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Students hook on to 'Catfish' showing

Students hook on to ‘Catfish’ showing

By Samantha McCoy | October 8, 2013

The popularity of the documentary “Catfish” has students hooked, and professors are reeling them in with a local event.Students can watch and discuss the implications of the documentary 7 p.m. Thursday in the Montgomery Hall auditorium. “Catfish”...

Just be yourself, not a catfish

By Kimberly Randall | February 13, 2013

“She’s a catfish.” “You’ve been catfished.” You may be asking yourself the question: What is a catfish? Well, catfish is a nickname given to people who create fake profiles on social networks like Facebook and Twitter, pretending to be someone...