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Engineering student launches “Stats For Good” platform to improve course selection for students

David Brown | Staff Writer At FIU, one student is transforming how students choose professors each semester by turning complex institutional data into an accessible platform to help improve course registration decisions. Every semester, millions of college students turn to Rate My Professor in search of the “right” instructor. During course registration, students read and […]

College dating has its quirks

Ariana Rodriguez | Staff Writer I don’t know about you, but the ding of a dating app sometimes inspires more dread than delight.  Dating in college has long been considered a rite of passage, a time for young adults to explore relationships, learn about themselves, and form connections that can last a lifetime.  In recent […]

Spending too much time on social media is emotionally draining

Rina Factor/Contributing Writer Whenever I am feeling either pressured or upset, and do not want to do anything productive, I tend to sit on the couch and scroll through social media for hours on end. Even when I successfully close a tab or app, I simply reopen it again because it’s an effortless distraction. Before […]

This Week In Tech: Apps to make the semester go by easier

Here are five of the top rated iOS and Android apps for students to make our college experience a little less... hectic.

Me, Myself and Grindr

It’s come to my attention that gay men spend a lot of time in venues that place a premium on physical appearance: bars, gyms and gay dating apps.

Student Thoughts: We do not need a ‘Yelp for humans’

The difference between Peeple and other social media sites is that when someone is judged based on their latest photo or status on social media, they’re judged on something that they have consented to post.
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