CronkNews\’s Wescott Challenges Ashton Kutcher to Twitter Throwdown
Posted on Thursday, September 17th 2009
Tags: ashton kutcher, college, competition, followers, higher ed, higher education, tweets, twitter
Tags: ashton kutcher, college, competition, followers, higher ed, higher education, tweets, twitter
by Leah Wescott Editor-in-Chief Op Ed When CronkNews went to press this week, Ashton Kutcher had 3,548,800 Twitter Followers and CronkNews had 39. Unacceptable, staffers! Our media team is working its butts off to build readership for our beloved satirical rag, but our Twitter numbers look like s**t. Don’t get me started on our 8 [...]
H1N1 Flu Scare Second Only to Twitter Competency Requirements in Recent Faculty Poll
Posted on Thursday, August 20th 2009
Tags: anxiety, fear, fear of technology, new technology, professors, technophobe, twitter
Tags: anxiety, fear, fear of technology, new technology, professors, technophobe, twitter
The National College Measuring Service (NCMS) has released the results of its 2009 Faculty Values Assessment. Don Kraut, who managed the project, announced surprising results in the area of “Top Anxiety Causers.” In order, professors reported the following fears: Twitter and other new technology Swine Flu Mean students Mean colleagues “We expected some of the [...]
Southeastern Athletics Conference Considers Banning Trips to the Fridge During Televised Games
Posted on Wednesday, August 19th 2009
Tags: ban, conference, enforce, enforcement, florida, football, greed, NCAA, policy, social media, southeastern, twitter
Tags: ban, conference, enforce, enforcement, florida, football, greed, NCAA, policy, social media, southeastern, twitter
Riding on the momentum of its announcement that it might ban Twittering from the stands at its athletic events, the Southeastern Conference is now brainstorming other ways to make sure home viewers tune in to the televised games. “If we can control leaked Tweets, perhaps we can take things to the next level and ban [...]
College Administrator Calls Campus Police to Report Scary Twitter
Posted on Monday, August 17th 2009
Tags: facebook, fear of change, new technology, tech challenged, technophobe, twitter
Tags: facebook, fear of change, new technology, tech challenged, technophobe, twitter
“Our public safety office has always told us to call if we see anything suspicious,” said Agnes Garmo, who was reprimanded this week for making nuisance calls to campus authorities. Garmo, the assistant director of math tutoring at New Macedon College, KY, called three times in one night to report “scary and dangerous behavior by [...]


