I’ve heard all the criticisms of Facebook. Some say that the popular social networking web site is reducing face-to-face human communication. I’ve even read an argument that said Facebook was affecting students’ grammar. Personally, I thought that article was simply absurd. You can’t blame a web site for the way students are writing their essays. […]
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In the past few years of my life, I’ve had the overwhelming experience of witnessing a shift of values in my own generation, as well as the generation before mine. This shift has been characterized almost solely by the integration of social networking into the everyday lives of the people around me. Social networking was,
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As Christians, we desire to walk in Jesus’ footsteps. December graduate Robyn Simmons has actually accomplished this. Simmons spent her last college semester, Fall 2010, at Jerusalem University College’s Fall Semester Study Abroad Program located on Zion Hill in Israel. There were about 50 students involved from all over the United States, Germany, Africa and
“It was really awesome, just a lot of fun,” senior Gabrielle Kempton says about her Fall 2010 semester. However, Kempton was not at Eastern last fall: she was studying abroad at LLC International University in Klaipeda, Lithuania. Junior Kimberly Strauch and sophomore Stephanie Shelly also studied at LCC International last fall. LCC International, formerly known
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Anonymous: the easiest name to use for any comment you want to make on the internet. Whether on a message board, a news article or a blog post, anonymous comments allow anyone to say whatever he or she wants without attaching any part of his or her personal identity to it. This ability to shirk
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A little more than halfway through the season, the women’s basketball team has posted itself with a 13-8 record overall. The Lady Eagles are 5-5 in the conference and are fighting their way into the number four spot in the playoffs. The team has had quite a few impressive wins this year. “Beating DeSales and
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