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Volunteers pull weeds in local
      park

      


      About 30 volunteers from Delta Chi and Alpha Phi Omega fraternities
      removed weeds at the Brink Nature Park on Sunday. Volunteers
      pulled weeds and then spread wood chips on the paths in the park.

      


      Due to the park's proximity to Paradise Creek, herbicides are
      not used to control weeds so the park depends on volunteers to
      pull them.

      


      Brink Nature Park is on the east side of Moscow, along Paradise
      Creek. 

      


      At one time the creek ran straight through the park. In the past
      few years, the stream channel was redesigned so that it meanders
      and an artificial flood plain was put in to reduce erosion and
      give the area a more natural environment.

      
Hoover won't restrict Napster
      access

      


      Following the trend of universities nationwide, University of
      Idaho President Robert Hoover will not restrict student access
      to the Napster Internet site.

      


      Hoover made the announcement earlier this month after receiving
      a letter from attorneys for Metallica and Dr. Dre who asked the
      university to ban student access to the Web site.

      


      "The University of Idaho does not condone copyright infringement.
      However, after reviewing all of the materials provided by their
      attorneys, the applicable law and the critical policy issues
      at stake, we've concluded that we are not legally required to
      ban access to Napster, nor should we," Hoover said.

      


      He said the university is highly skeptical and cautious about
      restricting access to information and that if copyright holders
      make UI aware of specific infringements, "the university
      will respond quickly and appropriately."

      


      UI will revisit its position when laws concerning Napster and
      the Internet are made clearer, Hoover said.

      
Moscow group raffling a five-bedroom
      house

      


      Sojourner's Alliance, a private non-profit agency operating a
      Moscow homeless shelter, is raffling a five-bedroom house in
      Moscow.

      


      Tickets for the house, located at 305 S. Lincoln, cost $100 each.
      The drawing will be held on Jan. 15, 2001, on Martin Luther King
      Jr. Human Rights Day. It will take place at the grand opening
      of the new Sojourner's Alliance 44-bed shelter facility and multipurpose
      building.  

      To purchase a ticket, call Sojourner's Alliance at 883-3438.
      

      
Professor takes on role as
      new associate dean

      


      University of Idaho Business professor Jack Morris began serving
      as the Associate Dean of the College of Business and Economics
      last week. 

      


      In his new position, the first-ever for the college, Morris will
      work to revise curriculum, to recruit minority students and to
      listen to faculty salary complaints. 

      


      Morris has been a UI faculty member for 27 years and has taught
      in the College of Business and Economics since 1980.
 

      
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