Zachary Antoyan is a political science junior and Mustang Daily liberal columnist. We are all interconnected. And I don’t mean this in the way of the six degrees of separation kind. Instead, I mean that if I wanted to find out about a man whose name is Smitty Werbinjagermanjensen, I could easily do so. I […]
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New laws for the new year
Kassi Luja kluja@mustangdaily.net With the new year comes a new beginning, New Year’s resolutions and even newly enforced California laws. Some of the most notable are Assembly Bill (AB) 1536, AB 970 and AB 1844. Hands-free or voice operated devices allowed while driving One law many have paid close attention to is AB 1536, authorizing […]
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How Twitter changes the way we watch
Editor’s Column My dad and I had a Saturday ritual before I left for Cal Poly. Every Saturday afternoon in the fall, we would go for a run in the morning having recorded all the big college football games that day. By the time we got back, showered, ate breakfast and took care of a […]
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Employers check social résumés
Checking in on social media sites is becoming more prevelant in the modern job hunt, according to Cal Poly Career Services counselor Charlotte Rinaldi. The line dividing professional from personal life is now blurred, Rinaldi said. According to her, though most employers still use traditional methods when hiring, the use of social media to evaluate […]
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Mustangs play nice with social media
Collegiate athletic programs across the country are weighing the pros and cons of allowing student-athletes to use Twitter and other social media websites. Some critics are even calling for a NCAA-wide ban against such media. In 2011, respected universities such as UCLA, Mississippi State and Syracuse have learned the damaging effects that come with athletes’ […]
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Social media can make or break job search
Students soon to enter the professional world can either help or hurt their chances of finding employment by implementing social media into their job search, according to Cal Poly career counselor Amie Hammond. Hammond said Jobvite, a recruiting platform for the social media era, found in an annual survey that 89 percent of U.S. companies plan […]
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BLOG: Limiting qualities of unlimited news media
If information is power, then it must be a good thing that these days it is not only reaching us faster, but it’s also reaching more of us.
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The do’s and don’ts of social media networking on and off the job
When applying for jobs, chances are most employers will search for you via the Internet. Here are some tips to help ensure that what they find is positive and perhaps give you an opportunity to market yourself in ways that a résumé can’t.
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Professors prefer face time to Facebook
Despite an increase in opportunities for student-professor relationships outside the traditional educational setting with the use of Facebook, most people agree that maintaining a separation between professional and social lives is important.
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BLOG: Web site lets users TellMrObama what they think
A new Web site called TellMrObama.com is about to flood the president’s email inbox, letting him know what people think about current issues in America.
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To tweet or not to tweet
In 1600, Shakespeare wrote one of the most famous quotations in literature: “to be, or not to be.”
Fast-forward 400 years, and that line might as well be: “to tweet, or not to tweet.”