Social media is a phrase invented and implemented since the inception of websites like MySpace and AOL instant messenger over 10 years ago. But it wasn’t until the juggernaut of Facebook and even more recently, Twitter, that we began to understand what it truly meant.
Students at Webster University all have one thing in common. We are here to graduate and find a job. But there is something that separates us: some of us live on campus and the rest commute.
Anyone who’s lived in Webster University’s housing knows it’s not exactly an “Animal House” experience. The small size of Webster does not lend itself to the college life of a large state university. Even so, living with other people your age in large numbers is an invaluable life experience, one that really only happens when you’re in college.
Gold. Sweet, wonderful, shiny gold. It makes jewelry, and it once backed our currency. Oh Christ, don’t stop reading. This won’t be an examination of the Federal banks. No, this is a simpler concept I’m etching out here.
Allowing a corporation to control and deliver media is dangerous
Are you familiar with the Nazi argument? Perhaps that needs clarification. How often have you seen someone invoke the memory of Nazi’s to win a trivial discussion?
On a weekly basis, my boyfriend and I flip through channels, looking for something decent to watch. At some point, I’ll stealthily take the remote and end up on one of several trashy reality shows that are on at any time.
On a particularly pleasant afternoon, I was strolling down Lockwood Ave, taking in the scenery, when I saw it. It was oversized. It was ugly. It was obtrusive. It was a Hummer H2.
Webster University has established a strong athletic program despite a very slow and relatively unsuccessful beginning. Being successful and retaining success involves dedication, perseverance and improvement. Athletics depend upon a player’s continual improvement as a result of working out, practicing and competing.
Student journalists don’t have an easy profession. We work hard to bring interesting, relevant information to readers while continuing to grow as students and individuals.
It’s a tired issue here at Webster University, as it is at every university, college, high school and mall. You name the location and we’ll guarantee someone has complained about it at one point.
You’re all freaks and weirdos. You’re all out of your minds. But hey, at times like this, it’s a compliment, I promise.
If we were lucky, the only thing worth remembering about Jan. 7 would have been the atypical defeat of the Saints by the underdog Seattle Seahawks. The headlines would joke about the millions lost in Vegas on the upset, and everything would continue on.
“What are pizza rolls?” I asked my roommate as we shopped through the aisles of Aldis. His jaw dropped. His eyes widend. The question resonated through the frozen foods section.
College towns. The image brings to mind endless dorm buildings, 3 a.m. bars and bad parking. Webster Groves, however, the home and birthplace of Webster University, neither looks nor feels like the typical college town.
In a Jan. 4 New York Times article, a New York City chancellor at a Bronx school said she believed that Mandarin Chinese should be taught in schools. As Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world, The Journal thought this was a sound suggestion — after all, most countries of the world teach at least two languages.
