Posted on 09/17/2010 8:41:15 AM PDT by AccuracyAcademia
For some reason, some college administrators dont seem to think that Mafia Wars and Farmville are very scholarly activities. Harrisburg University plans to examine its reliance on social media by taking a bold step, Steve Infanti of the university wrote in an electronic press release on September 9, 2010. For a week beginning Sept. 13, 2010, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in Pennsylvania will block IP addresses and shut down access to Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and IM.
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Epic fail on Harrisburg University
And then, after we put out the fires and rebuild the burned-out buildings...
Oh Em Gee! How will the Facebook lemmings survive?
Presuming to regulate what people do in their own free time...coming to a government near you. Look for a lot of students to ditch campus that week.
This week, I mean.
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