Foursquare Graffiti Appears Across College Campuses

As many universities digitize the conventions of the college visit by geotagging points of interest or including history lessons as you navigate campus via smartphone, many officials are running into issues with those defacing the community space.

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that as an increasing number of colleges and universities go mobile, many users have utilized geo-centric apps such as Foursquare to tag tawdry comments and opinions across campuses:

“Since Foursquare’s debut last year, students have diligently labeled, praised, and, in some cases, profaned college campuses. Take this note, easily Googled, that somebody calling himself Mock Redneck Jr. left at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte: “The library has Free Wi-Fi, Barely Legal girls and a warm place to drop a deuce.”

Despite this nagging presence, many schools have found positive ways to integrate these applications into daily campus life. Harvard University, for instance, will be the first university to officially adopt Foursquare to help introduce and orient students with the university grounds. North Carolina State University has initiated a new library service that shows smartphone users historical pictures of campus buildings based on where users are standing.

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