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Social Media's Effects on Food

Social Media’s Effects on Food

rosemary newsome, copy editor November 11, 2013

Don’t let social media posts fool you: we girls like to eat just as much as guys do. To all the girls who only instagram pictures of their salad: we know your guilty pleasure is chocolate ice cream....

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Pros of Social Media

morgan noll, reporter February 1, 2013

Our generation revolves around technology. Social media is all the talk with a billion people on Facebook, over 500 million Twitter users and four billion views on YouTube per day. A certain resentment...

photo credit to Rosaura Ochoa

Week Without Technology: Sam–Day 3

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief January 17, 2013

I've got to be honest, I'm writing this post on the fourth day of my technology-lacking adventure because I didn't have time yesterday. Currently, I am being taunted and tortured by Reddit, the amazing...

photo credit to Rosaura Ochoa

Week Without Technology: Sam–Day 2

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief January 15, 2013

I'm an addict. As I was sitting in the break room at work, I dug into my pocket to find my iPhone, habitually opening up my Twitter app. I quietly shouted "No!" and immediately closed the app. Guilt...

photo credit to Rosaura Ochoa

Week Without Technology: Sam–Day 1

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief January 14, 2013

Let's ignore the irony that I am blogging my week without technology on a computer: we'll pretend I'm begrudgingly typing on a typewriter or scribbling with that old-fashioned tool (a pencil?). To be...

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Setting Down My Phone

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief January 10, 2013

I follow 664 people on Twitter and I’ve  tweeted over 1,400 times. I have 234 contacts in my phone, most of whom I’ve never called, texted or talked to more than a couple of times. I activated my...

Social Media

miranda davis May 26, 2011

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past several years you probably know what facebook , twitter or myspace is. Teenagers use these social networking sites as a lifeline, even for their...

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