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Student, Denied Degree For MySpace Photo, Sues
gwoodrow writes "We've all heard the 'fired because of MySpace' stories, where a simple blog or picture gets someone canned. But now one of the targets is fighting back. (The offending picture in this case was a snap from Halloween 2005 of the student in a pirate outfit drinking from a cup.)" From the article: "Teacher in training Stacy Snyder was denied her education degree on the eve of graduation when Millersville University apparently found pictures on her MySpace page 'promoting underage drinking.' As a result, the 27-year-old mother of two had her teaching certificate withheld and was granted an English degree instead. In response, Snyder has filed a Federal lawsuit against the Pennsylvania university asking for her education diploma and certificate along with $75,000 in damages."
No bullshit please, clearly she was denied her degree due to pressure from the RIAA. Dressing as a pirate and so on...
Arrr.
"It's OK for a drunken pirate to have a pretty useless degree, but we'll be damned if we're going to enable a drunken pirate to get a low paying stressful thankless job by giving them a certificate!"
Obviously ninja have infiltrated the schools administrative staff...
I'm a fiscal conservative, it's a pity we don't have a political party anymore
Students only go to uni to leech movies and music and drink underage, getting a degree is just a bonus!!!
I thought I was the only one who got hammered off those Goodbar shooters. Whew, that's a relief.
Well.. that's what the cup says anyway. No sign of beer or stronger stuff. It's not even hot coffee.
The only reason I could think of to punish her is for the bad pirate costume, and the fact that the plastic cup is out of character.
Isn't it obvious? People who are underage may only drink from clear, plastic bottles! By using a cup, she was promoting drinking from opaque liquid carrying devices.
If its about the pirate thing they should encourage this behaviour as the decline in pirate population is the cause of global warming...
I got fired from my job as a kindergarten teacher because I was a part time pete townsend impersonator.
It wasn't that picture in particular, it was just that that picture was the only one safe for work. The others show her obviously intoxicated and doing jello-shots off the chest of a well-endowed naked black man.
Are they not allowed to use cups?
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
Sometimes, I really dislike the behavior of some of my fellow Americans.
If you ignore the other uses of a tool, does that make the tool less useful, or you less useful?
Arrr.IAA?
But what can you do with an English degree? It she doesn't teach, the only other thing she could probably do is open a Poem Repair shop.
Well the solution is simple. Adopt a drinking age of 17/18 like here in Canada. She definitely doesn't look 18.
Alcohol?? Forget the alcohol. Statistically at least half of the female teachers would be performing oral sex on their husbands / boyfriends. And they are worried about alcohol on their lips?
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.
"Class of 2005":
Carla, Brian and Phil: IP Lawyers
Dental surgeons 'Be' and 'Mole'
'Tone-toke': Astrophysicist
Messy Mel: Brain surgeon
'Liz': Senator
Wufus: Neurologist
Lighten up Millersville, sheesh
wrong. There will be a time. It's called the Extinction Period.
Can I bum a sig?
Those who can't do nor teach work as administrators at educational institutions.
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...matriarchal transfer of property To be honest, it's not very often you hear about someone giving birth to a child without knowing who the mother is.c++;
Yeah. Not all photos get you exiled for life, though. In the case of the photo I linked to, it's quite unfortunate.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
You do realize that by using the words 'promiscuous lesbian' on /., you have successfully drawn the attention of everyone without getting any of them to finish the comment.
I see your informative link, and raise you a pithy comment.
What about the year 2525?
Acid House saves Souls
No, it won't be called at all unless the 'roaches learn how to talk by then.
AAAH I get it. In the picture she is a "drinking pirate" so she they assumed she was incapable of using correct english! I side with the university now.
The only change I can believe in is what I find in my couch cushions.
*cough* spelling *cough*
I have a picture I captioned "Lord and Master."
I've yet to receive any taxes from my serfs...
Don't worry, the damned dirty apes will be there to mock it.
Ice Cream has no bones.
You forgot about the .00001% chance of a necrophiliac robbing your grave and raping you.
Hey now.
No need to bring racism into this.
-Red
Guns don't kill people, "with glowing hearts" kills people.