Painting the 34th Street Wall
Sunday, 6:30 pm
Meet in parking lot at West Gate Plaza (Publix). Supplies provided. You may get paint on your clothes — dress appropriately.

Anti-DRM Sign-waving
Tuesday, 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Corner of W. University Ave. and W. 13th St.
Supplies provided, or bring your own sign. We’ll also have flyers and (hopefully) stickers to hand out to passerby.
You don’t have to stay the whole time — stop by when you have a spare minute.
Protesting at the corner of 13th and University is a Gainesville tradition — this is the height of rush hour, so there’ll be a lot of traffic passing by.

Talk by IT security expert Jordan Wiens
Tuesday, 6:30 pm
CSE E221
Jordan is a network security engineer for the University of Florida and was a member of the winning Capture the Flag team at this year’s DEFCON hacker convention. Jordan will lead a discussion about DRM. We’ll also screen some videos from FreeCulture.org’s “Down With DRM” video contest. Free and open to the public.

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Florida Free Culture’s first general meeting of the semester will take place on Monday, Sept. 25 at 6:30 pm in room 288 of the Reitz Union on the UF campus. Join us as we greet new members and learn about Free Culture, our activities this year, and opportunities for involvement. Free food will be provided. We’ll also have free stuff from our friends to give away (EFF, Public Knowledge, Creative Commons, etc.)

What: First general meeting
Who: Florida Free Culture
When: Monday, Sept. 25 at 6:30 pm
Where: Reitz Union rm. 288
Free food and swag!

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“Event offers goodies for PCs,” by Evan Drexler, Independent Florida Alligator, Sept. 20, 2006.

Florida Free Culture hopes to inform people of the benefits of open-source software as well as expose students to new issues in technology and protect people’s computers in the future, [UF networking security engineer Jordan] Wiens said.

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Florida Free Culture member and free-software advocate Eldo Varghese has helped students with their computers before.

“Free software gives people a choice,” he said. “(There are) many freedoms that proprietary software does not have.”

“Free Your PC,” AM850.com, Sept. 19, 2006. (Audio forthcoming hopefully)

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Florida Free Culture presents Free Your PC, Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 19-20 from 10 am - 3 pm on the Reitz Union Colonnade.

Bring your laptop to the Colonnade and let us install free software to keep your computer safe. Free virus scan, productivity software, games, music, and more. Plus, free information about your rights online. Come free your PC!

New for the fall: Yes, we do Mac! Bring your Mac or Windows PC, we’ll hook you up either way.

Co-sponsored by Student Government, the IT Security Team, and the Computing Help Desk.

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“UF rocks on with free tunes,” by Jessica Jarvis, Independent Florida Alligator, Sept. 15, 2006.

The Ruckus Network, a multimedia downloading service, has chosen UF as a pilot school …

UF students can register with a valid GatorLink account to gain access to more than 1.6 million free songs …

Music files stay on the user’s computer and cannot be moved to a portable device or audio CD for free. Ruckus files are not compatible with iPods …

Although files downloaded from Ruckus have restrictions attached, the company aims to supply students with a safe, legal alternative while still providing the service free …

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“Campus briefs,” by Janine Young Sikes, Gainesville Sun, Sept. 15, 2006.

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