With new texting programs like GroupMe, you can have conversations that resemble AOL chatrooms straight from your cell phone. GroupMe is modeled after Blackberry "groups" and is available to anyone, not just people with smart phones. In theory it sounds like a great way to communicate with people you're working with in your classes, members of your organization's executive boards, or even large committees. But what looks great on paper is a terrible idea in real life. Throw fifteen or so people into one giant texting group and now your phone is being spammed with Texts From Last Night and drama over who hooked up with who at this week's social.
When we here at Onward State launched our redesign at the beginning of the Fall 2010 semester, we introduced a new feature: Community Content. It was one of my favorite new features--let the community write about whatever they want! Since then, we've gotten some great content. Recently, however, the Community Content portal has been used almost exclusively for event and club promotion. That's good and useful to an extent, but too much of it can cause the rest of the Community Content to be drowned out in noise.
Penn State is planning on moving away from Monday/Wednesday classes in favor of more Monday/Wednesday/Friday sections. However, for the Fall 2011 semester, the College of Communications is offering more courses meeting only on Wednesdays and Fridays.
If only to remind us that the weather in State College will get better.
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Heading into the series with Rhode Island last weekend, the Penn State Icers knew that they needed at least one win over Rhode Island to remain in the playoff hunt. The Icers did slightly better than that by winning one game and losing the other in a shoot-out.
The Penn State Interfraternity Council released a YouTube video tonight that features student leaders explaining how Greeks "hold themselves to a higher standard than the rest of the students at Penn State." At least, that's how IFC President Dan Florencio describes the Greek community in the opening interview.
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