The student-run Web site puts UChicago-related Facebook events on one page.
Topic: facebook
Tools of engagement
Student Government should take advantage of the opportunity to sustain the political engagement that spiked during elections.
Facebook food fight
Online griping won’t do much to fix larger issues with campus dining.
A better Internet connection
Honest discussion about crucial issues is stifled when policing, not educating, is our priority.
Facebook page sparks OMSA forum
Students called for more concrete ways to address diversity, including more O-Week discussions and increased emphasis on race issues in the Core.
Grief in the time of Facebook
Social networking provides opportunities for both insensitive and uplifting reactions to tragedy.
Pull up an armchair
Disdain for “slacktivism” distracts from potential of social media to raise awareness and compassion for key issues.
Post, “Like,” Memory
In the age of Facebook, it is growing more difficult to look on the past with undue sentimentality.
Letter: Overheard at UChicago founder responds to criticism
As creator and sole moderator of the Overheard at UChicago Facebook group, I felt an obligation to respond to the recent op-ed, “Going Overboard on Overheard.” I will defend the group but avoid lecturing on the theory of humor, leaving that…
Personnel firewall
Employers demanding Facebook passwords crosses a long-blurring line.
Sexual assault policy to be reviewed, Zimmer says
At open forum, Zimmer also fields questions on Kalven report, UCPD officers trolling Facebook, and how much he weighs students complaints when investing
Gadget bans put students on point, off Facebook
Laptops, cell phones, and Kindles are pushing their way into 21st century classrooms at the U of C, and some professors are pushing back, saying banning gadgets has shown positive results.
Status update
Modern media damages the art of communication.
Civil liberties group says free speech not safe at U of C
The University’s free speech policies were criticized last Tuesday by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), who claim that the U of C has not carried through with its promised commitment to open student discourse.
After study links Facebook use with GPAs, students debate whether they fit the profile
Facebook users may be more concerned with their Facebook status than with the status of their GPAs, according to a recent study that correlated use of the social networking site with poorer academic performance.
Student questions regulations after Facebook censorship
What one student sees as a violation of his right to free speech, University administrators and others see as a appropriate application of the student code of conduct.
University aims to increase college acceptance rate among city students
The University’s Urban Education Institute will launch a social networking site aimed at keeping more city students in school.