
They're very, very sorry. Brown University students apologized to Malia Obama for posting photos of the President's daughter allegedly playing beer pong during a recent visit to the school's campus.
An editorial titled, "Sorry, Malia Obama," was published this past Tuesday, Oct. 20, in The Brown Daily Herald, and included a detailed apology to the First Daughter on behalf of the school's students.
"The
college application and selection process is stressful for most
students who go through it, but one can only imagine how much the stress
multiplies when the whole nation is watching. That is what Malia Obama
is experiencing right now," it read. "News outlets as prominent as the New York Times
are covering her touring process, and students at elite colleges across
the country cross their fingers and chat over dining hall food about
how cool it would be to go to the same school as President Obama’s
daughter."
POTUS'
eldest recently visited the Providence, R.I., Ivy League university as a
prospective option for her continued education. While there, Malia
stopped by a college party, where someone took a Snapchat photo later blasted by The Daily Caller that showed the 17-year-old standing by a beer pong table topped by red Solo cups.
BuzzFeed
reported that one anonymous tweeter claimed, "Malia Obama was taking
shots and playing beer pong at a party last night LOL."
The
Brown editorial noted that students didn't realize their social media
posts would go viral. "Some of the tweets include photographs of her
that were clearly taken when she was not looking. Many of them mention
her presence at a party, where she was seen taking shots and playing
beer pong," the editorial continued. "The motivation to take these
pictures was obvious: being at a party with the president’s daughter was
an exciting, unexpected moment that many of us wanted to share with our
friends. We often do not think about our tweets and Snapchats reaching
anyone besides our friends and followers, and certainly not news outlets
with wide circulation like Buzzfeed. Many Brown students were surprised
and embarrassed to see themselves cited in the articles, as other Brown
students posted them on Facebook with disappointed captions that
criticized their peers for not simply leaving the 17-year-old alone on
her college visit."
The
editorial board concluded that it was "a shame" that the high school
senior had no privacy during her visit. "Malia did not choose to grow up
in the White House, and it is unfair that everything she does at just
17 years old is subject to such harsh scrutiny," the editorial
concluded. "While the chances of her selecting Brown have probably
decreased since the publication of those articles, if she does ever come
back to Brown, hopefully next time we will 'have more chill.'"
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