Seniors, your student status has an expiration date and there’s fun to be had. Opinions Editor Carly Samuelson made a noteworthy list of collegiate perks that you must experience before graduating.
News in :90 – Feb. 6, 2013
This is News in :90 for Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013.
Life with Instagram
Instagram has a simple goal: Imagine a world more connected through photos. It uses a simple process: download the free app to any smartphone device, snap a picture, choose a filter, write a caption and share.
News in :90 – Dec. 11, 2012
This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012.
You don’t need the Powerball
Millions of Americans put their faith in six lucky numbers, somehow convincing themselves that they will never be elected president, receive an Academy Award or die of SARS, but just might win the Powerball.
Never air your laundry on the Internet
If college has taught us anything, it’s that you never air your laundry – dirty, clean or soaking wet – on the Internet.
Sports in :60 – Nov. 27, 2012
This is Sports in :60 for Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012.
Use your voice when others can’t
In spring of 2011, a number of Syrian teens used grafitti to express their anti-regime beliefs in the southern city of Daraa. When news surfaced, the children were brutally tortured by the regime.
The ugly truth about tanning
Someday our generation will shudder at the thought of crawling into a claustrophobic plastic bed and being blasted with cancerous ultraviolet rays.
Blame winter for mood swings
Around this time each year, I begin an unavoidable battle with myself. I’m quick to blame my classes but the real culprit of these mood swings? Winter.
News in :90 – Oct. 30, 2012
This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012.
Goodbye print, hello digital journalism age
Newsweek’s editor Tina Brown announced that the iconic magazine would be in our hands for the last time this winter. Dec. 31 will mark its final print edition, and goodbyes are never easy.
Social media skews view of presidential race
In a matter of hours during the presidential debates, my Twitter feed had transformed into a political conveyor belt of opinions, facts, mudslinging, mockery and quotes.
Gun violence is a problem
On April 20, 1999, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris opened fire at Columbine High School—their high school— in Littleton, Colorado. The crime was senseless.
WKBT-TV anchor’s job was to speak out
“We are better than this email. We are better than the bullies that will try to take us down.” Jennifer Livingston, a morning anchor on WKBT-TV in LaCrosse, Wis., was speaking about an email that she recently received from one outspoken viewer.