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#DeleteUber trends after company’s tweet

By Nigel Flores Uber’s CEO, Travis Kalanick, recently announced a strong disapproval of President Donald Trump’s travel ban affecting seven predominantly Muslim countries. Kalanick, an adviser on Trump’s economic council, tweeted the travel ban was “against everything Uber stands for.” As a result of a strike called

Quick Quiet 3

By Nancy Chan Our 2016 U.S. presidential election caused a unique disturbance thanks to launching an unprecedented boom in fake news. During the three months preceding election day, a Buzzfeed analysis found that bogus stories outperformed journalistic ones by garnering 8.7 million Facebook shares compared to news outlets’

It’s important to use restraint with social media

Staff Editorial Last week was a lesson in the power of social media and how it can expose truths and help perpetuate falsehoods at the same speed. News of explosions at the Boston Marathon, which killed three people and injured more than 180, went viral and investigators quickly appealed to

The Water Cooler: April 14, 2010

By Bontã HillThe Guardsman Fresh off of spring break, it’s good to be active again in terms of leaving the house and having something productive to do. Yup, all I did for vacation was play video games, log major hours on Facebook and watch Butler University’s improbable run

Opinion: Facebook - necessity or addiction?

By Ellen Silk NEWS EDITOR Recently I had two dreams. In one, I was walking through a convention of all my friends on Facebook. We were laughing and chatting and having a good time. In the other dream, I was being stalked on Facebook by an ex-boyfriend. I kept reading