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UNC issues revised social networking policy
By WRAL Sports & UNC Athletics Aug 30, 2010
The UNC Department of Athletics welcomes back student-athletes with a social networking checklist. The letter to all student-athletes was issued in The Ram Rules newsletter.
According to the University, the newsletter "is designed to educate University of North Carolina student-athletes about NCAA rules. As a UNC student-athlete, it is YOUR responsibility to review the contained information to preserve your eligibility to participate in intercollegiate athletics."
Dear UNC Student-Athletes,
Welcome back! As you begin the 2010 fall semester in Chapel Hill, we want to make sure you are aware of the revised social networking policy. The UNC Department of Athletics recognizes and supports its student-athletes’ rights to freedom of speech, expression, and association, including the use of social networks. In this context, however, each student-athlete must remember that playing and competing for The University of North Carolina is a privilege. As a student-athlete, you represent the University and you are expected to portray yourself, your team, and the University in a positive manner at all times.
Attached you will find the new social networking policy which provides the following guidelines for social networking site usage:
--Everything you post is public information – any text or photo placed online is
completely out of your control the moment it is placed online – even if you limit
access to your site. Information (including pictures, videos, comments, and posters)
may be accessible even after you remove it.
--Use caution when adding someone or inviting someone to be a friend. Many
individuals are looking to take advantage of students-athletes, to get close to student-
athletes to give themselves a sense of membership, or to gain information about you, your teammates, or your team for the purposes of sports gambling or negative
publicity.
--Limit information about your whereabouts or plans to minimize the potential of being stalked, assaulted, or the victim of other criminal activity.
--What you post may affect your future. Many employers and graduate school
admissions officers review social networking sites as part of their overall evaluation
of an applicant. Carefully consider how you want people to perceive you before you
give them a chance to misinterpret your information (including pictures, videos,
comments, and posters).
--Similar to comments made in person, the Department of Athletics will not tolerate
disrespectful comments and behavior online, such as:
*Derogatory or defamatory language;
*Comments that create a serious danger to the safety of another person or that
constitute a credible threat of serious physical or emotional injury to another
person;
*Comments or photos that describe or depict unlawful assault, abuse, hazing,
harassment, or discrimination; selling, possessing, or using controlled
substances; or any other illegal or prohibited conduct, including violating the
University’s Policy on Prohibited Harassment and Discrimination.
It is your responsibility to understand NCAA and UNC rules.
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RE: UNC issues revised social networking policy
What you post may affect your future. Many employers and graduate school admissions officers review social networking sites as part of their overall evaluation of an applicant. Carefully consider how you want people to perceive you before you give them a chance to misinterpret your information (including pictures, videos, comments, and posters).
Misinterpret?
In other words, this was all just a big misunderstanding???
Not really sure anything was misinterpreted there, Heels. But nice try!
thats funny too!!!
RE: UNC issues revised social networking policy
How do we know that the football players were even able to read this release? Or did Butch's nanny read it aloud to them?
RE: UNC issues revised social networking policy
This policy update illustrates how the Carolina administration just doesn't get it. The problem was not the posting of information on social networking sites. The problem was that they HAD something bad to post in the first place.
This new policy is just a politically correct way of say, "Don't post what you're doing, idiots. We might get caught with our pants down again!"
Seriously, if Carolina was truly concerned with doing things the right way (the "Carolina Way"), shouldn't they be HAPPY that the bad activities were brought to light? Shouldn't they be THANKING Twitter for helping them clean house?
RE: UNC issues revised social networking policy
What you post may affect your future. Many employers and graduate school admissions officers review social networking sites as part of their overall evaluation of an applicant. Carefully consider how you want people to perceive you before you give them a chance to misinterpret your information (including pictures, videos, comments, and posters).
Misinterpret?
In other words, this was all just a big misunderstanding???
Not really sure anything was misinterpreted there, Heels. But nice try!
RE: UNC issues revised social networking policy
^So many experts, so many comedians.
- Posted by gtr
it would have had to be funny for him to be a comedian, it
was actually weak.... the first few days some of the nanny
jokes were actually ammusing, now they just get repeated
so much we know whats coming before the ABCers even type it.
That makes me sad, because I think you're funny Rdi.
And thank you to everyone else who thought my post was "ammusing" (another made up word from Tarheel nation, similar to "public ivy"). It took me a LONG time to come up with it, so my hard work has paid off!
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