Sitting with the other interns at lunch, we are the big kids. We’re the adults, the graduating seniors, the about-to-go-off-to-college-kids. We are surrounded by the middle schoolers, the tweens, the...
Facebook has recently added a new feature that allows users to share what they really think on a post. In the past, Facebook Friends have had the ability to only like a post but now, Mark Zuckerberg is...
With the viral age in full swing, every now and then a new internet meme sensation comes to fruition. From the Harlem Shake to the ALS ice bucket challenges, social media has shown to be a powerful forum...
Eating disorders have doubled in the past three years, and experts say this increase is due to one problem and one problem only: social media
One new trend promoted by social media is the “thigh gap,”...
When doing the rounds of my social media websites, it’s hard to avoid the pesky notifications from Facebook indicating that your camp-friend’s-friend-you-met-once-yet-still-friended’s birthday is...
Jen Gouchoe, Web Features Editor
• January 21, 2015
Some may argue that the caption is the most crucial part of any photo you post on Instagram or Facebook. Sadly, terrible captions have been plaguing social media sites since the beginning of time. With...
We all know the post, letters in all caps with anywhere between three and 50 exclamation points following, with the name of a college or university proudly typed by a senior ready to share with the world...
Disclaimer: I am a high school senior who would very much like to go to college and is happy for her peers who have already been accepted. So this is a totally judgment-free zone.
That being said, Facebook...
According to stereotypes, Millennials are entitled, lazy and social media-obsessed. They get more work done on Facebook than assignments and are more concerned with #selfiesunday than their futures.
Although...
Pete Frates was once the captain of the Boston College baseball team. Standing 6’2” and weighing in at 220 pounds, he was quite an intimidating force. Today, he sits, paralyzed, in his wheelchair,...
On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 the Al Jazeera America News Network could be seen filming students in Staples for a piece about social media and Yik Yak. According to Principal John Dodig, the school was contacted...
“I have 422 friends, yet I’m lonely.”
So begins “Look Up,” the five minute-long spoken word film by Gary Turk that has gone viral since it was posted at the end of April.
The video is...
