Napster: Legal and Ethical QuestionsAre some things that count as cheating perfectly OK? How is cheating defined? Is there anything wrong with cheating? If everyone does it, should you? If a teacher makes it easy to cheat, does that mean it's OK to do it? Should cheaters be tolerated or punished by teachers and the University? This was a forum with student panelists.
Binge Drinking: Should CSUC Do Something About It?Is it illegal to use Napster or other web sites to download free music? Are you cheating the artist or label if you do it? How do artists and labels usually get paid for their products? Is it possible to own music? What do you own: the creative idea, the performance, the recording? When Napster starts charging, should you pay or go to a free site?
Marcel Daguerre, Philosophy
Paul Friedlander, Music
Anthony Graybosch, Philosophy
Teaching Tolerance and Respect in a Diverse WorldWhat could the University do to try to reduce binge drinking, in light of the recent tragedy? How has Chico State dealt with drinking in the past? Is it legitimate for the University to take action to try to shape how adult students conduct themselves off campus? What policies could legitimately be used to help reduce binge drinking?
Andrew Flescher, Religious Studies
Charles Geshekter, History
Is the teaching of tolerance and respect a moral obligation for faculty at CSUC, requiring that they expose students to diverse perspectives, ethnicities, races, sexual orientations, and ideologies? Or is this an unfair indoctrination of students into liberal ideology, one being forced on faculty by administrative requirements? Indeed, can tolerance or respect be taught? And are they enough?
Carol Burr, English
Charles Geshekter. History
Troy Jollimore, Philosophy
Dennis Rothermel, Philosophy