The proliferation of technology in our daily lives has led many of us to believe the only option is either total immersion (selfie-sticks) or total isolation from social media and technology as a whole (dropping everything for a life in the Santa Monica mountains living off berries and dew). I am among those who believe that while technology is revolutionizing the process by … [Read more...] about Surviving a Phone Fast
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Unplug Yourself to Engage Your World
Art by Sacha Irick Do you ever look up from your phone and see the sun a little lower and the people around you are different from when you last looked? If so, you’ve caught yourself in phone limbo. Our obsession with technology, with either video games or social networking, is dangerous. The effects can already be seen in younger generations, our siblings, our family … [Read more...] about Unplug Yourself to Engage Your World
Let’s Use Computers to Create a New World
Art by Sacha Irick As I’m typing out this article, it’s 5:02 a.m. on Saturday and I’m in the Annenberg building at the University of Southern California in a sleeping bag surrounded by people, most of whom I don’t know. Everywhere, you can see the effects of what happened that day. Some people are asleep, heads down on tables. Others have been more elaborate with their … [Read more...] about Let’s Use Computers to Create a New World
Wi-Fi: Connecting Students with Better Coverage
Photo by Carissa Mosley Pepperdine is engineering the next generation of Wi-Fi service, not only at the Malibu campus, but at its international campuses. Pepperdine technicians are working on a project that focuses on connecting students and making information readily available about Pepperdine Wi-Fi services. Engineers are also focusing on improving Wi-Fi services in … [Read more...] about Wi-Fi: Connecting Students with Better Coverage
The Internet has Advanced our Language
Art by Sacha Irick I think we can all agree that technology is amazing and affects all of our lives. We have easy access to the entire world and all the knowledge in it (we mainly use it to watch cat videos, but that’s beside the point). The thing is, we’ve all heard that before. What I want to focus on is how technology, specifically the Internet, has affected our language, … [Read more...] about The Internet has Advanced our Language
