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September 16, 2003

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September 16, 2003

Ideas & Opinions

Jail Sheriff Joe Carly Schorman

By Carly Schorman
News Editor
Initially, the editorial staff planned on taking a “Pro vs. Con” approach to Sheriff Joe Arpaio. But, when trying to name “Pro” points to support Maricopa County’s beloved Sheriff Joe, we could only agree on one … he lowered the cost of inmate care.

Legend's View

Stable Iraq benefits all
Preceding the war, the United States failed to convince the United Nations to unanimously agree that a pre-emptive strike was justifiable. Bush pushed forward and created a schism in the international organization’s Security Council. Now the war in Iraq has removed an oppressive dictator and his loyal regime from power.

Industry plunders “music pirates”

Ryan Bailey
Opinions Editor
Right now, 60 million Americans participate in free peer-to-peer internet file-sharing, exchanging about 2.6 billion files per month. Mostly songs and movies, the majority of these files are copyright-protected. All rights to sell or distribute these media lie with the artists that created them or the corporation to whom they have sold such rights. Since the mid-1990s, the programs that facilitate this anonymous search for items to download have been growing in popularity, peaking with Napster and its technological descendents.

Students Observing and Scrutinizing
What do you think about Internet music file sharing, is the record industry
justified in suing those who download mp3’s?

Death telling Joe, if he doesn't get relected he can always,