Monthly Archives: September 2012

Technology taught me how to fit into high school

Myspace came on the scene when I was an awkward teenager. I know this makes me sound like a brat, but when I was a teenager I spent my free time with friends who were in their twenties. In some …

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The Role of Social Media in Political Campaigns

Many of the people who use social media everyday could not imagine their life without it, but I wonder if they have taken the time to contemplate what the political atmosphere they are surrounded by would be like without it. …

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Deadly Deer-Mouse Dilemma Drives Deaths

Yosemite National Park has issued letters of precaution to all individuals who have stayed in the park since June. The letters come in the wake of a mysterious virus called hantavirus, being carried in native deer mice. Unfortunately, they virus …

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No More Newspapers: Save Time, Save Money, Save Some Trees

Being up to date on current events is something that is ingrained in the human spirit. We want to know what is going on immediately around us, we want to know whats going on 5,000 miles away. We just want …

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Striking for Change or Striking for the Same?

Today the Chicago Teachers Union strike has ended and nearly 350,000 children will be able to return to school on tomorrow after seven full days away from the classroom.  This event is significant for multiple reasons, and it also presents …

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9/11: A Convergent Media Tribute

Save for a group of students clustered around a TV cart in the breezeway, the campus was a ghost town as I walked home from my 8am biology class. I remember thinking it was strange that people were outside watching …

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“New”spaper rebirth?

Since I’ve been a kid, television, computers, and the converging technology between them has been something that’s been a part of my life. So, naturally, the concept of the dying physical newsprint is nothing new to me. However, my parents …

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Should Parents Monitor Their Kids Use of Social Media?

Within the past 10 years the use of social media has skyrocketed. Everyone from kids to the elderly are socially connected through facebook, twitter, instagram, and tumblr to name a few. Facebook was originally for college students, but once they …

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All Inclusive Personalized News

The day is coming when the social media information we are consistently interested in is processed and made ready for us in an organized and more concise medium. I see this as an inevitable future, with companies like Google and …

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Follow me, I’m popular!

Online is a world made for the creative and brave.  Especially with the influx of cutting edge technology allowing average Joe’s from around the world to create content and influence opinion through consistent posts and updates.

Although standing out is …

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