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Ruckus amps up legal music sharing
As fines for illegal file sharing steadily increase across the country, the University of North Florida is offering students a free and legal alternative to
music downloads.
Ruckus (www.ruckus.com), a music downloading Web site, partnered with the university last year to offer more than 3 million songs for students to download. Since then, close to 3,100 students have signed up and downloaded more than a million songs, marking a huge success for all involved, said Ed Cheely, director of campus sales.
"Based on the success at UNF we expect to offer the network to another five to 10 colleges and universities in the coming year," Cheely said.
Florida Atlantic University and Eckerd College have also partnered with Ruckus. There are plans to increase the record label selections as the college community expands, Cheely said. He said a facelift will be done to thesite in the fall to provide students with more personalized features and music sharing.
"Students legally share their
music through Ruckus by viewing lists of their friends' top songs and then downloading them from the site," Cheely said. "We also offer the school's top-10 feature, which is a fantastic way to discover new music."
The availability to legally explore new music is limited, according to Russ Crupnick, an entertainment industry analysis.
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Tuition still under question for 2007-2008 academic year
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After week of debate, tuition prices for fall 2007 have been decided. But spring prices have yet to be determined. |
After nearly a month of conflict, tuition for the State University System of Florida's 2007- 2008 academic year has finally been determined - at least for the fall semester.
Gov. Charlie Crist's veto of a 5-percent tuition increase for state universities, approval of an incremental increase in tuition beginning next fall at the University of South Florida, University of Florida, and Florida State University, and a subsequent 4-percent budget-wide cut have resulted in the Florida Board of Governors voting July 8 to
join a lawsuit filed against
the legislature.
All but two of the 17-member board voted to join the lawsuit filed July 3 in the Tallahassee circuit court by former state Sen. Bob Graham, which challenges the legislature's authority to decide tuition.The suit states tuition rates fall under the control of the BOG.
"The Board of Governors has been tentative in the use of their power, and we've been waiting and hoping they would screw up the courage to do what they are supposed to do under the Florida Constitution," Graham said.
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