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Gormley’s panel tackles media and discourse

Alex Wolfe | Staff Writer 03/22/18 This past Tuesday, President Ken Gormley hosted a discussion in the Power Center Ballroom to discuss the ever-present topic of technological discourse. The event, “Technology, Social Media and Civil Discourse,” consisted of two panels. The first, titled “Your Brain and Technology: How Online Space Impacts Relationships, Empathy and Civility” and moderated by President Gormley, featured Sara Konrath of Indiana … Continue reading Gormley’s panel tackles media and discourse

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Duquesne student runs popular food Instagram

02/22/2018 By Sean Armstrong | Staff Writer According to BlogHer, 29 percent of the general populace share photos of their food online. James Joyce, Duquesne junior supply chain and information systems management major, is no different. Joyce regularly updates his food appreciation Instagram, “worldclass_dining” — on which he has 554 followers — with content from restaurants he goes to both in the city of Pittsburgh … Continue reading Duquesne student runs popular food Instagram

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How to start a war in 140 characters or less

By Ollie Gratzinger | Features Editor 9/28/17 Did Donald Trump just start a war via Twitter? According to Ri Yong-ho, North Korea’s foreign minister, the answer is yes. And, of course, calling the leader of a so-called “rogue nation” with nuclear capabilities “Rocket Man” in a formal speech before the UN probably didn’t do much to help the United States’ international image, but this isn’t … Continue reading How to start a war in 140 characters or less

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Millennials inspire marketing changes, technological growth

By Hallie Lauer | Layout Editor For over one hundred years, we have been naming our generations. Starting with the lost generation, a term coined in 1914, and continuing all the way to 2017 with generation z, naming generations has transformed from merely an identifier to a way to market things to specific demographics. The term millennial, which seems to grace the headlines and fall … Continue reading Millennials inspire marketing changes, technological growth

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Not missing out on experiencing ‘FOMO’

By Rebekah Devorak | Opinions Editor  If you’ve ever sat at home alone wondering why everyone else seems to be having so much more fun than you are, you aren’t alone. According to a 2014 study by Eventbrite, nearly 70 percent of millennials aged 18 to 34 experience “FOMO,” or the fear of missing out. It’s that nagging thought in the back of your head … Continue reading Not missing out on experiencing ‘FOMO’

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Choose to remain silent on social media platforms

By: Seth Culp-Ressler | Features Editor  My name is Seth Culp-Ressler, and I am a social media lurker. Day after day, I trawl through apps, websites, blogs and all manner of platforms designed to amplify the voices of the masses. Yet without fail, I end my day with the same amount of contribution to the haze as when I started — none. Or, at the … Continue reading Choose to remain silent on social media platforms

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Student-athletes must think before tweeting

By Natalie Fiorilli | Student Columnist As college students we are constantly warned about the content we allow on our social media profiles. Typical students continue to soil their profiles with pictures from parties along with considerably offensive posts. In the end, it may turn potential employers away. Collegiate student-athletes, on the other hand, are now prohibited from using social media at a handful of … Continue reading Student-athletes must think before tweeting

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Nightly social media use can harm mental health

By Kailey Love | Student Columnist Social media provides us with so much – a public soapbox on which to stand, a portable news outlet, a place to post pictures of our lunch that would otherwise go unseen by our hundreds of online friends and (according to new studies) our daily dose of sleep deprivation. BBC News School Report conducted a poll of over 250 … Continue reading Nightly social media use can harm mental health

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Brewing thoughts: Openness in our lifetime

Addison Smith | Opinions Editor Last week, a woman sitting across from me on the bus with a messy bun and yoga pants hissed loudly through her phone to a hypothetical boyfriend. Now, I understand that people talk loudly on their cell phones at times, so this obviously wasn’t new to me. What was new however, was the context of their conversation. The lady across … Continue reading Brewing thoughts: Openness in our lifetime

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