Lindenwood blocks Facebook and MySpace in main computer lab
According to a student newspaper, Lindenwood University has blocked access to Facebook and MySpace in the student center’s main computer lab during certain hours. Apparently, the new policy this semester is a result of students and professors complaining that so many students were hogging the computers to go to the popular social networking sites that there were not enough computers available to do homework.
(But students still have full access to those sites in their dorms or in other computer labs on campus.)
One university administrator was quoted as saying that 65 out of the lab’s 100 computers would be taken up with Facebook and MySpace. Apparently, the related noise level in the lab was also a problem.
The story says that not everyone has been happy with the new policy — including many international students who say they use these sites to stay in touch with family and friends back home.
But officials in the story say the ban has been successful and well-received by many students. And, at least, the computer lab is quieter these days, they say.
MySpace and Facebook are being blocked from the Spellman Center computer lab during daytime hours. But students can access those sites in that lab after 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and after 6 p.m. on Fridays.
Kavita Kumar covers higher education for the Post-Dispatch. 
Is this really news worthy?
Who cares? This is NOT NEWSworthy!!!
In the college and high school world, it is, and that is a large sub group.
It was worthy enough for you boneheads to leave a comment.
This is an outrage. I’m calling my senator.
I think this is a great idea that should be standard on all campuses.
Definitely newsworthy and should be a norm for all college labs. I know it gets to be a bit of an uproar in the labs while others are trying to do their homework.
surprised it took them until just now to block those sites.
Yes this is newsworthy. Those of us who attend crowded universities with limited computer/internet access on campus should get the word spread. People sit on there for hours doing nothing but chatting or looking at embarrassing pictures of their blacked out friends, while someone with an actual task isn’t able to complete it. It’s happened to me several times. If you need to stay in touch with your family/friends, do it during the hours alloted for such activities.
For goodness sakes. The next thing you know these kids are going to whine (if not already) about not having maid service in their dorms. Read a Book!