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Off-campus party plans draw Admin intervention
Butterworth knocked on doors after viewing Facebook invites
Joshua Lynch
Issue: 5/21/08 Section: News
Butterworth told one of their housemates, who's still a student and asked to remain anonymous, that police and Public Safety would be monitoring the house to ensure there wasn't a party.
Like the "douchebag party," Bletz and Corsiglia made a public event invitation on Facebook. But their party was not themed and had nothing to do with Quadstock the following day.
"My purpose was to give you a heads-up that there was increased scrutiny this past weekend," Butterworth later explained in an e-mail to Bletz obtained by The Spectator, "and I hope you were able to avoid any problems."
Bletz and her roommates also cancelled immediately. But days later, they were still fuming.
"I am outraged," said Corsiglia, who completed a degree in French and art history. "This is a private residence. Some of us have even graduated."
But what seems to have gotten most of the students hosting the two cancelled parties upset is Butterworth's use of Facebook. They all recall hearing the warnings before: Facebook isn't private, be careful what you post.
"I think it's crazy they're using Facebook against us," Corsiglia said. "Administrators should be hands off Facebook."
Butterworth has a Facebook profile that has seen little activity.
"We do not scrutinize Facebook or any other social utility on the Web," Butterworth said. According to Butterworth, the university will respond if an event or posting is reported as harassing, discriminatory, threatening or in violation of the Student Code of Conduct.
Butterworth declined comment on the specifics of the situation because of students' privacy rights and did not say whether the two cancelled parties' Facebook pages were reported to him or not.
"It's kind of unsettling that faculty and the administration can be on Facebook," Yang said. "It's like having your mom or dad write on your wall."
Alvin Mangosing, the assistant director for residential programs who handles many student conduct hearings, said Facebook is not used by Housing and Residence Life to monitor students. However, the university is concerned with theme parties and how "they marginalize certain groups," Mangosing said, noting the buzz that surrounded a party called the C--t Hunt that took place earlier in the quarter. Females at that party dressed as animals, and males dressed as hunters who were stalking their "prey."
Like the "douchebag party," Bletz and Corsiglia made a public event invitation on Facebook. But their party was not themed and had nothing to do with Quadstock the following day.
"My purpose was to give you a heads-up that there was increased scrutiny this past weekend," Butterworth later explained in an e-mail to Bletz obtained by The Spectator, "and I hope you were able to avoid any problems."
Bletz and her roommates also cancelled immediately. But days later, they were still fuming.
"I am outraged," said Corsiglia, who completed a degree in French and art history. "This is a private residence. Some of us have even graduated."
But what seems to have gotten most of the students hosting the two cancelled parties upset is Butterworth's use of Facebook. They all recall hearing the warnings before: Facebook isn't private, be careful what you post.
"I think it's crazy they're using Facebook against us," Corsiglia said. "Administrators should be hands off Facebook."
Butterworth has a Facebook profile that has seen little activity.
"We do not scrutinize Facebook or any other social utility on the Web," Butterworth said. According to Butterworth, the university will respond if an event or posting is reported as harassing, discriminatory, threatening or in violation of the Student Code of Conduct.
Butterworth declined comment on the specifics of the situation because of students' privacy rights and did not say whether the two cancelled parties' Facebook pages were reported to him or not.
"It's kind of unsettling that faculty and the administration can be on Facebook," Yang said. "It's like having your mom or dad write on your wall."
Alvin Mangosing, the assistant director for residential programs who handles many student conduct hearings, said Facebook is not used by Housing and Residence Life to monitor students. However, the university is concerned with theme parties and how "they marginalize certain groups," Mangosing said, noting the buzz that surrounded a party called the C--t Hunt that took place earlier in the quarter. Females at that party dressed as animals, and males dressed as hunters who were stalking their "prey."
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flamingbanjo
posted 5/31/08 @ 11:08 AM PST
The important thing is for students to learn early about petty bureaucrats who have nothing better to do than police their leisure-time behavior. Otherwise they might not understand why they have to fight for their right to party. (Continued…)
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