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Social Media: A New Way To Communicate

Social Media: A New Way To Communicate

Alessia Bicknese, Opinion Editor October 17, 2017

Want to know what catches the millennial’s eye? Follows, likes, and retweets. The newest iPhone glued to perfectly manicured hands, a 17-year-old posing on Instagram in risqué ensembles, and filters...

No One Cares About Your Facebook Status

Kaitlin Mahar October 28, 2015

Our society is based on updating useless information about our lives, like what we ate for lunch and where we shopped. But, nobody cares about that. It’s all infinitely pointless minutiae. When you go...

I Found a (So-Called) Cockroach in My Room & Tweeted About It

Elissa Sanci September 2, 2015

How Social Media is the Key to the Future The other night, my roommates and I found (what we thought) was a cockroach in our room. It was like any other night; we had been hanging out in the living room—eating,...

What is the point of Yik Yak?

Samantha Higgins December 10, 2014

Over the last few months the mobile app Yik Yak has been gaining a lot of popularity. Because of this, a few weeks ago, I decided to download it and see what all the hype was. However, I have been left...

The five people you meet in (social media) Hell

Kaitlin Mahar November 19, 2014

Everybody's familiar with that slight twinge of dread when they open up Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc., and see an update from the one person they don't want to see. You can't unfollow them, because...

Social Media-Induced Heart Attacks We’re All Guilty of Having

Kaitlin Mahar October 29, 2014

We all are well aware of the privileges of social media: connecting with friends, keeping up with class work, creating and going to events, etc. However, as Voltaire (yes, Voltaire, not Uncle Ben - there...

Don’t let social media ruin college

Caitlin Duncan September 10, 2014

Set the scene: it’s Friday night. Your roommates and suitemates are all out. You’re alone, sitting on your bed with a big bag of chips, binge-watching Netflix. Between episodes of Orange is the New...

One week without Instagram

Elissa Sanci September 10, 2014

I spend so much time flipping between Facebook, Instagram and Twitter; I scroll through my feeds and once I get to a place where pictures or statuses or tweets begin to look familiar again, I refresh the...

Recapping and Looking Forward

Matt DiGiovanni April 11, 2012

It’s funny sometimes how things work out. In the March 28 issue of The Charger Bulletin, I wrote an editorial discussing the misuse of social media that pops up here and there when things happen on campus...

Social Media Misuse

Matt DiGiovanni March 28, 2012

At the end of last week, it was brought to my attention that an anonymous message had been sent out on Facebook to a potential member of the class of 2016 including the following excerpts: "1. Your junior...

Be Conscious of Your Postings

Joann Wolwowicz September 28, 2011

Social media is an enormous part of our lives. Facebook, Twitter, and now Google+ have become integrated into students’ lives. People sign onto their computers, and the first thing they do is check Facebook...

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