The Case of the Facebook Pictures
The Orientation Committee has spent most of the spring and summer finishing their plans for Fall Orientation, where they will welcome next year's incoming class of freshmen and transfer students . They even hosted a number of summer orientation events, which allow prospective students to have a first look at the campus in June and July .The Orientation Committee was able to meaningfully connect with a number of incoming freshmen, even becoming Facebook friends with them in order to stay in touch throughout the rest of the summer and into the fall semester . Two weeks before school starts, the Orientation Committee decides to hang out off campus and have a few drinks to relax and celebrate all their hard work . No one who is underage drinks, and no one goes over the legal limit .
Shortly thereafter, some pictures from that night are posted on Facebook . A prospective student is viewing the pictures on his home computer when his mom spots them . She is very upset to see "such behavior" from students at this University and refuses to allow her son to attend in the fall . She calls the president's office to angrily complain about the situation and he, in turn, calls you, the Orientation Committee Advisor, and tells you to "handle the situation ."
> What would you do?
As long as no one underage was drinking, no one was over the limit, and no one is getting hurt, I would think it is okay. I think it would be okay to go out and celebrate after all your hard work, but be legal to do it and be safe about it. If people were underage and someone was endanger I would handle the situation differently.
ReplyDeleteIf I was the Orientation Committee Advisor I would tell everyone in the committee that they can not be doing that stuff in public. At the least not around any of the students, or at the very least do not be posting pictures of any of these bad activities on the internet. If I would really have to I would just find new members.
ReplyDeleteI would tell them that they can not do that stuff in public at lest around other kids or doing bad things with those pictures I would put a stop to it and fix it before it gets out of hand and kids start drinking and things get really bad and drugs get involved then everything goes down hill then i would just find new people and leave them alone.
ReplyDeleteI think that there really isn't a problem. Nobody was doing anything illegal and really it is no different than sitting down with other people you are friends with and having a few everybody is legal and they aren't getting hammered so there is nothing that is that big of a deal.
ReplyDeleteIn russia there is no age limit to drinking. My first bottle was a glass vodka. Fermented potatoes was the first thing I tasted. In Russia there are strict rules though. If America has such rules then you must follow them for the good of Mother russia- erh I mean U.S.A. Long live Stalin. Kill the Czar.
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