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University
condemns web
anonymity
VP for student affairs wants
Towson off of CollegeACB,
site refuses request
DANIEL GROSS
Editor-in-Chief
Following an online post that induded the N-word in its title on
anonymous posting website CollegeACB, members in the Towson
University community took action out of offense and protested
the website’s existence. The post included even more potentially
offensive remarks in its content.
After several campus leaders and administrators voiced opposi¬
tion to the post, vice president for student affairs Deb Moriarty
sent an email to CollegeACB in an attempt to have the Towson
University section removed from their site.
"While your Web page asserts that, We’re trying to make
CollegeACB a more positive and productive place to have anony¬
mous conversations,’ your failure to do so in a timely manner is
causing untold grief, hurt, anger and conflict at my institution,"
Moriarty wrote to CollegeACB.
Moriarty included a list of requests in the email sent on March
31:
The racist, homophobic, sexist, derogatory, biased and otherwise
hateful postings you have allowed on your site are despicable. On
behalf of Towson University, I ask you to do the following:
1. Cease the operation of a Towson University site on your web¬
site.
2. Remove all racist references and messages from the Towson
University site.
3. Set clear and firm guidelines on civil discourse for all your
postings and enforce them - you have the opportunity and the
responsibility.
4. Monitor your postings for racist, homophobic, sexist and oth¬
erwise derogatory postings and do not post them.
If you choose to continue to post anonymous messages, then you
have the responsibility to ensure that the postings are appropriate
for civil discourse.
CollegeACB 's conduct terms state, "You agree not to post, email
or otherwise make available content that is unlawful, harmful,
threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, invasive of
another’s privacy, or is harmful to minors in any way."
CollegeACB began in 2008, shortly after the well known
"gossip-based" website Juicy Campus went imder, citing lack of
advertising revenue as its downfall.
The CollegeACB mission statement reads, "’To censor words is
to censor ideas, and we surround ourselves with tremendous self¬
censorship ... Why anonymity? Because everyone has something
that they’re afraid to say out loud."
The site includes Towson University in their list of colleges and
universities with anonymous message boards.
On the Towson section of the site, posts can be seen regarding
See ACB, page 11
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Junior forward leaves TU to go pro
replacement had nothing to do with his decision to leave the Tigers.
"It wasn’t really anything to really do with the coaching and every¬
thing like that," Dupree said. "I just wanted to do what was best for
me as far as my basketball career."
Dupree transferred to Towson after playing under coach Gary
Williams at the University of Maryland for the 2007-2008 season.
Dupree redshirted in his first season at Towson. This season, Dupree
averaged 12.2 points a game and lead the Tigers in rebounding with
7.8 a contest. The Calvert Hall graduate said he is not looking to
transfer to another school, but instead wants to play professional
ball.
"Right now, I’m about to start training and getting ready for
everything that is going on in May and June as far as working out at
different places," he said.
Dupree said that he is excited to have his teammates behind his
decision.
"I’m not sure how it all came out with the media, but my team¬
mates are 100 percent supportive of my decision," Dupree said. “So
everybody from that end has my back. They’re accepting what I am
doing.”
With Dupree gone, two-fifths of the Tigers’ starting lineup
has now left the program. The other being junior guard and top
scorer Troy Franklin, who left Towson’s men’s basketball program
in December with hopes to transfer schools by the spring. He is cur¬
rently still enrolled as a Towson University student.
File photo by Casey Prather/ The Towerlight
Junior Braxton Dupree has withdrawn from Towson and
is no longer part of the men’s basketball team.
SAM SMITH
Assistant Sports Editor
Braxton Dupree is moving on with his career and aspirations to
play professional basketball.
The 6-foot 8-inch forward announced Friday that he has with¬
drawn from Towson University and will not return for his senior
season. Dupree said that the search for head coach Pat Kennedy’s
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