A volcanic eruption in Hawaii destroys 26 homes, millions of anti-Semitic tweets have reinforced negative stereotypes on the platform, and the St. Thomas dance team introduces its new coach. Photographer Esmee Verschoor has today’s News in :90.
University says no penalty coming to peaceful protesters
St. Thomas tweeted Feb. 27 that it will not penalize students who were involved in protests about gun laws in the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.
Social media: Is it worth it?
Columnist Jeffrey Langan questions the benefits of social media.
Career Development Center among nation’s best for social media use
A JobBrander list of the “Top 25 College Career Centers on Social Media” ranked the Career Development Center eighth nationally.
Twitter and Facebook as news sources
Designer Kelly Olson looks at the use of Facebook and Twitter as news sources.
The dangers of social media
Reporter Travis Swan says the younger generation’s addiction to social media is negatviely affecting today’s society.
#USTGirlProblems: a confession
I’m coming clean. I, Anne Gaslin, am one of the faces behind the Twitter account @USTGirlProblems.
Entrepreneurs target peers for twitter-based shoveling business
Juniors Dan Kettler, Willie Falk and Tanner Jensen use social media to accept service requests for their snow shoveling business, dubbed Tweet N’ Done.
News in :90 – Nov. 26, 2013
This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013.
Twitter’s route to social media stardom
With more than 200 million users about 460,000 new accounts created, and billions of posts each week, Twitter has taken the social media world by storm.
Twitter is for ranting, Facebook is for bragging
Even with constant connections to social media, I think we need to filter what we choose to share on these websites.
Tracing the history of twerking
Designer Cecelia Porter traced the history of twerking all the way from its 1993 debut to 2013 when rapper Juicy J introduced his twerking scholarship.