law student spam...

i swear, if i get one more all-student-list e-mail about some stupid student group's upcoming election meeting, i'm going to set some sort of Y2K-scale virus on the pitt.edu e-mail system!

yes. i am full of empty threats. but lemme give you an idea of what a typical day in my inbox looks like...

generally, when i wake up in the morning, i'll go online to check the weather and stuff. "and stuff" = check my e-mail. it's 7:oo a.m. oh look! i have a message from somebody in the sports and entertainment law society telling me that there's a meeting coming up. delete. ooh! and career services wants to remind me about submitting some online survey about how much they're not doing for me! delete.

okay. now i'm at school, in class, i checked out on the whole reading-for-class, paying-attention-and-learning thing months ago, so i again check my e-mail. hey! the pitt law republicans are having their final meeting this week! delete. ooh! and another e-mail from the sports and entertainment law society! delete. and it looks like the pitt law democrats are holding elections soon, too! delete.

now it's later in the day, i again check in on the ol' gmail account. oh look -- the american constitutional society is having elections. delete. and a reminder about the american constitutional society elections! delete. another message from the sports & entertainment law society. delete. and the labor and employment law society is having their first meeting. delete.

now it's nighttime, i'm about to go to bed. i check in on e-mail for a final time. the criminal law society is having a speaker. delete. the hispanic law society is meeting next week. delete. the student bar association is doing something worthless. delete. and bar review this week is at doc's. delete.

i kid you not -- these mass student e-mails have gotten WAY out of control. i've thought seriously about making up an e-mail address, something like classof2007RULZ@gmail.com (not a real address!!!), and sending a mass student e-mail that says the following:

dear student groups,

in the good old days, e-mails about upcoming events/meetings were sent ONLY to members of the group, students who chose to keep abreast of the goings-on of the club. when did it become acceptable to send messages to EVERY SINGLE STUDENT? also, per your elections? i really couldn't care less about who is going to be leading the group next year. i'm leaving. as are my classmates. not only are we not members of your group, but we're not going to show up for the last meeting of the year just to elect some student we know nothing about. KNOCK IT OFF! STOP SPAMMING!!!

in case you didn't notice, on that same page on the intranet where you can e-mail the entire student body, you can also choose to e-mail only the 1Ls and 2Ls. do this please.

sincerely,
a 3L

sheesh.