To continue on Amelia’s graduation-tails as to why you’re never too old to attend college, 94-year old Hazel Soares donned a cap and gown at Mills College in Oakland this weekend to receive her BA in Art History. Soares’ story is all the rage right now, and it’s certainly an inspiring tale. However I can’t [...]
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Facebook’s new privacy settings, or lack of such, have upset many users and some have taken things into their own hands, literally. Students at New York University have raised over $100,000 to create a Facebook alternative called Diaspora, according to an article on Mashable.com.
According to the article, “an open source personal web service that will put [...]
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Could MySpace be making a comeback? According to Mashable, it could be thanks to new privacy settings that are meant to display the main differences between MySpace and Facebook–the ability to protect your information.
MySpace, to me, is a blast from the past–I had a MySpace in the days of dial up internet and “Saved By [...]
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This year’s prom season brought new life to a dance traditionally filled with floor length satin dresses and hair sprayed spiral curls. Girls no longer need to shop at their town’s lone Jessica McClintock for a dress that someone else in their high school will likely be sporting. Prom goers are checking out online stores, [...]
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When you’re looking to drop a few pounds, all myths start sounding like possibilities. Don’t eat carbs, stand up straight, get more sleep…While I can’t necessarily attest to all the miracle diets out there, getting more sleep might be a simple step to manage your weight.
According to this New York Times post, less sleep doesn’t [...]
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Typically, when people imagine college students, they picture young adults in their early twenties; however, it is extremely common to have college students who are ten, twenty, or thirty years beyond that age. Whether it is a generation or two that separates the students in age, having a multi-aged campus is a wonderful sign of [...]
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“Girls want the bad boys,” “Girls don’t like nice guys,” – how many times have you heard some derivation of those statements? I’m a girl, I like nice guys, but I’ve found that the guys whining about being “nice” are missing the real reasons for their chronic rejections. So, as a public service, I am [...]
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I often think of prom as the modern day ball – what other chances do girls get to where floor length gowns other than their wedding? Though I’m aware not everyone shares the same enthusiasm in gussing up for a night of high school traditionalism, there are ways to tailor prom to your personality: starting [...]
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With so much dependence on communicating through instant messaging (IM), texting, and e-mails, there has begun to be a drop in the ability for people to communicate face-to-face. Granted, the people who struggle with this do not make up the majority… yet. However, I have noticed a growing rise in this particular problem. And a [...]
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Dating can be expensive…and now it appears it might get more expensive as many theaters will be raising their ticket prices.
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