This week, when we were told that we could write about our response to the MLK party incident, I thought that it was a great idea, and a great way for all of us to be able to express our feelings about what has happened. This incident, which only about 40 people participated in, has put the entire Clemson community in a horrible light, and I think that is what upsets me the most. As someone who cares so much about Clemson, and is so proud to attend this University, I hate to see us getting bad PR like this. To people who have never heard of Clemson, this incident, which was a CNN headline, made us just look like a backwards southern school in SC. We all know that this is very far from the truth. Another thing that bothers me about this incident is the fact that this will hurt our quest for a Top 20 University. As someone who is going to be graduating from Clemson with a degree in a competitive field, I want Clemson to be regarded as a great intellectual institution so that a degree from CU will be a great asset in the job hunt.
Aside from these two major factors, I also am truly sorry for what happened, and sad that people had ot get hurt by the actions of a few people, although I do not blame the people for their actions, because many college age students can say that they have attended a gangster party. I also understand why people got offended, and the fact that this party was tied to a holiday honoring a great American hero is very disrespectful. I think that the people who attended the party meant no harm by it, and they have shown this by being very agreeable to meeting with people on the Clemson campus to apologize for their actions.
One of the main things that I have learned from this incident is the impact that Facebook can have on people. Facebook is so addiciting, and so much fun, but it can obviously be so dangerous and get you in horrible situations, so I think that is something everyone needs to keep in mind.
Hopefully we all have learned something from this incident, and can come together as a university to show the public how truly sorry we are for our actions.
1 comment:
You are so correct. I think this is one of the best responses that I've read; at least, it's one that really reflects how I feel myself.
I have learned a lot about how info online can impact you the last couple of years. For example, I was friends with a person who wasn't the best kind of person, and I knew that, but I hung out with her anyway because we generally had fun. I knew she was really bad about spreading gossip about people and things like that. She eventually got mad at me and proceeded to go to Ratemyprofessors.com and put a couple of bad comments about me. They save the IP addresses of the people who leave the comments, so I was able to prove it was a CU employee, not student, who left them and got them removed. But it is something I'll have to be careful about forever. I think Facebook and all the other social kinds of sites can be fun... but you have to be so careful about whom gets access to you info.
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