized
tunes is the theme from “Baseball
Tonight” on ESPN, a 30-minute show that
highlighs major league baseball games
and news around the country.
At the conclusion of the show, Chapin
encouraged audience members to visit the
merchandise table to purchase wristbands
with proceeds benefiting World Hunger
Year, a charity organization his brother
Harry formed in 1975.
For more information on WHY, visit
http://www.worldhungeryear.org.
Chapin’s show was the first of
nine performances scheduled for the
Townsend Center’s eighteenth season
and was sponsored by the West Georgia
Foundation.
For information on upcoming
shows at the Townsend Center, call
(678) 839-4722 or visit their website at
http://www.townsendcenter.org