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Social Media May Worsen Depression

By Mike Berardo April 1, 2011

In an increasingly social-media savvy world, both doctors and law enforcement officials are warning against the dangers of "Facebook depression" and sexting among teens and young adults. The term "Facebook...

Delaney: Wins and Losses in a Life With Facebook

By Margaret Delaney March 1, 2011

I think I take for granted how much technology defines my college experience. The most glaring example of this is Facebook. Honestly, how did anything get done before Facebook? Broadcasting events,...

New Facebook Admissions Application Makes a Splash

By Julia Donnantuono February 25, 2011

For college applicants, the hours spent calculating the likelihood of getting into college may soon come to a close, as a new Facebook application will estimate the odds within minutes. AdmissionSplash,...

Facebook Uses Friends for Marketing

By Kelly Church and Mariah Byrne February 1, 2011

Facebook has recently become more than the perfect excuse for creeping on friends: Now companies can creep on you. The website has begun to blend its traditional advertising techniques with the information...

Gilbert: Why Loving Facebook Isn’t Such a Bad Thing

By Caitlin Gilbert January 25, 2011

Power on. Click the blue "e" with a Saturn-like ring. Type "f" into the box at the top of the screen. Press the down arrow key once. Hit enter. In mere seconds, you've just accessed a portal to connect...

DeGioia Logs Onto the Social Network

By Katrina Braun January 25, 2011

Watch out for Facebook posts from the head honcho of the Hilltop himself in the next few weeks. In a further effort to facilitate communication with the university community, Georgetown University President...

Newest Aimless Facebook Trend

By The Editorial Board December 7, 2010

As you might have noticed, many of your Facebook friends became virtual cartoon characters as another Facebook campaign was launched at the end of last week. But just like most social networking campaigns,...

A Lesson on Facebook

By The Editorial Board October 19, 2010

Our generation struggles to recall a time when computers were not a necessity in daily life. In the academic world, the Internet's influence has been no different, evolving into an essential tool for research...

Does Facebook Build or Dissolve Friendships?

By Peter Fulham October 15, 2010

In the middle of Joseph O'neill's 2008 novel "Netherland," Hans, the main character, sits down at his computer. His wife has just left him and taken their only son with her to London. Hans, lonely and...

`Friending’ Faculty: Professors Log On

By Elizabeth Schieffelin October 5, 2010

Generally, Facebook relates to school only when students sit in the back of the classroom, smoothly transitioning from laptop note-taking to an in-depth look at friends' latest updates. But as faculty...

March 30, 2010: Thumbs Down

By The Editorial Board March 30, 2010

Fixer-upper: Rooms flooded by a Harbin Hall pipe burst were scheduled to be shampooed on Saturday, but were still waiting for the clean-up as of Monday night. Thumbs Down Poor Frequency: The D.C....

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