http://merandawrites.com/2007/04/29/unprofessional-photo-no-degree-for-you/ curious by nature, journalist by trade Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:13:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://merandawrites.com/2007/04/29/unprofessional-photo-no-degree-for-you/#comment-1352 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:14:44 +0000 http://merandawrites.com/2007/04/29/unprofessional-photo-no-degree-for-you/#comment-1352 Wow wow wow. My husband has a photo on his profile of him "snorting a coke line." The coke he is allegedly snorting in the photo is either baking powder or some other white powdery cooking substance. Funny. Do we remember funny? I absolutely agree with you. If a school who is thinking about hiring this girl says "We don't want to hire you because we don't want your students to see photos of you like this," fine. My husband was very aware of this risk when he was applying for jobs and chose to make some info on his profile private. But I don't know anyone who ever would have graduated based on this standard of "professionalism." The photos in the Stater banquet programs alone would have been enough to strip half the j-school of degrees. Is the university's administration so dense they don't realize that? The precedent this sets if it is not overturned is mind-boggling. Question, what do you think about universities using profiles to decide whether or not to accept a student who has applied to go to school there? I haven't heard about that happening yet, but it feels it could be close at hand. Wow wow wow. My husband has a photo on his profile of him “snorting a coke line.” The coke he is allegedly snorting in the photo is either baking powder or some other white powdery cooking substance. Funny. Do we remember funny?
I absolutely agree with you. If a school who is thinking about hiring this girl says “We don’t want to hire you because we don’t want your students to see photos of you like this,” fine. My husband was very aware of this risk when he was applying for jobs and chose to make some info on his profile private.
But I don’t know anyone who ever would have graduated based on this standard of “professionalism.” The photos in the Stater banquet programs alone would have been enough to strip half the j-school of degrees. Is the university’s administration so dense they don’t realize that? The precedent this sets if it is not overturned is mind-boggling.
Question, what do you think about universities using profiles to decide whether or not to accept a student who has applied to go to school there? I haven’t heard about that happening yet, but it feels it could be close at hand.

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