“What does it take for a plus size girl to get laid?”
Questions like this plague the tormented minds of students, leaving them with nowhere to turn except the comforting allure of posting anonymously to the Stan State Confessions Facebook page.
With over 1,600 likes, the page’s popularity among students has skyrocketed.
The puzzling thing about the Stan State Confessions page is that it is not even a confessions page like fellow universities.
Following the examples of SDSU Confessions and the Facebook confessions pages of other schools, a confessions page spills stories of betrayal, hatred, deception and scandal.
“The page involves only a minor amount of confessions,” Tyler Barker (junior, Business Administration) said. “It’s all thirsty guys or girls trying to meet their crush or get answers for enrollment.”
At times, it does sounds like a localized version of Craigslist’s “missed connections.”
The content of the posts is quite random, ranging from pleas for advice to expressions of pent-up emotions.
“I drink straight out of my roommate’s milk gallon when I’m thirsty” seems to be the only actual confession posted recently, which leaves the reader asking, “Who cares?”
If Stan State Confessions is going to be worth any more of our time, the page administrators are going to have to step up their game.
Aside from the misnaming, Stan State Confessions also promotes negativity.
The lewd, sexist, derogatory posts, supposedly made by students, tell outsiders that we have an unhealthy atmosphere at California State University, Stanislaus.
In similar fashion, the posts about random hook-ups, bullying and allegations of hazing tell potential students that inappropriate behavior and stereotyping is the norm.
If the page is so terrible, then why are so many students subscribed to it?
Fear, mostly.
Fear that one day someone will post something about them. Or perhaps it is hope that someone will post about them.
Whichever it is, people follow the page because they want to know if someone is talking about them.
The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, and considering the fact that the University logo and official name are not used, University administration should not try to take down this page.
But as students of California State University, Stanislaus, let’s have some respect for our university and for ourselves.
Let’s unfollow Stan State Confessions and do something more productive with our time.

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