Instagram to eliminate likes, ‘depressurize’ experience on app
Kelly Garcia, Contributing Writer
November 18, 2019
Imagine a world where people care less about popularity and more about authenticity. A world where people don’t care about how many likes you get on an Instagram post, but instead they care about the content in your post. As of this week, Instagram will begin to make that a reality. On Friday, N...
Vine walked so TikTok could run
Joey Cahue, Contributing Writer
October 21, 2019
Apps come a dime a dozen, but the few that truly stick out have a cult-like following. Way back when, Vine was the “it” thing that created many memorable quotes and memes. As we waved goodbye to Vine in 2017, we stumbled upon TikTok, which was created only a year before Vine closed its doors. If...
OPINION: We’re losing the media war
Stuart J. Dantoin, Contributing Writer
April 15, 2019
Social media overload is the silent killer of our generation. It affects millions of us, and though many realize its danger, the average young adult does little to escape our internet prisons. Many of us gladly or unknowingly fall into its deadly clutches—and it is having a powerful effect on our daily ...
Has social media stunted our political understanding?
Nikki Roberts, Contributing Writer
October 15, 2018
Social media trends come and go. One week Facebook users are uploading videos of the Drake- inspired Kiki dance challenge, and the next they’re busy sharing memes about moths and lamps. For social media users whose primary sources of political news are sites like Twitter and Facebook, keeping up with...
Personality may play a role in social media addiction
Damita Menezes, Contributing Writer
April 16, 2018
If you can’t control your social media use, your personality might be to blame. A recent study conducted by Professor Isaac Vaghefi of Binghamton University and Professor Hamed Qahri-Saremi of DePaul University says that people with certain personality traits are more susceptible to using social media...
Snapchat’s update unrest
Nikki Roberts, Copy Editor
April 2, 2018
When Snapchat launched as an iOS-only app in 2011, it was not the app that users know and love today. Over the past seven years, Snapchat has updated, rebranded and added a multitude of social media features that have altered how users interact with the app and their Snapchat friends. What once began as...
Online overload: Too much screen and social media time may call for a detox
Lily Rose
May 17, 2015
Some quiver at the thought of spending an entire hour without checking social media or using your phone to send calls and texts. No snaps would be sent, Instagram pictures would go “unliked” and tweets would never be retweeted. Your phone would not ping with various notifications and your mom would not be able to call and question you about your grades and those...
Ignorance or apathy in the age of social media?
Maia Moore
May 5, 2015
Have you ever taken your headphones off on the train and listened to the ramblings of everyone around you? Most likely, you heard about a bad date, what happened in a meeting or what was for dinner that night. Yet, how often do you hear your peers discussing what’s happening in world? It seems that...
#DePaulBound: Branding, social media play major role in deciding on DePaul
Emily Clement
May 3, 2015
Decision time is now for many prospective DePaul students. While choosing a college is a big decision for a high school senior, there is a lot of work that goes into getting a student to be #depaulbound. Read More »...
Social media sites become more socially conscious
Andrew Nunez
March 15, 2015
Several social media platforms have recently taken more steps in becoming socially aware. Facebook has taken the well-being of users into further consideration with a feature that allows users who express suicidal thoughts to easily get the assistance they need. Read More »...
The Ups and #Facebookdown
Megan Deppen
January 28, 2015
Social media may have shut down, but for some students, productivity went up. The hashtag #Facebookdown flooded Twitter feeds Monday night when Facebook and Instagram suffered its biggest outage since 2010. Read More »...
Trolling and talking smack on Yik Yak
September 28, 2014
Our parents always warned us to ‘never talk to strangers’, but they never warned us about something like this. The latest craze in social media is an app called Yik Yak which functions much like an anonymous Twitter. Instead of tweets, users can send out ‘Yaks’ to those in their area. Originally ...
Patsy Newitt, Assistant News Editor
November 18, 2019 • No Comments
It’s generally understood that LSP121 isn’t anyone’s first choice. Many students harp on the...
Can Chicago support Rodney Reed?
November 18, 2019
Innocent until proven guilty is a well-known phrase in the American legal system....
Tribune shuts down Spanish-language media Hoy
November 18, 2019
The Chicago Tribune Guild, an organization of journalists, announced on Twitter...
Chicago teacher fights for inner city success
November 18, 2019
A South Side teacher fights for the future of inner city kids within his classroom. Trenton...