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California State University, Fresno Friday, March 9, 2007 http://collegian.csufresno.edu A campus work of art Students targeted for illegal downloading Juan Villa / The Collegian Above: Passing by the Conley Art building mural Thursday afternoon, Cinde Oliphant, a philosophy major, is on her way to meet with a professor. The mural features a variety of paintings, including one of a nude woman. Right: On his way home from a class, sculpture major John Cox skateboards by the mural Thursday afternoon. The Conley Art building mural is located on the east side of the campus. Can’t get no job satisfaction: Those under 25 dislike work Despite friendly co-workers or a quick daily commute, a recent study showed that Americans are growing increasingly unhappy with their jobs — especially those under 25. Less than half of the 5,000 U.S. house- holds surveyed said they were satisfied with their current jobs. The total per- centage of satisfied American workers has declined more than 11 percent in the last 20 years. One alarming result of the study by The Conference Board found that the largest group of Americans who hated their job were under the age of 25. From this age group, less than 39 per- cent reported job satisfaction. Though researchers appeared some- what startled by the results, Fresno State students did not seem all that sur- prised. Erica Quintero, a 22-year-old account- ing major, was not shocked by the find- ings. “This doesn’t surprise me at all,” Quintero said. “I totally hate my job and don’t quit because I make good money for what I do.” Quintero, who works in account- ing for a mortgage and wireless phone company, also revealed that her dissat- isfaction was not intensified by being a student. “Being a student does make it hard,” Quintero admitted about managing her time. “My schedule gets in the way of work, but it doesn’t make me hate my job any more. I hate the stress of my job the most.” Rita Bocchinfuso-Cohen, Director of Career Services, said students such as Quintero can become dissatisfied by By Carina Portillo Collegian Staff Writer College students who download music beware — the odds of being caught with illegal digital content on your hard drive may be increasing. The Recording Industry Association of America — all those record companies leading the charge against what they see as blatant copyright violations — are specifically targeting college students and are work- ing more closely with college administrators to iden- tify violators. The RIAA’s aggressive new approach was spelled out in a letter sent to a number of universities nation- wide, starting February 28. The industry association identifies college students who download and send material over peer-to-peer systems (computer net- works that allow for digital file sharing) as the most common illegal traffickers and thus the greatest threat to the companies’ pocketbooks. “We’re not identified in the top 25,” Richard Boes, campus director of Information Technology Servic- es, said of the 25 colleges singled out by RIAA for hav- ing the most complaints. “Our practice seems to be better than others.” Boes said Fresno State receives about four to five complaints per month from RIAA about illegal music downloading. He said the complaints identify the users’ computer IP addresses, and the university then follows up by contacting the students and asking them to remove the illegal content. Compliance is very high after the first notice, Boes By Brent VonCannon Collegian Staff Writer See DOWNLOAD, Page 2 See WORK, Page 2 Check out The Collegian Online for: •All of our photo galleries •Our new way to directly comment on stories http:// collegian. csufresno.edu
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California State University, Fresno Friday, March 9, 2007http://collegian.csufresno.edu
A campus work of art
Students targeted for illegal downloading
Juan Villa / The Collegian
Above: Passing by the Conley Art building mural Thursday afternoon, Cinde Oliphant, a philosophy major, is on her way to meet with a professor. The mural features a variety of paintings, including one of a nude woman.
Right: On his way home from a class, sculpture major John Cox skateboards by the mural Thursday afternoon. The Conley Art building mural is located on the east side of the campus.
Can’t get no job satisfaction: Those under 25 dislike work
Despite friendly co-workers or a quick daily commute, a recent study showed that Americans are growing increasingly unhappy with their jobs — especially those under 25.
Less than half of the 5,000 U.S. house-holds surveyed said they were satisfied with their current jobs. The total per-
centage of satisfied American workers has declined more than 11 percent in the last 20 years.
One alarming result of the study by The Conference Board found that the largest group of Americans who hated their job were under the age of 25. From this age group, less than 39 per-cent reported job satisfaction.
Though researchers appeared some-what startled by the results, Fresno State students did not seem all that sur-
prised.Erica Quintero, a 22-year-old account-
ing major, was not shocked by the find-ings. “This doesn’t surprise me at all,” Quintero said. “I totally hate my job and don’t quit because I make good money for what I do.”
Quintero, who works in account-ing for a mortgage and wireless phone company, also revealed that her dissat-isfaction was not intensified by being a student.
“Being a student does make it hard,” Quintero admitted about managing her time. “My schedule gets in the way of work, but it doesn’t make me hate my job any more. I hate the stress of my job the most.”
Rita Bocchinfuso-Cohen, Director of Career Services, said students such as Quintero can become dissatisfied by
By Carina PortilloCollegian Staff Writer
College students who download music beware — the odds of being caught with illegal digital content on your hard drive may be increasing.
The Recording Industry Association of America — all those record companies leading the charge against what they see as blatant copyright violations — are specifically targeting college students and are work-ing more closely with college administrators to iden-
tify violators.The RIAA’s aggressive new approach was spelled
out in a letter sent to a number of universities nation-wide, starting February 28. The industry association identifies college students who download and send material over peer-to-peer systems (computer net-works that allow for digital file sharing) as the most common illegal traffickers and thus the greatest threat to the companies’ pocketbooks.
“We’re not identified in the top 25,” Richard Boes, campus director of Information Technology Servic-es, said of the 25 colleges singled out by RIAA for hav-
ing the most complaints. “Our practice seems to be better than others.”
Boes said Fresno State receives about four to five complaints per month from RIAA about illegal music downloading. He said the complaints identify the users’ computer IP addresses, and the university then follows up by contacting the students and asking them to remove the illegal content.
Compliance is very high after the first notice, Boes
By Brent VonCannon Collegian Staff Writer
See DOWNLOAD, Page 2
See WORK, Page 2
Check out The Collegian Online for:
•All of our photo galleries
•Our new way to directly comment
on stories
http:// collegian.
csufresno.edu
