Dean busts off-campus party - was he out of line?

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<p>From today’s Seattle Times:</p>

<p>[Official party pooper riles Seattle U. students](<a href=“http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004449470_seattleuparties31m.html”>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004449470_seattleuparties31m.html&lt;/a&gt;)</p>

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<p>A case of Big Brother or a truly caring dean?</p>

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<p>Does any fraternity or sorority party carry some inherent ‘theme of gender bias?’</p>

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<p>How creepy, a school administrator lurking on Facebook pages to find parties:</p>

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<p>I dont really see the gender bias, either.</p>

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<p>well they could just said- " got to Bellevue square after school- take notes as to what high school age kids are wearing- wear that"</p>

<p>Boy- he must have really had too much time on his hands ;)</p>

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<p>If the kids were posting the invitation to the Seattle University Facebook group, then yes, the dean acted appropriately. The dean is one of the administrators of the group and it carries the University’s name. (Whether the party is gender bias - and I don’t think it’s as much “bias” as objectification - is another issue.) </p>

<p>If, on the other hand, students were posting on their own networks, then the dean was out of line.</p>

<p>And let this serve as a warning to all those students out there who think that Facebook postings are “private.”</p>

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<p>I think the party was great a idea personally.</p>

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<p>I used to recommend SU to kids but now I’d have to think twice. That is over the top.</p>