UTM thanked for its generosity to victims of local house fire

Paul and Denise Cobb and their five children (four boys and one girl ranging in age from 6-16) lost their home and all of their belongings in a house fire on Saturday, Sept. 10.

Denise and her 6 year-old son, Paul Joe, were the only ones home when their home started to burn. Luckily, he remembered their fire drill rules, and helped his mother get their puppies out of the burning house. No one from the family was hurt, but all of their belongings — clothes, toys, backpacks, toothbrushes — were completely destroyed. A piano and a trunk of pictures were salvaged.

Many UTM organizations rushed to the aid of the Cobb family when I went to them and told them their story. I would like to give a very special thanks to April Cheung and SAC, Gina McClure, and the staff at Martin Place for donating T-shirts for the children. Also, the UTM football team has generously offer ed monetary support, clothing donations, and give the family enough tickets to attend the game against TSU this Saturday.

I cannot thank these organizations enough for all of their help for this wonderful family and the children.

Meghan Stiltner Elementary Education Murfreesboro

Students advised to obey laws related to cyber crime

Law enforcement agencies and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) are monitoring the downloading and sharing of copyrighted sound recordings (music) and video recordings (movies) via the Internet.

UT Fiscal Policy 805 states: “University IT resources are provided for use in conducting authorized university business. Using these resources for personal gain or illegal or obscene activities is prohibited. Although not an inclusive list, examples of such use include theft, fraud, gambling, copyright infringement, sound or video recording piracy, and either viewing or distributing child pornography.”

It is illegal and against fiscal policy to download and share copyrighted material. There are many free programs on the Internet that allow you to download and share non-copyrighted and copyrighted material, but this does not make it legal. If you would like additional information, please visit http://www.musicunited.org.

Shannon Burgin Director Information Technology Services