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UCF Football Does Not Look Ready For A Power Conference After Slow Start

Heading into week three of college football the University of Central Florida sports a very disappointing 0-2 record. Stumbling against a historically weak Florida International team 15-14, then crushed against a surprisingly lackluster Stanford team 31-7, is not the start …

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Donald Trump’s Support Hits New Highs in National Poll

Billionaire mogul and extraordinary entrepreneur Donald Trump has recently seen his support as the Republican nominee for president rise to 32 percent according to a new poll done by CNN.  Since August Donald Trump’s support has risen massively. His biggest …

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U.S. Stock Market Goes For A Wild Ride

The U.S. stock market has been riding quite a roller coaster the passed two weeks to say the least. Just last week the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) saw gyrations of over one-thousand points in a single day. These huge …

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The Need to Share: Social Media Etiquette

As I started thinking about the upcoming holidays and how they would be presented on social media, I started thinking about our need to share. Thanksgiving is tomorrow and while families gather and spend time together, most social media applications …

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We’re supposed to do what on that computer?

Our generation has been dubbed many names such as the iGeneration or Generation X or something along the lines of a tech-savvy named generation. With these names comes a standard on how others outside of that generation believe we should …

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Search Engines- Who Will Answer My Question?

Since many of our readings discuss the future of Google or Google’s impact on our lives, I thought I would also write about a search engine. Many call this Google’s competitor and others say it’s a long way behind.

Microsoft’s …

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Technology Does Not Equal Leisure

All of our technological tools are doing more than we ever expected today. Each handheld device and each home appliance contains way more functions than we may need.  Our cellphones do much more than just place phone calls. Our computers …

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What is the future of Facebook?

Before Facebook, Myspace seemed to suit the needs of leisure social networking while Facebook was more college-oriented with a set of professional clubs/pages. Before the shift of popularity towards Facebook occurred, nobody would have guessed Myspace’s imminent downhill spiral.

Eight …

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E-readers, tablets and paperbacks, Oh My!

We are all aware of the continuing advance of technological instruments that we use everyday. Who would have thought that a simple paper book would also be advancing into the modern world? When it comes to finding a way to …

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Not Everybody Is a Photographer

After reading Arielle Emmett’s article entitled, “Too Graphic?” in which debates on the role of photojournalism during national tragedies arise, I started thinking more deeply on photography and reporting together.

Anything that occurs, either worldwide or a national event, can …

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