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MySpace and Facebook have become addictions in our society. Similar to people who are dependent on drugs or alcohol, social networking junkies count the minutes to their next profile fix, checking their computers multiple times per day to see how many shout-outs, virtual drinks or new friends they've acquired. But recent data has indicated a slowing in growth for MySpace while Facebook has continued to accelerate. Is a new king on the horizon for the social networking space? Or can two very different social networks co-exist...
Another way to understand the difference between users of the two sites is to examine where people go after leaving their MySpace or Facebook page. MySpace users count multimedia and photography sites (such as YouTube, Flickr and Photobucket) as the most common sites visited after dropping by the site. Facebook visitors have a similar pattern, visiting sites like Slide, YouTube and Flixter. The one stand-out difference between the two is that, owing to Facebook's heritage as a social network for college students, 5% of those leaving the Facebook domain continue on to websites within the educational category...
Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith has urged professors to allow more of their departmental courses to count for Core credit, a move intented to provide options for students who will graduate under the Core as the curriculum transitions toward a new system of General Education. Smith said that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will loosen the requirements for departmental courses to fulfill Core requirements. The development, was officially announced in an e-mail sent by Smith to faculty members on Friday afternoon. Although the curricular review was completed this spring, the Gen Ed requirements that will replace...
...from progressing past their own 10-yard line. “It kind of gives you a sense of how fragile offense is,” Hughes said. “There’s got to be 11 guys together all the time, good timing, getting the snap count, getting the motions right, getting the play called. And little things you take for granted, you have to pay a lot more attention to.” The Crimson cemented the win with a six-play, 48-yard drive that culminated in a 20-yard touchdown pass to sophomore Mike...
...Getting an agreement meant resolving squabbles, often driven by weak national governments trying to score domestic political points, over numerous obscure protocols, declarations, opt-ins and opt-outs. Among the arcana: How exactly does one count seats in the European Parliament? How much power should national parliaments have to trump legislation at the E.U. level? And can a member state freeze unfavorable legislation even if outvoted by its counterparts...