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The Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) is shaping up to be the site of a possible face-off of students against administrators over the proposed timetable for renovations. Upset at plans to close the MAC for a revamp during all of next semester and the summer of 2007, two undergraduates are...
As you might imagine, none of that sits particularly well with the G.O.P. establishment back home. "To say that Lindsey Graham has been a disappointment to the conservatives who were the heart and soul of his campaign would be an understatement," Republican political consultant Jeffrey Sewell wrote last week in...
Facebook?s quick response is the result of a surprising and spontaneous revolt by the site's Gen-Y users. By Friday morning, more than 745,000 users had joined the anti-News Feed group "Students Against Facebook News Feed (Official Student Petition)." A Northwestern University student had created that...
Was the Facebook revolt the sign of growing revolutionary activism among the Internet generation? Not really. Granted, the protests got Facebook to back down: the website modified its News Feed, and students feel that their privacy has been restored. But all the students did was click a button to join...
He isn't certain why his is the most successful anti-News Feed groups. "It's might be that mine was one of the first groups," said Parr, 21. "That, and my group acts as a petition directly to Facebook." Included on Parr's group is a link to Facebook...