Kent State Bans Athlete Web Profiles

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<p>Teen blogging is a hot topic these days mostly for all the wrong reasons. Now, Kent State’s athletes will be banned from Facebook - “not by the Web site, but by university administrators”. In an effort to protect both the University’s and the personal reputations of students, athletes at Kent State have until Aug. 1 to remove their profiles or risk losing their scholarships. Even though this ban on student use of Facebook brings up Civil Liberties - First Amendment issues, according to the article in the Columbus Dispatch, the ban has not set off any signal for protest at Kent State. </p>

<p>Yes, “the Internet is open to everybody” - the question here is: shouldn’t it be? </p>

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