Social media users take care
But one must be aware of their own limits. I, for one, am a social media user and enjoy using these platforms to communicate with my family and friends.
148 students dead in Kenya world’s response – silence
Image by L’Amico del Popolo via Flickr Lauren Shade | Staff writer lauren.shade@fiusm.com For those of you who don’t know of the tragic event that happened…
FIUPD open Twitter and Facebook accounts
The FIU Police Department can now be tweeted at @FIUPOLICE or messaged on Facebook.
Get the full story, not just the hashtag
Image by Peter Kirkeskov Rasmussenvia Flickr Meghan Maclaren | Contributing Writer opinion@fiusm.com In decades to come we may well be defined as the “social media”…
We don’t really ‘like’ the things we see on social media
Kristine Perez | Contributing Writer Everybody on social media looks like they are having the time of their lives. Generation Y is becoming notorious for…
Our cellphones disconnect us from reality
Photo by Adam Fagen via Flickr Yiana Ramaj | Contributing Writer opinion@fiusm.com In the fast growing world of new technologies, we have made many changes…
Technological takeover
Staff Writer Stephanie Piedrahita Begs to differ that we aren’t dependent on technology.
Knowledge: The Forgotten Ideal
Staff writer Diego Saldaña-Rojas argues that knowledge is no longer sought after in Universities.
Admissions “doesn’t have time” to check social media despite national trend
An admissions clerk advised Student Media that the Admissions Office does not have the time to check applicants’ social media profiles despite a national increase in the number of officers using social media profiles to learn more about their applicants.
University to offer new, improved emergency alert system by end of month
University-goers received an alert text message from FIU Alert on Oct. 31 as part of the new updated emergency notification system that is scheduled to be fully operating by the end of November.
