The Collegian

Issue date: 3/13/06 Section: No Limits

Media Credit: James Snyder pam's just in the wind

Was it not just last semester that I wrote the powerful opinions article on the current Myspace addiction? Already Delta College has taken it into their hands and crushed it. I will admit that not having a computer at home can sometimes be very stressful. This also means that I have to use Delta's computers 90 percent of the time to complete my homework. And when I am done slaving away at the keyboard, I do what all fun-loving college students do, check my Myspace!

Oh, all right; really, I understand why our school has decided to block Myspace. Their complaints are that students are constantly on it during school hours, rather than working on their homework in their classrooms and the computer lab. Why is it that porn websites, other blogging-based websites, and gaming related websites are deemed appropriate?

Well my friends, the Delta faculty wants you to look at porn, or anything else you wish, just not that nasty website Myspace.com.

Once the school starts a revolution such as this, I believe they should come through full force or not do anything at all. After all, is the school saying that they "just can't" control the students in the computer lab? When I go in there, I see at least three to four workers sitting on their ass in the back of the lab by the printers. I thought it was their job to control the lab and the people insid it. If they see that the line is getting long, they should walk around and ask the students who are playing video games or on a website such as Myspace, to step aside and let students who have work use the computer.

Interestingly enough, my friends, this argument is not about Myspace; it is about the school's irresponsibility to set a straight-across-the-board standard. This is a college campus, where young, mature adults educate themselves. I have never seen a student fight a worker in the computer lab because they want to screw around on the Internet.

What about the so-called "personal" area where students are supposed to be allowed to do whatever they wish? The school is basically giving a message that the "personal use" computers are no longer for their own personal use.

Not only have the student-use computers been blocked, but ALL the computers on our campus under this server have been blocked. The school is now stating that it not only distrusts its students (understandably), but they also distrust the faculty and staff.

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