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Facebook Has Destroyed Two More Lives

CC Staff — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:46:38 +0000

Facebook is an addiction for some, well, most people I know (including myself). I am on there at least three times a day and I am an avid FB stalker. Yes, I admit it, a stalker. I stalk my friends, my boyfriend, people I haven’t seen in 10 years, I sometimes even stalk strangers.

Everyone has FB stalked at one point in their life, so why haven’t you learned? If you look at peoples’ pages you never met, do you actually think strangers are not looking at yours? It is all about the privacy ladies and gentlemen. Enable those privacy settings!

All of this Facebook talk stems from stories that have hit the news in the past two days. Maybe you have heard of the victims– Caitlin Davis, a cheerleader for the New England Patriots, and Buck Burnette, a center from the Texas Longhorns. Both Caitlin and Buck are under 22 years old and their lives have potentially been ruined because of our glorious Facebook. I couldn’t even imagine.

Caitlin was kicked off the cheerleading squad because of pictures posted on FB of her covering her passed-out-drunk friend in things like “Penis,” “I’m a Jew,” and a few swastikas. Buck was kicked off the Longhorn football team for updating his FB status with a racist remark shortly after Barack Obama won the presidency. Now, I have to wonder if these two FB idiots were punished for acting inappropriately and embarrassing their respective teams, or for making racist comments. Either way, I’m proud of the punishers for stepping up and making an example of these two youngsters.

The moral of the story: Don’t put anything on Facebook that you wouldn’t want someone to see. We have heard it SO many times, but here is yet another example to guard your FB page with your life…or you could be on the streets with Caitlin and Buck.

Quickie: Justin Timberlake + Pepsi = Funny

Jess - NYU — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:34:03 +0000

I admit, I’m one of those people who watch the Super Bowl mostly for the commercials (although this year, I almost shed a tear when my New England Pats choked at the end…NH pride, baby!), and while advertisers were mildly funny yesterday, there were really only a few commercials stood out for me.

One featured Justin Timberlake getting his ass kicked. Now, I’ve never really been JT’s biggest fan; I don’t find him that attractive, I’m not really into his music, and sometimes I think he comes off kinda self-involved…but I gotta hand it to the guy: the more he acts, the better I like him.

Also, who isn’t into watching someone getting hit in the nuts not once, not twice, but three times?!



Don’t Be THAT Chick on Super Bowl Sunday
Elizabeth-Baruch College — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:30:49 +0000

Don’t you just L-O-V-E the Super Bowl?  It’s that time of the year when all of the dudes in our lives melt themselves down into screaming little boys.
They stuff their faces with whatever you put in front of them, drink their manjuice from a keg, and lose their temper at the television set.
As grotesque as this may sound to some of you, I actually enjoy this night.   Then again, I’ve always been pretty good at kicking it with the guys.
There is a certain art to hanging with the guys, specially on Super Bowl Sunday, without being THAT chick.  You know…THAT chick:
1. Who’s there solely to baby sit her boyfriend.
2. Who’s there solely because she has no life outside of her boyfriend.
3. Who’s there to invite all of the girls so that they could all have “Girl Time” while the boys have “Boy Time”.
4. Who admits she’s only there for the food and beer.
5. Who doesn’t know which teams are playing.
You don’t wanna be any of those girls.  Instead, use this event as a chance to prove your ability to truly hang.  The cool points you’ll score might just last you all year.
So how do you do it?
1.  If your boyfriend is there and you were invited to be there as well (never invite yourself), don’t talk to him.  Let him hang with the guys, get excited, do whatever…but don’t play the role of the “girlfriend”.   Just let him do whatever he wants.
2.  If you’re going because your boyfriend is and you have nothing else to do…then find something else to do!   Seriously, if you’re only going because he is, you should really reevaluate your social life.   However, if you’re set on going (for no good reason), follow the rules above.
3.  Don’t invite your girls unless they can follow all of these rules, too.   Squealing while laughing, talking about sex, periods, drama…it’s just not welcome in the Super Bowl environment.   This is a sacred day to most dudes, don’t insult the day by bringing your girly girl gang.
4.  If you’re only there for the food and beer…well, you’re already ahead of all of girls 1-3.  However, learn something about the game.   Get into it.   Pick a team to route for.   Besides, going to a Super Bowl party without any real interest in the Super Bowl is…lame.
5.  If you don’t know the teams playing, you’ve got homework to do, missy.  Don’t walk through that door before you use Google and figure this all out.   Know the teams, how the game is played, and if you don’t know something…just…stay quiet and don’t embarrass yourself.
As I said, hanging with the guys is truly an art.  But if you can take the tips above, you’ll be well on your way to racking up those cool points with all of the dudes in your circle.