Blogs wane as the young drift to sites like Twitter
Like any aspiring filmmaker, Michael McDonald, a high school senior, used a blog to show off his videos. But discouraged by how few people bothered to visit, he…
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A University of Virginia student has a bright idea: ‘Flash seminars’
Once or twice a week, students at the state's flagship public university collect in some idle classroom or lounge for a "flash seminar," an ad hoc performance of…
Racial flaps dog ‘Bama despite progress
Months after the University of Alabama dedicated a plaza and clock tower to its earliest black students, the school has been swamped with unwelcome attention over the past…
Mexico state congress asks ban of video game
A shoot-em-up video game set in the border town of Ciudad Juarez has angered local officials who are busy fighting all-too-real violence, reports the Washington Post.
Police: student charged after Tenn campus shooting
According to the Associated Press, a 20-year-old student pulled out a revolver and shot another man in the thumb during an argument on the campus of Middle Tennessee…
Multitasking, cut-and-paste support coming to Windows Phone 7
Two of the biggest complaints about Microsoft's mobile OS reboot--no multitasking for third-party apps, and no cutting and pasting--will be fixed before the year is out, with the…
Acer Iconia A100: A 7-Inch Android tablet (with Honeycomb!)
Acer may take the plunge to put Android 3.0 on a 7-inch tablet, according to reports from this week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The company is…
Recruiting in China pays off for U.S. colleges
At rural Grinnell, nearly one of every 10 applicants being considered for the class of 2015 is from China, reports the New York Times.
US starts Farsi Twitter account aimed at Iranians
The U.S. State Department began sending Twitter messages in Farsi on Sunday in the hopes of reaching social media users in Iran, the Associated Press reports.
Charges against Muslim students prompt debate over free speech
When administrators at the University of California, Irvine, decided to suspend the Muslim Student Union for a quarter over the disruption of a speech last year by the…