<p>Maybe we can have an intelligent, interesting discussion about this in preparation for your time at UVa. We got a call from an anonymous parent who was very upset about a reference to a drug on a UVa Facebook page (not sure if the parent was reading or if their child mentioned it to them). The caller was not clear about where this reference was and I don’t read the Facebook group’s posts regularly, but it was pretty easy to find the entry that prompted the call.</p>
<p>We have already dealt with this, but I’m curious. What do YOU think should happen in this situation?</p>
<p>people admit to underage drinkinng on here where their name isn’t shown. on facebook the general question asked is whether you party. Haha thanks for throwing the question back at me dean j, but i would think that nothing can happen because they’re not actually doing anything illegal by typing it. rappers rap about smoking weed all the time but its not like they can be arrested for it unless they’re actually caught with it. i was jw because i saw dean j’s post on facebook.</p>
<p>btw, officially part of UVA 2014! so excited :)</p>
<p>I guess UVA does have the right/justification to punish/rescind the incoming student. I would, however, just warn the student about leaving such posts on a public site (message board) and inform him or her about the consequences that he or she could face in the future; this is regarding a future job, internship, or any other important opportunity.</p>
<p>Edit: I’m no lawyer or law student, but I do not believe the student can face any criminal charges for the post. There’s not enough substantial evidence.</p>
<p>So, the comment has been addressed already in the public forum. Now what?</p>
<p>As I wrote above, this has already been dealt with beyond my comment. I think this is an interesting situation, though, and it would be interesting to see what you think should be done.</p>
<p>Also I work in the Clinical Psychiatry Research Unit at the UVA hospital. We have tobacco/weed smokers fill out questionaires like how much weed they smoke a day (hits/day, days/week, etc.), their cravings, their habits and so on. This allows us to evaluate data used for the study (for our current research, we’re clinically testing two addiction-reducing drugs and their potential interactions, synergistic or inhibitory). </p>
<p>As far as I know, no one subpoenas us for the data. </p>
<p>Is the Unit doing something illegal? I mean, aren’t these guys essentially confessing to illegal activity?</p>
<p>I don’t think so. Which is why the Unit is allowed to run and why our MTC study is approved by the Institutional Review Board (and why I have a job).</p>
<p>I mean yeah, there’s patient confidentiality and so on, but IIRC confidentiality can easily be overridden with a subpoena.</p>
<p>You really have to watch what you say/post on the internet. A kid in my dorm is getting in serious trouble for posting some pretty obscene material to our chat list. It happens to be illegal in the state of VA which doesn’t help his situation.</p>
<p>Bank of America hired an outside firm to hack into my F/B account and other public data to see who I really was. This was just prior to HS graduation. The following year I needed a clearance for DHS. They fingerprinted me, polygraphed me, canvassed my dorm and walked my neighborhood knocking on doors to check me out. They even went to my HS. This year a commercial firm paid big money to do a background check on me. I am a 19 year old second year. They don’t make a secret of this.
Luckily I don’t have anything to hide.</p>
<p>Long story short …don’t hurt yourself by yacking on the net. If you want a job (now or later) don’t give them a reason to say no.</p>
<p>Depending on the type of classes you get, you may still need recs from your high school teachers when you apply for summer programs after your first year, especially those teachers you’ve known for years. So don’t let them know you’re slacking them off.</p>
<p>(this is for pure science stuff, I’m not sure about finance/engineering)</p>
<p>I guess they get what they pay for. From my limited experience they are willing to pay quite a bit and invest a lot of man power. Everything you say over a public exchange is fair game. Employers get to decide. Why take the chance?</p>