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Back to school, back to oversharing

As college roommates move in, the dorm-room drama plays out on the Web.

 

Dave Copeland

IRL

Posted on Sep 1, 2011   Updated on Jun 3, 2021, 3:01 am CDT

It’s syllabus week at lots of colleges and move-in week at many others, which means back to school—and back to roommate drama. What used to be saved for postcards to Mom and Dad now gets told to Facebook and Twitter.

We just have one question: Aren’t these kids aware that on the Internet, everything goes down on their permanent record, and everyone’s reading the same social networks they post on?

Photo by Hector Alejandro
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*First Published: Sep 1, 2011, 8:34 am CDT