2008 Woodie Awards
SAAC hosts talk: Solving the "Facebook issue"
Michael Lutkenhouse
Issue date: 4/6/07 Section: Campus Life
This past week the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC) hosted a talk entitled "solving the 'Facebook issue'" on both Tuesday and Wednesday. The talk, given by Gary Willliams of Carthage College made students aware of issues surrounding Facebook and how what someone posts on Facebook may affect their future.
To emphasize his point, Mr. Williams cited a variety of texts. He tried to impress upon those in attendance how the generation currently at college, described as the Millennials, make use of the emerging technologies with greater ease and have the ability to achieve great things. At the same time he tried to warn on how some of the emerging technologies, such as Facebook, may have unintended consequences. One example he used was to pose the question of what the current students would say if, in 20 years, their then children asked about the photos posted on Facebook about the different college parties they attended. Another issue that was talked about was the issue as when to use slang and when not to. It was noted that when writing e-mails to professors and others in similar positions, one should not make use of slang that may be common place between friends.
One statistic Mr. Williams used to conclude his argument was that 40 percent of employers use Facebook to do background checks. As he wrapped up his talk he went on to say, "You're not getting a job for what you put on a piece of paper, you're getting it for what's in your heart."
To emphasize his point, Mr. Williams cited a variety of texts. He tried to impress upon those in attendance how the generation currently at college, described as the Millennials, make use of the emerging technologies with greater ease and have the ability to achieve great things. At the same time he tried to warn on how some of the emerging technologies, such as Facebook, may have unintended consequences. One example he used was to pose the question of what the current students would say if, in 20 years, their then children asked about the photos posted on Facebook about the different college parties they attended. Another issue that was talked about was the issue as when to use slang and when not to. It was noted that when writing e-mails to professors and others in similar positions, one should not make use of slang that may be common place between friends.
One statistic Mr. Williams used to conclude his argument was that 40 percent of employers use Facebook to do background checks. As he wrapped up his talk he went on to say, "You're not getting a job for what you put on a piece of paper, you're getting it for what's in your heart."
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Katherine
posted 4/06/07 @ 11:38 PM EST
The issues brought up at this talk reach much greater grounds than the facebook fad. Gary was trying to encourage students to be young and free, while being mindful and courteous of the older generations of our professors and faculty. (Continued…)
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