Category Archives: Environment

Great Reasons to Go Organic in 2013.

Going organic has tremendous benefits to your health and lifestyle. Although organic foods might be on the expensive side, the results could be huge. Many of you are probably asking, ” what is organic food exactly?” organic produce and other …

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What will our Great Grandchildren See?

When I think of the future, I think of flying cars, robots, and time travel. This vision of mine is similar to many of those in the 1930’s. When reading  “Automation on the Job” I found it extremely strange that …

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What Has Technology Done For Our Minds?

“We got the whole world in our hands.” With iPads, smart phones, and laptops at the touch of our fingers it is so easy to get distracted by the latest news and trends. Many people can say that they are …

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Technology Hinders Productivity at Work

Just as technology serves as a distraction for students the same can be said for professionals at work.  I can think of two scenarios as to why technology is detrimental to work production; one scenario involves young professionals being distracted …

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The Internet to blame for making us dumb or just lazy?

Is the internet really to blame for how we re-act and behave to longer periods of reading? The convenience of the internet without a doubt has changed our extension spanned. Too much of a good thing like technology and the …

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Students Can Find Themselves “Catfished” When Using Social Media

Today I was reading CNN and I saw an article about a man in Ohio who was convicted of 26 counts of aggrevarted assault, robbery, and murder. Three of the murders involved gentlemen who were meeting with the man for …

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When Social Media, Advertising, and Consumers Collide: SXSW

Have you ever heard of SXSW or South by Southwest? It’s a massive arts festival in Austin, Texas that runs every year for what seems to be a random number of days and typically garners big names in emerging genres …

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Shocking Images Thrown on Your Front Doorstep… Is this OK?

Countless of terrible things happen to people every day, some are documented and some are not. When a natural disaster hits Earth, the first thing we want to do is help those involved. With technology, it is easier than ever …

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Defining photojournalism, images too graphic or people too sensitive?

A photo can tell a story. An image alone can make such an impact that no words are needed. When it comes to photojournalism when does a picture become to explicit and graphic? Is there even such a thing? Real …

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Social Media Puts Greek Life on Hold At UCF

Today the Student Development and Enrollment Services sent an email that changed the face of Greek Life at UCF for the rest of the semester, and maybe the rest of the year. As of today all social fraternities and sororities …

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