Outside Editorial: Facebook uprising
Story last updated at 2/24/2009 - 9:31 am
The following editorial firstappeared in the Chicago Tribune:
Thousands of Facebook users threatened to un-friend the entire website last week to protest what one consumer guardian called "a digital rights
Schoolies run to paradise
CASHED-up schoolies are snubbing campsites and splurging up to $5000 on overseas tours.
Europe, New Zealand, Fiji and Malaysia are emerging as popular destinations as school leavers swap pub crawls for luxury resorts.
Many start saving in Year 10 for
Whitsundays and Airlie Beach
So after a 13 hour bus journey i arrived in Airlie beach, ready to embark upon the second part of my package - a 2 day 2 night sailing trip to the Whitsunday Islands. I arrived at about 7am and just spent the day sorting stuff out and relaxing in the
Charles Barkley Is Goin? To Jail
Honestly, I post this information mainly because it is very rare for celebs to be held accountable for their crimes. I honestly believe that this jailtime is being imposed on him because the incident happened in Arizona. Had this infraction occurred
The transformation of 'gay' and 'marriage'
Wright Street feels like the Berlin Wall. It divides campus into two towns that have adopted their own divergent cultures. Because I live in Champaign, I occasionally stumble into a Champaign apartment party to see ping pong balls fly across tables of
Have your say on alcohol culture
Drinkaware launches poll to find out what motivates the young to drink
Alcohol-harm reduction charity the Drinkaware Trust is encouraging people to have their say on alcohol culture.
Drinkaware is using polls to ask questions such as is getting drunk
Even cartoons offend
TV advertisements are too sexy and tell the wrong story to our children. Also, TV stories are showing too much swearing too early. Our children are learning from the television; sex and violence are everywhere, even in cartoons.
At 6 p.m., I feel
