Archive for January, 2007

Nation/world briefs

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Detroit News - WASHINGTON -- Social networking Web sites like MySpace and Facebook would have access to a database of sex offenders for checking names and addresses against public profiles under a bill introduced Tuesday in Congress. The legislation, aimed at giving >>> Read more Los Angeles ...

Rape, robbery rumors circulate

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Auburn Plainsman - Facebook and e-mail have aggravated the situation, prompting parents and students to call the police division about the possibility of a serial rapist. There could be nothing farther from the truth, Stofer said. I think that has gotten ...

Social Networking’s New Friend: Cellphones 

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Gina Reno's friends don't expect much eye contact from her when they get together. More often then not, she'll be staring at her cellphone, tapping away feverishly with calloused hands, communicating with people she has never met in person. >>> Read more...Former illustrator, draftsman and jazz musician Shamms Mortier ...

A palatable substitute for two-party poison 

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

The general political spectrum on which most people operate is narrow, and the majority of people lean favorably toward one of two diametric ideological wings. For students, the choice is even more distinctive, a result of all this political activism we hear so much about. >>> Read more...GW golf coach ...

Cyber-bullying replaces schoolyard bullying among US kids 

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Teenagers surf the Web at an Internet cafe. Cyberspace has replaced the schoolyard as the preferred space for bullying among many US kids, who are going online to threaten, insult and harass each other outside the watchful eye of teachers or parents. >>> Read more...Last semester, I wrote a column ...

First-years exhibit photography

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Minnesota Daily - future as a deep-sea photographer for National Geographic. Miller said he's not expecting a Pulitzer for this exhibit, but he and Stremke joked that they wouldn't mind a limo ride and a red carpet. "If nothing else, (the photos) make great Facebook ...

Travel 2.0: Social networking takes a useful turn 

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Welcome to the world of Travel 2.0, a new approach to Internet commerce that travel providers hope will revolutionize the way you shop for travel. Internet 2.0 is the buzzword for new technology and tactics sweeping the cyber world, and Travel 2.0 is the travel industry's adaptation of this latest ...

Fail your ethics test? So did 600 others.

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Northern Star - A lot of people just went on Facebook, or did whatever they could to kill time," he said. "We all just thought it was a blank threat to make sure you completed it." Samantha Menge, a senior history major and cashier at the University Bookstore, said ...

OP/ED

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Binghampton University Pipe Dream - How would you feel if the next time you updated your Facebook profile, you received a notice from the University telling you that you could no longer utilize your Binghamton University Internet privileges? Sadly, the official correspondence would say >>> Read more ...

THE DOWN LOW

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Video Business - many other channels up there and has like every speech he's given in the last month. If that's not enough, I can make him my myspace friend (he's a gemini and his favorite movie is Shawshank Redemption ) and if I was a student ...