With adrenaline pumping and cameras flashing, Jesse Thomas climbed to the second floor ledge, about 20 feet above the ground.

Standing on the six-inch ledge, Thomas reveled in the glory of having accomplished the dare, while his friends watched and photographed his feat from the darkness below.

Thomas, Jake Justice and several other friends were hanging out in May Hall on BYU campus when Thomas' friends convinced him to scale the exterior wall of their dormitory building.

Excited, the BYU freshmen almost immediately posted the daring stunt pictures on Facebook - a social utility Web site that connects people, according to Facebook's homepage.

A few days later, Thomas' resident assistant and a BYU police officer confronted him.

Justice, a sophomore from Newnan, Ga., said the R.A. saw the pictures of Thomas on his Facebook account and reported him to the BYU police. Thomas was fined $50 for his daredevil stunt.

"If you're doing something that's against the law, don't take pictures and post them on Facebook," said Jay Brown, a member of BYU's housing administration.

Currently Facebook connects 31 million people, including approximately 34,742 individuals associated with BYU. And just because the pictures are on the Internet does not mean BYU students, or any other students, are exempt from the consequences of the pictures. Like Thomas, Oxford University students have been fined for content found on their Facebook accounts.

Oxford disciplinary officials are using Facebook to track down violators of campus rules. Such violators are sent an email with an $80 to $200 fine, as reported by MSNBC.

Unlike Oxford, BYU Honor Code Director Steven Baker said the office does not use Facebook as a means of "snooping" on students. However, the office has used information taken from Facebook when other students report it to them. Like in BYU sophomore Jasmine Shade's case. Shade and five other friends posted pictures on Facebook of themselves hanging out in their dorm rooms.

She didn't consider the pictures bad or immoral, but was surprised when approximately 50 pages of pictures portraying the girls dressed immodestly were given to BYU's Honor Code Office with a note reading, "Thought you should know."

Shade said she and her friends were put on suspension and were required to meet with a counselor to be sure the situation was resolved.

Shade advises other BYU students to ask themselves, "If your parents saw this, would you be ashamed?" before posting anything on Facebook because even the homepage says, "Anyone can use Facebook."

Shade said the BYU Honor Code Office did not go looking for her pictures -a fellow student who was allegedly at odds with the girls turned them all in. "Students use [Facebook] like it's private, but it's really not," Baker said.

He suggested students remember anyone can have access to what is posted. Friends, parents and even future employers can view the content.

Students need to realize serious consequences may arise from things they posted on the Internet, maybe even years beforehand, Baker said.