BC's undergraduate government runs a system similar to this, but is now heavily moderated. One of the main complaints from professors when it started was that anyone could post anything, but since this practice went into place the backlash has dwindled. I do think that sites based at the school level will always do a better job at being more informative to that specific student body. A national site could never do that.
Upon reading the headline, i was so pround of my school [BC]. But after skimming the article there's very little that's surprising about what they're doing. BC is has some huge organizational problems, so if all of your ducks are not in a row they won't give you what you want. Once the lawyers jump through the proper hoops BC will fork over whatever they want. I imagine that BC didn't even know that they were making waves by 'protecting students', they just want the correct paperwork.
let me clue you in to just a few things.
a - a majority of the kids here do come from VERY wealthy families. Of course there are your fair share of typical college students, but there is more than enough people that probably wouldn't notice a few bucks missing. that being said, he was probably only taking a small emount from everyone.
b - the "money" he stole [from my understanding] was what they call "eagle bucks", meaning it was good within the university, could be used the the bookstore, dining hall, etc etc. There's no real way to withdraw this money, so i'm guessing that there's really only so much stuff you can buy on campus, and $2000 will cover that.
c - the real issue in this whole thing is the BC policy with PIN numbers. they assign you one at the start of freshman year [or when you're hired] and it never changes. when this whole issue surfaced IT had to scramble for a way to let everyone change their PINs. Now we're getting an entirely "new system", with new IDs and supposedly a bunch of other "security features" that don't sound all that innovative or secure.
d - i can't believe that a cs major from BC made slashdot. although i didn't really know him, i think he was in a few of my CS classes.
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BC's undergraduate government runs a system similar to this, but is now heavily moderated. One of the main complaints from professors when it started was that anyone could post anything, but since this practice went into place the backlash has dwindled. I do think that sites based at the school level will always do a better job at being more informative to that specific student body. A national site could never do that.
Upon reading the headline, i was so pround of my school [BC]. But after skimming the article there's very little that's surprising about what they're doing. BC is has some huge organizational problems, so if all of your ducks are not in a row they won't give you what you want. Once the lawyers jump through the proper hoops BC will fork over whatever they want. I imagine that BC didn't even know that they were making waves by 'protecting students', they just want the correct paperwork.
let me clue you in to just a few things. a - a majority of the kids here do come from VERY wealthy families. Of course there are your fair share of typical college students, but there is more than enough people that probably wouldn't notice a few bucks missing. that being said, he was probably only taking a small emount from everyone. b - the "money" he stole [from my understanding] was what they call "eagle bucks", meaning it was good within the university, could be used the the bookstore, dining hall, etc etc. There's no real way to withdraw this money, so i'm guessing that there's really only so much stuff you can buy on campus, and $2000 will cover that. c - the real issue in this whole thing is the BC policy with PIN numbers. they assign you one at the start of freshman year [or when you're hired] and it never changes. when this whole issue surfaced IT had to scramble for a way to let everyone change their PINs. Now we're getting an entirely "new system", with new IDs and supposedly a bunch of other "security features" that don't sound all that innovative or secure. d - i can't believe that a cs major from BC made slashdot. although i didn't really know him, i think he was in a few of my CS classes.