Police and Facebook - A Dangerous Combo
According to the Independent Florida Alligator, Florida's student newspaper, Community Resource Officers have Facebook accounts, which they obtained from recent college graduates who are now on the force, and are actively searching for parties. The police claim that their intent is only to bust "dangerous-looking parties," like the one at which 24-year-old Lucas E. Young was killed in a fight in July; however, it's still a scary precedent and a borderline invasion of privacy. Do you think the police are within their rights to snoop around the Internet for parties? Are students asking for trouble by posting open party invitations on Facebook or MySpace? Is this type of thing happening at your campus? Give us your thoughts. The Incredibly Shrinking Student Section
This bad call was made by the school. After losing the national title for the first time in three years, USC decided to lose a third of its student section. When USC hosts Nebraska, the student section will have shrunk from last year’s total of about 12,000 seats to 8,000. The school also eliminated guest tickets in the student section. Forget bugging your buddy at USC for an extra Notre Dame ticket. You’ll have better luck on eBay. This move comes on the heels of the most popular year in school history. In six home games last year, USC averaged a record 90,812 fans. But not only did USC take away 4,000 seats, it took some of the most desirable seats possible. No more 50-yard-line seats for students. The 30 is the closest you can get to midfield. Those other seats were offered to alumni donors who gave at least $25,000 to the university. Future alumni are donating $40,000 in tuition to USC, but these students are relegated to the stands between the 30-yard line and the back corner of one end zone, as well as the bleachers behind that end zone, where the band has also been moved from its traditional place near the 30-yard line. USC has tried to put the best spin on all this by calling the new student section the “Trojan Nation” where students are offered free food, t-shirts and prizes to boost their spirits. "We are not trying to screw the students," Associate Athletic Director Jose Eskenazi told a student government meeting this week. USC officials say the student section averaged only 6,500 per game last season, and is capped at 8,000, but the ticket office has sold more than 11,000 activities cards, which are supposed to get students into every home game. If they all show up, more than 3,000 won't have anything to show for the $135 pass they bought. And instead of the first-come, first-served policy from years past, seats for the biggest home game of the year -- Notre Dame on Thanksgiving weekend – will be assigned to students via lottery. Director of Campus Activities Heather Larabee, insisting that 12,000 students have very rarely showed up for any home game, told the student government, "In all honesty, this is a business in a lot of ways." So whatever happened to the business policy that the customer – in this case, the student – comes first? Are students being crowded out at your school's stadium to make more room for the paying public? If so, how do you feel about it? This story was written and reported by Kevin Merfeld, a senior at USC. The All-time Notre Dame Team
Offense QB – Joe Montana HB – George Gipp FB – Jerome Bettis WR – Raghib Ismail WR – Tim Brown TE – Dave Casper T – George Kunz T – Jim Martin G – Aaron Taylor G – Bill Fischer C – Adam Walsh Defense DE – Ross Browner DE – Leon Hart DT – Chris Zorich DT – Alan Page LB – Jim Lynch LB – Bob Golic LB – George Connor SS – Luther Bradley FS – John Lujack CB – Todd Lyght CB – John Lattner Special Teams K – John Carney P – Bill Shakespeare Utilty – Paul Hornung Coach – Knute Rockne Asst. Coach – Frank Leahy Now we want to know if you agree. Who did we leave out? Who doesn't belong? Give us your alltime Fighting Irish team.  |
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