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Liam
Apparently, UC Santa Barbara is starting a new policy of collecting images posted to facebook.com as evidence in disciplinary actions against students. According to this Daily Nexus article, if students post an image of themselves in which they are seen violating school policy, Residence Hall staff might begin disciplinary action. And if they are pictured "doing something illegal, anyone - RDs,
Liam
Earlier, I listed some ways to 'find people' who were missing after Katrina. The frustrating problem about the resources was that there were many different sites offering the same service. This split up listings and made all of them less valuable. Luckily, Yahoo has offered a people metasearch that looks through all the major Katrina lists. I tried out a few test searches and it really is
Liam
On September 5th, I added a Direct Relief 'dogear' in the upper-right corner of all journal pages. If you would like to use this on your site, all you need to do is add a small bit of javascript. You can host the image on your own server although hotlinking is ok. Get the code here.
Liam
The University of California has set up a page describing what the UC System is doing to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. At UCSB, Chancellor Yang released a statement about UCSB's concerns and efforts from the Isla Vista Commision's website. In addition, the UCSB Associated Students Community Affairs Board has compiled a list of resources for students to help Katrina victims. Part of the list
Liam
I didn't mention this before, but my roommate at UCSB's freshmen orientation was from the city of New Orleans. Andre decided to attend UCSB to study marine biology at the Marine Science Institute. I really hope he is okay. I imagine that he was able to evacuate. Even if he was, his family has possibly lost their home. The following are resouces for those who wish to help Katrina
