Social Capital, Facebook, and the Chief - Resources

A collection of web observation spots for Campus Climate research. 10.10.2007

Elena, go ahead and post links to resources we should consider for content analysis here.

Facebook and the Chief
Everything Facebook Chief related.
Facebook Groups
• Pro-Chief People Wouldn’t Know Racism if it Bit Them on the A$$ - 78 members – active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2243474948
• I’M anti anti-Chief People. – 32 members – non active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2202585035
• If you hate the Chief then I hate you – 21 members – barely-active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2244142264
• F*** the Chief – 256 members – semi-active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200107126
• Do “It” for the Chief – 151 members – semi-active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2243089638
• Signatures for the Chief – 1,148 members – semi-active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2242487303
• RIP Chief Illiniwek, Forever in Our Hearts – 147 members – semi-active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2244179639
• The Native Americans Almost Had Their ENTIRE RACE Taken From Them – 42 members – active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2246135876
• Chief Illiniwek Forever. – 7924 members – active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200124869
• When I went to U of I we had a Chief – 877 members- semi-active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2242284740
• Bring Back the Chief – 367 members – semi-active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2241857754
• You took our Chief but you will never take our money (again)! – 288 members – active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2246171842
• Anti-Chief – 258 members – semi-active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200438836
• Don’t Like the Chief? Go Somewhere Else… fuckin Idiots! – 820 members – semi-active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200776999
• Chief Illiniwek, We Will Never Forget – 1736 members – active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2241674720
• Save the Chief – 5306 members – active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2209553676
• We’ll Never Forget Chief Illiniwek – 4396 members – active
http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2242559324
Facebook Events
Wear Black on Friday to Protest ‘Paint the Illini Nation Chief’ – 30 confirmed, 8 maybes, 16 missing out
http://uillinois.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5298868423
Facebook Causes
Frank Fools Crow Scholarship Fund – 10 members - active
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/view_cause/20827?recruiter_id=6491521
External Chief-related Websites
• http://www.dumpeppley.com/ - A website trashing Lawrence Epply, president of the UI Board of Truestees.
• www.studentsforchief.com – “History” of the Chief and various ways to support the cause to bring him back. Also merchandise.
• http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/987672837 The Petition to save the Chief. Over 15,000 signatures.
• http://savethechief.blogspot.com/ A blog corresponding to the petition to save the Chief
• http://www.nochiefnocheck.com/ University Alumni who won’t donate as a result of the Chief’s removal