Historical color in Newcomb
The once-bland halls of the third floor of Newcomb Hall have become more colorful and diverse lately with the addition of work by Caribbean artist Frank Diaz Escalet, on display at the Art Space gallery until Oct. 11.
Escalet's work, classified as "outsider art," said fourth-year Art Space Chair Cyndi Spain, focuses on minorities in the United States and contemporary issues. Escalet, a self-taught artist, was born in Puerto Rico.
The show began Aug. 24, and there will be an opening reception for the exhibit Friday at 5:30 p.m. at the gallery.
Art Space, a committee of the University Programs Council, maintains three or four exhibits each semester. Spain said a main goal of Art Space is to show diversity in art through different mediums and geographic areas.
A first-year voice in the Post
From his computer in Lefevre House, first-year College student Joe Morse defended his collection of 150 songs downloaded from Napster, a controversial free-music Web site. His opinion got his name in print in The Washington Post's Letters to the Editor section Sunday.
"I don't usually do this," Morse said of his letter to the newspaper, explaining that he felt strongly about the issues surrounding online piracy.
Morse responded to an Aug. 24 article by Rob Glaser, chairman and CEO of RealNetworks. Glaser proposed the use of low-cost Internet alternatives, such as his company, to Napster and other free online music services.
In his article, Glaser wrote that the people who use Napster do not realize they are ripping off the musicians and artists and think they are only cheating the big music companies out of money. Consumers would respect the artists and stop using Napster for free if they were given a low-cost, more honest way to download music, he added.
The University's Morse disagreed. "His solution is na
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