Monthly Archives: April 2013

Could the rate of divorce decline due to online dating?

Nowadays, relationships that began on online dating sites are commonplace. Once considered taboo, online dating sites are now being seen in a different light. The advantages to using these sites are clearly visible. Imagine, being able to describe exactly what …

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Outraged by the Media: Reports Make Me Want to Turn Off the TV!

After watching the news recently, especially after the Boston Marathon Bombing, I have become so outraged by the way media portrays events and facts. They seem to be more like fallacies. It’s crazy how the media can make people like …

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Are You Digital or Analog? – The differentiating of generations by technology use

There are many days when I’m at work, and my 63 year old boss turns to me and says “hey can you help me do this?”. It’s generally something simple, to me at least, like saving an attachment in an …

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Do We Place Ourselves in a Generational Box?

Do you really believe that we all belong in a specific generational box?  It is not something I considered until reading the essay titled “Generational Myth”, by Siva Vaidhyanathan.  When I look back on history I tend to associate a …

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Has Social Media Caused Us To Grieve Differently?

America experienced a tragedy this week when bombs were set off at the Boston Marathon, and innocent people were killed and injured. There was an immediate outpouring of emotion on social media supporting the victims and their families, as well …

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The Virtual World: Avatars Are Influenced by Social Norms and Stereotypes

The virtual world is a place for people to escape reality and become whoever they want to be.  It is a place where people can let their inhibitions go and take on the role of a fictional being.  This is …

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Media’s Impact on the Boston Marathon Tragedy

On Monday, April 15th, two homemade bombs were set off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three civilians and injuring almost 200 more.  While many have brought up the media’s inactivity during Bush’s push to wage war …

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Summertime at the End of the Tunnel

Finals week. There is literally no sleep to be had, coffee is a must, and sweat pants and messy pony tails are completely and totally acceptable with no judgement. The only thing that gets college students past this week is …

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To what extent should media expose the brutal truth!

So if anyone saw the news in the past week. You might have caught the Boston Marathon. And how there was unfortunately multiple bombings at the finish line. It seems like anywhere you turned you were constantly being informed and …

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Post Injury Affecting the Mentality of the Student Athlete

Before entering the world of college athletics, most student athletes have not suffered a major injury. Without being exposed to injury, how does one maintain the mentality that they will return in the same shape they left? In my personal …

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