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- smroge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7You can also use facebook to trick your University. My group of friends and I have gotten busted a few times for underage drinking in the dorms. The RAs here were pretty strict. So we threw a protest "Beer Party" in which we publicized well on Facebook.
We then proceeded to bake about 25 Cakes, and make Beer Party a Cake Party. However, the RAs knew none the wiser until they "busted us". They were pissed, but we did nothing wrong and got off scott free.
Some Pics:
The Cakes: http://www.kylestoneman.com/out/cake/IMG_1663.jpg
Cake Pong: http://www.kylestoneman.com/out/cake/IMG_1664.jpg
People Enjoying Cake (Out of Red Cups of Course): http://www.kylestoneman.com/out/cake/IMG_1674.jpg
Cops Showing up with RAs: http://www.kylestoneman.com/out/cake/IMG_1700.jpg
School Newspaper Write Up: http://www.collegehumor.com/pictures/1607781/ - Venator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I am a Resident Assisstant at UCSB and it is true that we "look" at Facebook but no one ever goes on Facebook to specifically look for people doing illegal things. Hell, I learned that half my residents are potheads from facebook, but not a single action was done about it besides a light hearted conversatio. RA's and other staff have lives and don't want to spend our time on facebook policing people.
Basically, rule of thumb, if we stuble upon it we have a talk with the resident about safe partying. I mean, if you know UCSB you know our halloween reputation, and our overall party repuation. From other RA's I have talked to, this holds true on all campuses.
And in regards to Photoshoped images, what we say to people is "Why do you want to be portrayed like that anyway" and most people do not know how to photoshop stuff well enough to make it look real. - Otto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Never heard of facebook until now.
But seriously, if you don't want the school up in your face, then move the heck off campus. Join a fraternity, or rent a house after your first year, or whatever. Living on campus is agreeing to live by the campus's ***** up standards of living. And every campus's rules are truly ***** up in one way or another.
College is a great place to have a good time, but the best way to do that is to actually exercise some independance and start living your own life without anybody else's frickin' rules to get in your way. The best parties, the most fun, the most interesting people: they don't live in the dorms. - teamparadox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Solution: Dont post on facebook.com. Get a blog.
- onegeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Great, now the faculty has an excuse to surf through all the pictures of half-naked drunken college chicks without looking like total perverts.
- frozencaldera, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If people allow it to be used for this purpose, the community that has built up will die. If you're 18 you should be entitled privacy on the site. Sorry kiddies (under 18) I don't care if they bust you. When are they gonna lower the drinking back to 18???
- kovermyer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This is really scary. I am going to change my facebook account right now! As an MU student I am freaking out! Thanks for the tip! You rock :-)
- chuckmo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1
i've got some publicity with the facebook... i wrote a script back in march like that dude did on myspace and got a bunch of friends (~75,000). it landed me in Newsweek!
so the facebook is more of a portfolio piece for me =)
hahaha this is the local paper here in Columbia... they wrote about me a while back, too..
Newsweek Article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8987175/site/newsweek/ (look for the facebook celebrity part)
Missourian Article:
http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=15712
find me on facebook: Charlie Rosenbury, University of Missouri - 5blocksfree, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have to think that people really DON'T think when they not only sign up, but actively participate in online "communities" like this. There's no telling the damage that can ensue from one moment of carelessness, of wanting to be 'cool' (or just plain idiotic, take your pick). Someone I know showed me some high-school classmates that have taken to myspace.com, doing the same kind of thing. Judging from the content of various pages, it doesn't seem like a very bright idea. This may haunt them for a long time.
- Wamzlee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I have facebook, everyone add me!
Westley Wamsley, Winona State University - ThinkBox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So there is some website where you put up a whole lot of information on... and people on the internet are EXPLOITING IT????
but this is the INTERNET!!! Where if you post alot of personal information on a website - it hsould be safe!!!
what is this world coming to?
/sarcasm.
Well, honestly you have to be a friend of someone to see their info, or a student at that college with a email adress.
THe highschool one is wide open... but College is a little different. I'm no tto worried, teh worst i get is people calling me for help around exam time. - rubescentman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0facebook works too well to just get off and not use it, plus can you have the university connection features on a blog that facebook has?
- tomanthony, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Whats next schools getting on Myspace. people need to leave ***** alone.
- kevthecatslayer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0a party at my school was busted last night via myspace. The dumbass announced the kegger he was throwing in his dorm.
- Lesli, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@colelt1
I remember when that happened.. I thought it was absolutely ridiculous. I have a friend who just started at USM and I have tried to warn her about facebook because she posts some of the most retarded stuff possible on there.
One of the previous commenters had it right though.. if you're going to do something that you could ever get in trouble over then do not freakin' post it on the internet.... - TacitusBen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Racial and gender discrimination for the 21st century.
- Laughingman234, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"A student at Fisher College in Boston was expelled this year for his online critique of a campus police officer." How is that legal first of all?
Second of all when did jpgs on the internet become evidence? Did everyone magically forget about photoshop? What if I take a picture of me drinking a pop in a park, superimpose beer for the pop and my dorm hall for the park? Am I guilty of drinking in the hallway? If the answer to that is yes. Then that school clearly needs either a law department or a switft kick in the something cause thats insane. If my school tried to do anything like that to me I'd take them to court, you could prove nothing from just a profile post or even a picture. Just insane what this world is coming to, and I still wanna know why that kid got expelled for badmouthing a campus cop, we now have no right to free speech either? I'll keep an eye on this, great digg. - Zidion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0wow, that is friggin crazy.
- manvsmonster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Authorities overstepping their places once again... now I sha'll work harder to anonymize myself and delete myself away from those profile type sites.
- nevin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah, like 12 kids from my school, North Carolina State University, got busted. But it had something to do with an RA and drinking in the dorms or something. There was an article in our school newspaper, but i was lazy and didnt read it. mostly because i didnt care. but heck! it made it to digg.
- kkaabboomm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0complete *****.
i have a facebook page, and it has the absolute minimum about me possible, and no picture of me to boot. i have it so others know where i goto college (from my high school) and can get in contact with me, as well as i them. those people with 3 page long profiles etc are ridiculous, but this policing ***** is *****. it reminds me of being fired for blogging. - foolish.turkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0seriously not cool
- cool4u2view, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0campus cops... everyone I know just stands around and laughs at them.
I hate cops of any kind. They all (in my limited experience) have bad attitudes and the act like pricks. There is a perverted (and married) local cop who like to hang out (not on official police business) at the local high school and tries to pick up young girls. Sexual harrassment complaints seem to magically dissappear. - asplodzor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0LOL suckers.... reminds me of when my old private high school's principle found Myspace last year... He literally searched for every student's account that he could find and called their parents about anything he deemed objectionable... including swearing.
That was honestly hilarious. - SmeRndmGy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I am going to put up the most offensive profile imaginable. We'll see if uconn does this crap or not.
- UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0just find out who rsvps for the "suck a dick wednesday" parties and give them detention.
- darb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Just because they have a picture of me with a red plastic cup...doesn't mean there was alcohol in there.
Just because there is a picture of me upside down on a keg...doesn't mean that I am actually DRINKING the contents -- I'm just posing for the picture.
And the photo of me with the blood shot eyes? I was crying of course, my girlfriend broke up with me.
While I'm not serious, I could bring this up when they accuse me of any of the above crimes...a picture doesn't prove anything - if you can argue BS well. It's crap...the students should fight. - Venator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"The first thing you can do is block staff members from seeing your profile. Here’s where things get a little nerdy. Login to www.facebook.com and click ‘My Privacy’. Under each privacy subheading, click “Advanced�. Uncheck all of the boxes that say ‘Staff� and then press ‘Save’. That’s it. They can’t see anything about you unless they impersonate a different type of user (if they do that, maybe you’ll have something to argue about)"
PS: That does not work, RA's are listed as Students because we ARE students! Sorry.
Furthermore, UCSB Daily Nexus is trash, no one should be paying attention to what they have to say. - mdsjhawk83, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0why are people complaining about this...its a simple solution...go into your settings and change your profile so only your friends can view it. seems kinda obvious to me!
- aquax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0smroge,
Brilliant! I hope other people start causing problems like that. Nothing like baiting the administration and campus police to drop by a perfectly innocent party. - theman8631, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0lol lotery tickets.
Serious digg mainly for the incredible comment contraversy. - pillfred, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0thats sad
- matcrawf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0facebook = my 18th credit this semester. i would love if IU did something about my faceboook. they can't do anything regarding my facebook.
- Nerfdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0...hrm, this is going to explode, i'm guessing. everybody facebook me so i can inflate my ego. Adam Hogan, University of Missouri - Columbia. kthx
- urchin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://www.xuqa.com is another new social networking website that seems to have even more drinking/nude/party pictures on it. I never found Facebook to have that many pictures of partying. If Facebook had been around when I was an RA, I surely would not have policed the internet looking for violations. I just told my residents to not be caught in the act.
It was like the time they threw a party in their suite and the trashcans were full of beer cans. I knew who threw the party since his guests were still in the common area drinking but all I could write up was his guests drinking and lots of empty beer cans despite knowing 100% who threw the party and who was drinking. We both laughed when he got a letter in the mail about the violation. I think he framed it. - Tweekster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0if what you posted and what you did happened outside of the school, the school cant do jack *****, you can tell them to screw off without consequence
- birdadderley, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0only YOU can prevent forest fires.
- bluefire0728, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Last week I interviewed Chris Hughes, a public relations person for Facebook, for my college podcast. This is an issue we didn't touch on, but I think it would be important to cover.
http://odeo.com/audio/324462/view
I'm going to interview him again later this week. Does anyone have any questions that you want me to ask him regarding this issue? - Nerfdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0sweet. i used to go to MU, dropped out, but i still have my facebook account. i'm going to change it so i'm 17, and post a picture of myself smoking, drinking, and buying lottery tickets all at once.
- egscott2004, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The RA at UCSB that I know says that they do not personally police people's profiles to attempt to catch them at something, but if something is reported or overheard, then they are obligated to check on it.
- spark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0check out http://phusebox.net for a good alternative to the facebook. Blogging / Photo Sharing / Friend Networking ---- you can also upload as many photos as you want
- ThomasNewman1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0OH *****!
- Nesh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0One of my clients is a fraternity's chapter headquarters. They found a bunch of pictures of a party on webshots. The pictures included all the staples of a frat party: naked chicks, keg stands, and one of a girl hitting a 4 ft bong right in front of the fraternity's flag in the main room. That particular chapter was already on probation for previous parties. Now the house is empty because the fraternity dissolved that chapter.
- dailyclerk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is yet another twist on reasons why you have to be careful what you put out there on sites like this, myspace and friendster. I knew some employers that would do their own 'background check' by seeing if you are on any of these sites and see what you do and who you are associated with. In many instances these people didn't get the jobs usually because of who they were associated with.
It's really interesting to see how many people put up really personal info on these sites thinking that only their friends will see it. If you are applying for a job, I'd say take some precautions and use a different email on your resume and change out your contact info until after you get the job and show them that you are valuable to the company regardless of your S&M fetishes. - dadotron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0WHOA WHOA WHOA, will you guys look at the freaking link above please, it doesn't say lets bitch and brag about our freakin jobs and who makes more, im a college student, and im happy for both of you guys that you make so much right now, im glad if i make like 20 bucks a week raking yards around campus, i don't have a job, i'd rather study, but thats my story. the link above says "FACEBOOK HAS BECOME NEW POLICE" not "how people brag about jobs" you guys should be happy that you make any freaking money, some people would give thier lives to have half of what you have for their familes. just stop it please!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@eqscott2004
The RA? The student fink who gets free rent to pretend like he's the parent of other adults?
Those people should get cancer for that alone. Who cares if they ALSO spy on people through Facebook? - Mofo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0LOL @ smroge that's some good *****. Effing UCSB. I graduated from there in June and the place is totally different party wise from what it used to be. Three police departments have the pleasure of patrolling isla vista ticketing bicyclers for such horrible hazards as riding with ipods or blowing stop signs. I guess the basic policy is don't post a pic of you doing something illegal if you live on campus, of campus is harder to prove/prosecute but I still wouldn't temp fate. Just to give you SB folks an idea of how much SB has changed in the last 5 years, there used to be open HUGE fraternity parties with all you could drink and bands/djs (now there are new IFC rules and the best fraternities got kicked off) there used to be kegs in the OPEN on DP, wherever before the 3000 dollar fine per keg, before people were afraid to buy kegs, before the footpatrol did sting operations with fake ids. Anyway /rant it's painfully clear the SB is doing all they can to control IV and turn every student into a puritan.
- colelt1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This happened at my school in april, before I graduated, they had a group that was called something like I want to ***** MS Jones.
http://www.thedmonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/04/18/42638b0505164?in_archive=1 - almostmanda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If you're gonna do something that could get you in trouble, don't post it on the internet. Be it on a blog, facebook, away message, whatever.
And living on campus is for suckers. -
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