[leroy_masochist]

I agree it's a legit perspective and I know it's not uncommon. That's not my point. My point is that the students quoted likely do not grasp the potential future consequences of their name being in the newspaper this way.

[Agathos]

I'm twice their age and I don't either. What consequences do you refer to?

[function_seven]

Prospective employer Googles your name, sees that you recently trashed their company (or strategic partner, or largest client), and decides to take a pass.

[leroy_masochist]

I think their comments will come across as arrogant and entitled to potential employers and/or colleagues who google them in the future. I think the kids are probably not that way, they're just really earnest, but the reporter did them a disservice by putting their juicy hot college sophomore takes into the ether for all of eternity.

[manfredo]

Political discrimination in hiring and promotion is not unheard of.