WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 ââ?¬â? Thanks to an e-mail message from ââ?¬Å?trinity gurl,ââ?¬Â an anonymous cybersnoop, Patricia A. McGuire, the president of Trinity University here, suddenly faced a digital-age dilemma.
The e-mail message turned in another student for using profanity on her personal Web page, which linked to Trinityââ?¬â?¢s Web site. Nothing scandalous, but Dr. McGuire was more troubled, she said, that ââ?¬Å?trinity gurlââ?¬Â had snitched in secrecy.
So Dr. McGuire reached for a particularly apt solution in the age of the blogosphere: She censured the eager informant on her own blog, comparing the e-mailer to Big Brother and asking, ââ?¬Å?Who is ââ?¬Ë?trinity gurlââ?¬â?¢ and why is she sending me this kind of information about something a student is posting online?ââ?¬Â