Facebook and Internet socializing has become so routine it’s sometimes hard to imagine life without it. I’m not saying that’s good or bad; it’s just a fact. I honestly don’t know what socializing would become if Facebook and other forms of instant...
Over spring break I found out one of my friends at ISU is taking a class in which the professor uses Twitter for the lectures, which are usually filled with hundreds of students. I was told that the professor allows his students to use their smartphones...
When I came to NIU as a freshman in fall of 2010, I really wasn’t sure of what to expect from a college experience. Hell, I don’t think anyone ever has an idea. Looking back on the antics I got into paired appropriately with the hard work I’ve done,...
Before we all left to celebrate our spring break last week, I was in class when I got a text from a good friend of mine. She was responding to a joke I made, which was an array of “haha’s” in all caps and an “LOL” at the end. Despite the obvious...
Are you afraid to die? I think everyone is in some way or another. For most of us, we fear losing the connections with our loved ones. Death, as you probably know, causes problems for things like making memories with your friends and family, following...
Imagine writing someone a series of letters that would one day be worth $75,000. Well, according to an article by Adam Reiss and Dana Ford of CNN, it’s already happened. Mark David Chapman, notorious for killing former Beatle John Lennon, wrote four...
I’m not worried about having bad days anymore. Most of the issues I face daily are a result of my bad memory. Whether I forget to turn in an assignment for a class, lose my cellphone or just can’t remember what my student email password is, I’ll...
Last week, my Internet went out for a few hours. I took note of my frustration from not being able to repair the connection and realized something: I’m an Internet addict. There’s no use denying it anymore and I’m sure many NIU students are, too....
Do you ever worry about potential employers looking through your Facebook and Twitter pages? Personally, I don’t care very much, but if you tend to find yourself double-checking your posts before they go up, some relief from those worries is now available....
Most of my friends know me for being a joker. Most of the astutely hilarious jokes I tell are blatant and exaggerated lies. I wish this story could be one of those. Here’s the would-be punch line: Every 42 seconds someone is arrested in America for...
At the beginning of this year, payroll tax cuts were allowed to expire by Congress. Many people believe this would only affect those earning upwards of $250,000 a year. Well, they were wrong. According to a report from the Tax Policy Center, almost 90...
I’m not necessarily in support of abortions. As with any issue, it’s hard to choose between two absolutes of pro-life and pro-choice. But if you forced me to hop to one side of the fence, I’d say pro-life so people would stop tugging at each of...
