Facebook fasting to find your real friends
by Stephanie Self I have many feelings about social media. The time I spend thinking about how deeply and intimately it penetrates our lives is more than is actually necessary for anyone. And taking...
View ArticleYour choices and you: a brand you can count on
By Rachel Felix What is a brand, exactly? Is it the product you use on a consistent basis or that Super Bowl commercial you love? Is it the way a company makes you feel? Is it simply a logo? To...
View ArticleA defense of social media from a connected millennial
By Anastasia Warren Look up from your phone. Don’t let the world pass you by. Disconnect. Videos, photos and articles flood our social media outlets, telling us that social media itself is corrupt and...
View ArticleCreate a dialogue about violence
It was just two weeks ago that William Hampton was shot by a police task force just steps away from the Nevada Living Learning Community. Being so close to the university, we must further consider the...
View ArticleAvoid social media faux pas
As a member of the millennial generation, I have developed a unique understanding of the role that social media plays in my life and the lives of those around me. As social media channels become...
View ArticleLabels for lovers: have you made it ‘Facebook Official?’
By Anneliese Hucal Two weeks ago, I posted a somewhat random relationship status on my Facebook page. In 22 years of life, I have had two boyfriends. I have had 72 different dates, but only about a...
View ArticleBreak the Internet: Use ‘fluff’ news to escape stressors
Two llamas dodge traffic on a public road in Sun City, Arizona on Thursday, Feb. 26. / Photo: (CC) GQ.com By Annalise Mishler Two llamas and a dress walk into the Internet. The Internet says, “Hey...
View ArticleStay on top of your personal brand
By Dylan Smith It is easy, as millennials, to fall for the misconception that we are free; free to do whatever we want without inhibition, to define ourselves and recreate ourselves with every new day....
View ArticleAvoid ‘slacktivism’ on social media
Screenshot of www.wearyellowforseth.comAbove is a screenshot of the Wear Yellow for Seth website designed to aggregate social media support photos. In the 21st century, slacktivism seems to be the...
View ArticleSecure your Venmo account
Cash is out. Mobile payment apps are in. You know this already because you use Venmo for everything from drinks with friends to utilities with roommates to passive aggressive charges with enemies. We...
View ArticleSocial media connects people
By Laura Gattis Social media is valuable. It’s more than just memes, Reddit or leaked nudes of celebrities. Social media is, and always has been, much more than just a fleeting form of entertainment....
View ArticleSnap Inc. goes public: do not buy
Snap Inc., the developer of the millennial obsession Snapchat, is gearing up to be the biggest Initial Public Offering of the social media generation since Twitter went public in 2013. There are talks...
View ArticleFake News in Review 10/17/17
International As winter months approach, Trump’s bronzers prepare for busiest season of year President Trump’s aides, assigned specifically to bronzing him daily, told Fake News in an exclusive...
View ArticleTech giants need to be held accountable
Photo Via Prateek Pattanaik (CC)A welcome sign in front of Google’s Mountain View, Calif. headquarters as it stands in Sept., 2015. It’s no secret by now that during the 2016 presidential election,...
View ArticleThe correct way to complain on Twitter
Reno’s own Carter Wilkerson achieved Twitter stardom with his #NuggsforCarter campaign when he asked Wendy’s for a year of free chicken nuggets. Since then social media users have become more aware...
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