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Written by: Pashtana Usufzy on January 29, 2009.

Befriending professors, bosses on personal sites may cross the line

Some professors choose to ignore student friend requests, while others have no problem adding students. By: Jason Emord

Social networking Web sites used to be a place for best friends, childhood accomplices and casual acquaintances.

As technologys reach grows, however, some students have also connected online with their professors.

As usage of Web sites such as MySpace and Facebook expands to include a variety of social groups from students to business professionals, many educators have also created their own Web profiles, accepting past and present students as friends.

The sites have given professors and pupils a new way to keep in contact after the semester ends.

Mary Hausch, a UNLV journalism professor, has an online profile.

Hausch said she is cautious adding students to her Facebook.

My personal policy is to not accept students as friends while they are still students, she said, although I have made a few exceptions.

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