Student Expelled For Facebook Photo Description 415
flutterecho writes "A sophomore at Valdosta State University was expelled after criticizing his university's plan to build two new parking garages with student fees. In a letter apparently slipped under his dorm room door, Ronald Zaccari, the university's president, wrote that he 'present[ed] a clear and present danger to this campus' and referred to an image on the student's Facebook page which contained a threatening description. 'As additional evidence of the threat posed by Barnes, the document referred to a link he posted to his Facebook profile whose accompanying graphic read: "Shoot it. Upload it. Get famous. Project Spotlight is searching for the next big thing. Are you it?" It doesn't mention that Project Spotlight was an online digital video contest and that "shoot" in that context meant "record."' In a post-Virginia Tech world, has university surveillance of online identities gone too far?"
Maybe, maybe not (Score:5, Funny)
Lawsuit waiting to happen. I hope they've got a healthy endowment.
Like me.
(I'm sorry, I had to add that last bit. Yes, it's Sunday morning, but it was low-hanging fruit... Like mine. OK, I'll quit now.)
Re:Granted, but "shoot" only has dual meanings (Score:1, Funny)
in the non-nigger world [...]
You seriously need psychiatric help.
Airport security (Score:5, Funny)
"We're here to shoot a pilot."
Hilarity ensues.
Here's a threat (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Streisand effect (Score:5, Funny)
BTW: the IT department wasraided... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:University Contact Information (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Public University (Score:1, Funny)
Well... (Score:5, Funny)
Why is that news? Maybe sections with a counter in each, such as "$UNIVERSITY expels $STUDENT for reason $STUPID" would do it, with an index that links to each relevant article. Good idea for a web 2.0 news site, that.
Re:Public University (Score:1, Funny)
Take your Anti-US trolling somewhere else troll.
Re:VTech just kicked in, yo! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Here's a threat (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What's really interesting (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:Now that's well thought out plan... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Well... (Score:3, Funny)
Important facts missing from summary (Score:3, Funny)
2. Georgia borders both Alabama and Florida.
This should help to explain things a little better.
So Web 2.0...? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Well... (Score:3, Funny)