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Jordyns Thoughts: Puerto Rico forgotten

Jordyn’s Thoughts: Puerto Rico forgotten

Jordyn Thompson November 5, 2017
This week, staff writer Jordyn Thompson explores the controversy surrounding Puerto Rico's post-hurricane situation.
Jordyns Thoughts: #metoo Twitter update

Jordyn’s Thoughts: #metoo Twitter update

Jordyn Thompson November 1, 2017
This week, staff writer Jordyn Thompson gives her insight on the "MeToo" trend as it becomes the lights conversation and controversy across the web.
Complex simplicity, PearFleur

Complex simplicity, PearFleur

Joanna Yu May 11, 2017

This installment of Drawing the Lines features an artist who combines a wide range of subject matter with waves of soothing watercolor. PearFleur is an artist based in the United States that works primarily...

‘Infamous Instagrammer’ ditches social media, citing dehumanization

Caylea Ray November 6, 2015

Social media star misplaces the cause of her unhappiness on the internet Essena O’Neill has gained fame on Instagram from posting photos of herself, her outfits and fitspo photos, gaining more than  half...

Vestige of past should drop from our everyday vocabulary

Vestige of past should drop from our everyday vocabulary

Renata Poet Williams May 15, 2015

I have recently broken my YouTube comment silence and become one of those people who writes paragraphs in the comment section. An avid YouTube viewer, I watch at least five videos a day, so to have gone...

Music sites put to the test

Music sites put to the test

George Sarafianos February 13, 2014

The Internet can sometimes be a scary place; chock full of people like The Craigslist Killer and Hunter Moore, you must stay on your cyber tiptoes at all times and pray to the deity of your choice that...

Top 10 things to do when procrastinating

Jacqueline LeBlanc November 1, 2012

Entering my senior year, I promised myself I would no longer procrastinate.  It was time for me to buckle down and break the nasty habit of staying up until one in the morning to do my work. I would receive...

Techonology continues to grow as distraction for current generation

Jude El Buri May 3, 2012

As I sit on the couch, staring at the blank white computer screen, waiting for a thesis to pop magically into my head, I see a small square of light appear in my peripheral. I look over to see the blue...

Tweeting is no small change

Alex Burnam April 26, 2012

When senior Curran Van Waarde wakes up every morning, the first thing he does is log into both of his Twitter accounts. While one is used for his personal thoughts, his other account "DwightFalse" is used...

District installing more memory efficient Firewall

District installing more memory efficient Firewall

Walter Wang March 16, 2012

Columbia Public Schools Instructional and Information Technology Services will be putting a new Firewall, named SonicWALL, into place Monday, March 19. There may be glitches in the new system as is the...

Rationalize before supporting Kony 2012 campaign

Avantika Khatri March 7, 2012

Inspiring. Motivating. Sensational. I wanted to do something after watching the Kony 2012 video on March 6. The next day in school, one day after the video aired, I saw posters all over. I was a little...

Generation Me

Generation Me

The Rock and Bearing News Staff January 31, 2012

We are the children of the X’ers and the younger siblings of the Y’s. We are obsessed with ourselves, some scholars say, naming us Generation Me. Others argue we are best defined by our dependence...

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