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...ever,” Castellanos said. “The role of gatekeeper of information has changed.” Castellanos emphasized the important role that youth would play in changing the face of politics, noting that “government is going to look a lot more like Facebook and eBay in the future.” “Undergrads are going to build the post-industrial politics,” he said in an interview after the event, adding that the new politics would be “ground-up” and “based...
Since late July, growing numbers of Facebook users have logged into their accounts and found profiles that they haven’t recognized. The confusion was not the work of identity thieves, but Facebook’s own developers, who unveiled a major redesign to the site. According to its creators, “New Facebook” was designed to make the users experience easier, but for the biggest fans of what is now “Old Facebook,” the change is another one of the social networking Web site’s recent mistakes. Isidore...
...Efforts like these to connect Africa will do more than add friends on Facebook. Boosting connectivity should do the same to countries' social and economic health, stoking trade and granting citizens access to crucial online health, education and government services, economists say. Stymieing the Web's expansion in Africa until now: the fixed-line telephone networks used to transmit Internet services in much of the rest of the world are almost nonexistent across the continent. On average, there are only four lines for every 100 people - the lowest rate anywhere in the world. That has left much of Africa reliant...
...more heated. Girlhood sexiness seems to be everywhere: on TV shows and in movies, in advertising, in teen magazines and all over the Internet. Most disturbingly, it seems to be coming from the girls themselves: the way they dress, the way they text, the way they present themselves on Facebook and, oh, mercy, what they get up to at parties. There are whispers, stories for which the anecdotal evidence--from school counselors and child psychologists and mothers--keeps accumulating like a national pile of unwashed laundry. These suggest teen girls are getting very liberal with sexual favors, especially...
...Perhaps you fancy yourself a maverick or the candidate for change, and are eyeing a seat on the prestigious and influential Undergraduate Council. Lucky for you, we have come up with the perfect campaign strategy to get you there: Step one, launch a “grassroots” Facebook group to get your acquaintances out to the polls. Step two, don a business suit (like a real politician!) and go door-to-door shaking hands and kissing babies. And lastly, hook up with someone at The Crimson—because we call the shots around here! Got that, Sundquist...