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              The Maroon rhgrď VOL. 82, NO. 8 đbhfdngdn MAROON.LOYNO.EDU Take Back the Night march supports victims, families By Katie Ide Assistant news editor Annual event draws hundreds to Horseshoe for its 13th year Finance junior Elizabeth Cuchens marched for an end to sexual violence Tuesday night. Although it was the first time that she spoke out against this type of crime, Cuchens said it would not be the last. "There are too many people close to me who have been affected by sexual abuse," she said. "I never realized that. This issue cannot be ignored." The 13th annual Take Back the Night march had the biggest turnout in three years, said march coordinator Connie Briscoe. More than 450 people attended the initial program in the Horseshoe, she said. About 200 marched to Tulane's Pocket Park to listen to music and testimonies from victims of sexual violence. Briscoe said that the march's goal is to increase the awareness of sexual violence on campus as well as in the community. "Teaching sexual communication is a huge part of the prevention of sexual violence," Briscoe said. "Increased awareness is the first step in learning how to be powerful and communicative about sexuality." Suzanne Dietzel, the director of the Women's Resource Center and an avid participant in the march, agreed that spreading the word about sexual violence is key in its prevention. "This issue is important, not only to the Loyola community, but also the community at large," Dietzel said. "One in three women will be a victim of sexual violence. That is not a Michele Abbene, biology junior, lights a candle at Take Back the Night in the Horseshoe Tuesday evening. Students, faculty and staff from Loyola and Tulane gathered to march against sexual violence and to support family and friends. cn D ~n ~n ~D x o o CD -C o r~ r; D Z o o a m ID Music downloading remains pervasive despite crackdown By Lindsay Hilton and Dodd Newton Contributing writers College students are coming under legal fire in the ongoing debate over file swapping. Many students complain that the price for a CD is too high, and instead choose to download or copy music from friends. Despite their complaints, the Recording Industry Association of America filed lawsuits starting Sept. against nearly 300 file sharers. That number pales when to the estimated ■ 60 million users who I regularly download music Fand movie files from file- L sharing programs such as and Morpheus. According to the ■ RIAA, university students ■ make up a large portion of who illegally copy music files. Some schools have taken measures to prevent their students from downloading illegal files, even restricting Internet bandwidths in oncampus facilities. Loyola's official online use policy has existed relatively unaltered since its adoption when the campus-wide network was created in 1998, according to Bret Jacobs, the executive director for Loyola's Information Technology Department. Jacobs said that the purpose of controlling bandwidth is not only to prevent large files such as movies from being downloaded, but also to keep the network running smoothly. The policy is reviewed annually by a committee with members from IT, the Student Government Association, Student Affairs and Risk Management. SGA president Bea Forlano said she thinks most students are unaware of Loyola's policy. "Most students aren't concerned until it happens to someone they know," Forlano said. The university regularly receives small numbers of infringement notices against specific students from both the RIAA and the Motion Picture Association of America, according to Jacobs. The groups monitor file swappers with an excess of 1,000 shared documents and then subpoena Internet service providers for the users' names. Jacobs said that the notices are passed along to the students, but that Loyola has not taken any direct action against the alleged violators. The popularity of downloading music for free has taken a toll at the local level, on New Orleans' music industry. QUIET REMEMBRANCE STAFF PHOTO BY GILLIAN DICKER Political science junior Crystal Guidry, the Rev. Eddie Gros, and political science sophomore Renee Bou-Waked pause in the Peace Quad Tuesday at a memorial for Thomas Farr, a Loyola student killed in a car accident last summer. Knoth faces allegations under new Church rule By Earl Descant Assistant news editor The resignation of former university president Bernard Knoth stands as a consequence of a decision by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that was reached in Dallas last year. The Dallas meeting came as a result of the widely-publicized sex scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church. The U.S. Bishops outlined their procedures for dealing with such allegations in Essential Norms for Diocesan/Eparchial Policies Dealing with Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Priests or Deacons. An independent review board has already found the allegations against Knoth credible, so he was removed from active ministry pending further investigation. Interim university president, the Rev. William Byron, S.J., said that this in no way implies guilt on Knoth's part. "Credible means possible, believable," Byron said. "There's a possibility that this is a false claim." Byron has sat on a review board in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., put in place to deal with matters of alleged sexual abuse. This board consists of at least five persons who posses integrity and good judgement. The majority of the board consists of lay persons, although Church guidelines stipulate that there should be at least one priest from the diocese in question. Part of the investigation process involves notifying civil authorities about the allegations, as well as seeking legal counsel for the accused. Knoth will be advised to have both a civil lawyer and a cannon lawyer, according to Byron. If the investigation finds that a cleric sexually abused even one minor, he will be removed from all ecclesiastical ministry. See MARCH, Page 3 See PIRATING, Page 2 See INVESTIGATION, Page 3 $ - Volleyball team returns from tough road trip, p. 5 New Orleans gets creepier at Halloween, p. 9 Sigma Alpha Kappa rechartered as social fraternity, -see p. 3~