Freshmen at Large - Stephanie Hodges Pt. 3

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It’s complicated.
I have to read 47 pages, make note cards and answer a two-page discussion sheet for English by tomorrow at 9:35. So why am I still looking at Facebook? Why do I run to my computer whenever I walk into my dorm to check and see if a new wall post, friend request or message is awaiting me? I’ve only been a legitimate college student for eight days, but I am already starting to understand the epidemic of Facebook addiction among students.
During the summer, my Facebook account was pitiful to say the least, due to low numbers of friends and my lack of knowledge about Facebook technicalities. It was checked once a day at most, rarely showed friend requests and the picture was the same for over a month. The worst part was the refusal of my college friends to add me because of my early discovery of my A&M e-mail before I had even graduated from high school.
My entire outlook on Facebook changed though when Fish Camp rolled around. My whole DG added me, people I had randomly met, people I had never met and all my counselors, even Seth, the hot one who I had never even talked to. I guess it was kind of a duty to represent the purple camp by adding everyone, but it made my friend list longer, so guess what? It was OK.
Also at Fish Camp, my counselor filled me in on all of the “do’s and don’ts” of the Facebook world. He said I can’t add people I went to high school with just because I went to high school with them, and I can’t tag pictures of myself. I returned home with a new knowledge of Facebook and made all the necessary adjustments, like untagging myself in each of the 50-something pictures I had put up.
So now that I’m actually collegiate, I can feel completely confident in my Facebook ability. Also, I don’t feel bad about spending time scrolling through updated profiles. Hey, at least it keeps me and countless other college students out of trouble. We could even make a commercial. Facebook: our anti-drug.