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  • Then, after lunch, McGuire and Sheehy were walking in front of Tillinghast Hall when a woman wearing alligator sunglasses stormed up to them. It was the trustee whose daughter had formed the anti-McGuire club.

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    “You logged into Facebook under a false name,” the woman said, glaring at McGuire.

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    “I had a right to defend myself against defamation,” McGuire responded.

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    “Students are just blowing off steam,” the trustee said. “They’re very stressed; it’s not unusual for them to say racist and sexist things … The site is private.”

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    “No,” McGuire insisted, “it’s got 9 million users.”

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    “What you did was like breaking into my daughter’s room and reading her diary … ”

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    “No,” McGuire said, the emotion rising in her voice, “what your daughter did was the equivalent of posting something in Times Square.”

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    McGuire could not control herself any longer. “What your daughter did was actionable, and I’m not talking about this anymore,” she said before walking off.

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  • 01 Apr 08
    • Then, after lunch, McGuire and Sheehy were walking in front of Tillinghast Hall when a woman wearing alligator sunglasses stormed up to them. It was the trustee whose daughter had formed the anti-McGuire club.

      <!--end paragraph-->



































      <!--begin paragraph-->

      “You logged into Facebook under a false name,” the woman said, glaring at McGuire.

      <!--end paragraph-->



































      <!--begin paragraph-->

      “I had a right to defend myself against defamation,” McGuire responded.

      <!--end paragraph-->



































      <!--begin paragraph-->

      “Students are just blowing off steam,” the trustee said. “They’re very stressed; it’s not unusual for them to say racist and sexist things … The site is private.”

      <!--end paragraph-->



































      <!--begin paragraph-->

      “No,” McGuire insisted, “it’s got 9 million users.”

      <!--end paragraph-->



































      <!--begin paragraph-->

      “What you did was like breaking into my daughter’s room and reading her diary … ”

      <!--end paragraph-->



































      <!--begin paragraph-->

      “No,” McGuire said, the emotion rising in her voice, “what your daughter did was the equivalent of posting something in Times Square.”

      <!--end paragraph-->



































      <!--begin paragraph-->

      McGuire could not control herself any longer. “What your daughter did was actionable, and I’m not talking about this anymore,” she said before walking off.