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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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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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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Sophomore Bryce Bertothy “Ice hockey on the pond behind the gym.” Junior Kristian Cortizo “There’s nothing like being able to spend quality time with family and friends whom we love.” Sophomore Jacqui Walker Information and photos compiled by Samantha Fichter “Having no class on snow days and drinking hot chocolate.” Senior Jay Muindi “Making
In America, 34% of our population is obese. Maybe this is a statistic that the Eastern athletic department took into consideration when it sought the opportunity to finance a new weight room. Anyone who has walked through the weight room to enter the gym or to shortcut through campus has noticed these considerable changes.
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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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The tragedy in Tucson, Arizona on Jan. 8, 2011 has shocked America to its core. When the carnage wrought by Jared Lee Loughner finally ended, six people were dead, including a Federal Judge, and thirteen more were wounded. Most prominent among the survivors is United States Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who is believed to have been
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If you ask Christians what their faith is about, what kind of answers do you get? How many answers look like this: it’s how to get saved, or how to experience God working in your life, or how to change the world? In other words, how many don’t mention Jesus Christ? You might suppose it’s
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You see them everywhere lining the walls of McInnis, on the bulletin boards around campus, and even on the inside of bathroom stalls. And if you’re anything like me, when you see these posters and flyers for school plays you make a determined decision to finally go to one of those shows. But the demands
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