The Ship New Student Orientation (NSO) App has been discontinued through the end of the 2019-20 academic year due to improper usage.
At the formal Student Government Association meeting on Thursday, Class of 2023 Sen. Chase Slenker announced the application was shut down for all student usage upon direction by the Office of New Student Orientation.
“In the past few weeks it [the app] has been used to publicly slander other students, share profane and sexual messages, make derogatory statements and was covered in insensitive jokes during some of our most recent incidents on or near campus,” Slenker said.
Both Slenker and fellow Class of 2023 Sen. Ashley Smith put out statements on the app encouraging “proper usage,” however, the app was shut down on Oct. 16.
Slenker said he, Smith, Director of New Student and Family Programs Ashley Spencer and the New Student Orientation Hill Committee discussed the lack of content monitoring on the New Student Orientation App.
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