Word: campustap
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Indeed, it seems that HRC still has some work to do to catch up with the left. Although their CampusTap blog is alive and well, their official website falters as a source of up-to-date information, with an online weekly bulletin that hasn’t been updated since May 7 as of press time. The Dems’ official website, meanwhile, features an easy-to-navigate format filled with updates on daily political events, a guide for getting involved, and an e-mail contact form for any additional requests. “I think that what is happening...
...communication tool on campus, and the servers Harvard was providing before weren’t meeting the need,” he said. Theodore B. Bressman, author of “Cheddar Ted,” listed as one of the most popular blogs on the blog hosting website campusTap, also said he didn’t plan to move to the Berkman server.“I would consider it, but I just switched to campusTap a couple of weeks ago,” he said. “The people at campusTap have been very helpful...
...United States, in order to document his experiences, De Beausset started a blog with Raquel O. Alvarenga ’08, a co-chair of the Immigration Policy Group at the Institute of Politics (IOP). According to Alvarenga, the blog, which is accessible on Harvard’s CampusTap network, has seen a rise in readership since De Beausset posted his pictures and stories.“We’re trying to keep this blog going until a just policy is passed,” Alvarenga says.De Beausset hopes to change the American approach to illegal immigration, particularly from...
Thanks to CampusTap, the Harvard blogosphere has evolved from a few isolated websites into a tight, well-oiled forum for students to debate campus issues, keep track of the local news, and just jabber around. CampusTap is the conscription of the guerrillas—a private ring of Harvard student bloggers with a consistent form, a unified index of topics, and an easily-searchable directory of names. Even the Cambridge Common folks have moved their operation over to the new site. Thanks to CampusTap, no Harvard blogger is an island.A BLOGOSPHERE IS BORNHarvard’s blogging pioneers were students...
...really, it’s hard to get angry at CampusTap for merely providing options. The default choice for blogs on the site is to be public—it takes a concerted effort (at least, clicking a checkbox) to hide away in the sealed enclave. Thanks in part to the efforts on the part of its founders to recruit pre-existing blogs and in part to their dedication to continued improvement, CampusTap seems like it will be around a little while. It’s up to us, those who will add content and contribute to the discussion that...