What’s wrong with being basic?
Natalie Barletta – Opinions Editor For those of you who have a Twitter or an Instagram account, let me ask you this. How many times when you’re on your Instagram or Twitter feeds
Yik Yak causes problems among students
Anisa Jibrell – General Assignment Reporter The new trend, Yik Yak, or what students like Emma Cooke, sophomore and nursing major, refer to as “anonymous Twitter,” has become both a source of
Tweets of the week!
https://twitter.com/CarmenLaban/status/389919687129059328 “@katyperry: Yes, the zoo animals have been a bit bored since the government shutdown so I invited some of them on stage with me tonight… — joy (@joyskatje) October 15,
Social Media Cleanup for future employment
Jessica Pellegrino – General Assignment Reporter You have perfected your resume. Your business cards are finally the perfect eggshell/gold foil combination. You are ready for the job search, and frankly, who wouldn’t hire you?
Winter Session sees 15.6 percent increase from last year
Jessica Pellegrino – General Assignment Reporter According to a recent post on her blog, President Mary Papazian stated that the overall head count for participants in Southern’s Winter Session program is up 15.6 percent
Students constantly rely on their cell phones
Karlie Borges – Special to Southern News In recent years, cellphones have become a major part of today’s society. A 2015 Pew Research Center study on smartphone use found that 15 per of Americans
News finds students on social media
Eric Urbanowicz – Special to The Southern News As he prepares to begin his radio show, Jon Reynolds, the news director at Southern Connecticut State University’s radio station, WSIN, scrolls through the
Psychologist says college students use social media to form identities
Anisa Jibrell – General Assignment Reporter Hopping onto the endless web of social media channels has indefinitely become a college essential, but the social media regime has its hiccups that students of
The continuing expansion of social media
Josh Falcone – General Assignment Reporter The use of social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest is growing everyday, and 18 to 29 year olds are the number
To tweet or not to tweet?
Anisa Jibrell – Special to the Southern News Over the past few years, the popular media outlet Twitter has come a long way and has easily become one of the most common dumping
Tweets of the week!
Target will pay you $202 for an old iPhone 4S if you want to upgrade to an iPhone 5. — Not Corrupt Media (@NotCorruptMedia) September 23, 2013 https://twitter.com/femaleproblems/status/381861619384737792
Collegiate athletes need to keep track of their social media use
Jen Hoffer – Sports Editor At the beginning of each academic year, athletes are given a document along with other paperwork that they have to look at. “They have to sign
