When Drunks Attack The UWO Email System

We got a tip over Twitter that some drunk students stumbled across UWO’s mailing list for all students. Fortunately for us, UWO’s IT department hasn’t limited access to the mailing list which meant that early Sunday morning, students were bombarded with ridiculous emails. The emails had messages professing love for everyone to hatred of Queen’s to the library’s hours.

(The following emails are posted in sequence of being received and should be considered sic’d.)

From: William Silverstein <wsilvers@uwo.ca>
Date: Oct 2, 2010 11:28:23 PM
Subject:
To: all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca

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From: btravagl@uwo.ca
Date: Oct 2, 2010 11:38:38 PM
Subject:
To: all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca

You guys are all fucking awesome
Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
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From: h.barnhardt@live.ca
Date: Oct 2, 2010 11:49:50 PM
Subject:
To: all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca
Goddamn, now that everyone knows this email, its gonna be hell.
Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
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From: cookie mcfriendly <cookiemcfriendly@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 3, 2010 12:38:26 AM
Subject: YEAHH
To: all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca

FUCK QUEENS LAWL!
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From: Dustin Troy Merritt <dmerrit3@uwo.ca>
Date: Oct 3, 2010 12:44:45 AM
Subject: Re: YEAHH
To: cookie mcfriendly , all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca

And this is why I didn’t vote for Billy Silverstein…
On 10/03/10, cookie mcfriendly <cookiemcfriendly@gmail.com> wrote:
FUCK QUEENS LAWL!

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From: bob lee <western123456@hotmail.ca>
Date: Oct 3, 2010 12:59:28 AM
Subject: FUCK YOU GUYS
To: all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca
YO MANNNNNNNNNNN WHAT’S GOOD GUYSSSSSSSSSS

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From: Anuj Taxali <ataxali2@uwo.ca>
Date: Oct 3, 2010 1:03:37 AM
Subject: How to save the world
To: all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca

Wanna save the world?
Step 1: Shift arm from garbage to blue bin
Step 2: Release
It’s not that hard.Recycle.•••

From: Anuj Taxali <ataxali2@uwo.ca>
Date: Oct 3, 2010 1:05:09 AM
Subject: How to save the world
To: all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca

Wanna save the world?
Step 1: Shift arm from garbage to blue bin
Step 2: Release
It’s not that hard.Recycle.•••

From: anthony.c.mcgarvey@gmail.com
Date: Oct 3, 2010 1:10:10 AM
Subject:
To: all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca

THEIR GOLD, THEIR RED, THEY GIVE EACHOTHER HEAD, FUCK QUEENS!
Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network

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From: Anant V <avijay92@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 3, 2010 1:11:11 AM
Subject:
To: All Students <all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca>

Please stop abusing this.
Sincerely,
The annoyed students

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From: bob lee <western123456@hotmail.ca>
Date: Oct 3, 2010 1:15:41 AM
Subject: YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
To: all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca

LAY OHHHHHHHHHHHM MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

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From: Parita Yadav <parita.y@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 3, 2010 1:21:46 AM
Subject: Re: YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
To: bob lee <western123456@hotmail.ca>
Cc: “all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca” <all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca>

Infinity and beyond

Sent from my iPhone

On 2010-10-03, at 1:15 AM, bob lee <western123456@hotmail.ca> wrote:

> LAY OHHHHHHHHHHHM MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

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From: hu.tina@hotmail.com
Date: Oct 3, 2010 1:23:39 AM
Subject: Re: YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
To: bob lee <western123456@hotmail.ca>, all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca

Is there anything happening off campus??Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network

From: bob lee <western123456@hotmail.ca>
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 01:11:14 -0400
To: <all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca>
Subject: YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

LAY OHHHHHHHHHHHM MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

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From: Marco Spaldinelli <spaldinelli@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 3, 2010 1:32:04 AM
Subject: New Western Song?
To: all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca

Check this sweet track out, White & Purple. Taking campus by storm!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4cDEwhVWJY

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From: Pu Mao <pumaolover@yahoo.com>
Date: Oct 3, 2010 1:53:51 AM
Subject:
To: all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca

Western TAs > Queens TAs

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From: Cookie Mcfriendly <cookie.mcfriendly@yahoo.com>
Date: Oct 3, 2010 2:08:56 AM
Subject:
To: all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca

Attention Western:
Has anyone noticed that the hours for Weldon and Taylor changed for this year? They didn’t become 24 hours as previously promised – they CUT BACK the hours!
Weldon now closes at 9PM Monday through Thursday and on weekends it closes at 5:30PM.
How can a university that brags about having the “best student experience” close its library doors before sundown on a weekend?!
They hoped we wouldn’t notice. Tuition increased substantially (we’re the highest in the province now) and the services we receive for our hard-earned money continue to be cut back. Typical Western.
We’re better than this. Stand up for what’s right.

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From: Cookie Mcfriendly <cookie.mcfriendly@yahoo.com>
Date: Oct 3, 2010 3:21:41 AM
Subject: What to do about the library
To: all_students_2010_11@uwo.ca

We got a lot of replies asking “what can I do?”
This is what you can do:
Contact (email, etc) Western Libraries administration
contact librarians
contact UWO administration
contact USC (they paid for the 24/7 last year)
contact the gazette
etc etc
Express your views, or else no one will even know we are unsatisfied. And most importantly, don’t depend on others. Do it yourself. If others join, the effect is amplified.
PS We sincerely apologize for spamming inboxes, but it had to be said.
Cheers

Thanks to Dan Harvey (@eliotrosewater) for forwarding the emails to us.

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