The Campus Magazine | CCNY

How students feel about the sometimes scandalous Facebook page by Christal Somar City College is a rat, roach and bed bug infested academic institution whose student body consists of sex obsessed individuals. Well, only if you’re constantly viewing CCNY’s most viral Facebook page, CCNY Secrets. This popular site, run by an anonymous owner, is home [...]

More and more people aren’t “like”-ing it. by Zerline Alvarez A social networking site that was once created by and for college students is now being cast aside by its very own. A recent study done by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project shows that 61 percent of Facebook users are taking [...]

 Students discuss proposed fees for Facebook by Shanika Sealy During Hurricane Sandy and the presidential election, many turned to Facebook to share their hopes, fears, comments and photos. But what if the social networking site charged users for posting? Facebook took a step toward becoming a fee-for-service site earlier this month, when officials announced that [...]

by Emily Goldblum A New Way to Connect on FB: Use Facebook to its full capacity and venture to the Groups at CUNY City page. You can find it on the bottom left hand side of your newsfeed under ‘Groups’ and create or join groups that you find discussion-worthy. Or click here. Twister! We’re not in Kansas, [...]

How the campaign became an internet sensation by Mai Sabour. Before a few weeks ago, Walla Hassan had never heard about Joseph Kony, the violent Ugandan war lord. Like 100 of millions of others around the world, she learned about Kony via social media. “I heard about [him] by Facebook,” says 21-year-old Hassan. Like so [...]

One student sounds off about Facebook’s latest changes By Donika Rexhepi   Why does Facebook feel the need to automatically do everything for us? Yes, some people are lazy. But that doesn’t give Facebook permission to stick their nose in everywhere. The latest changes on Facebook consist of a Timeline that goes beyond the necessary. [...]

Many do not “like” the changes by Siddiq Mohammed. Over the last few months Facebook developers have added many new changes and features to the already popular social media site. Some include, a phone number list, subscription button, a real-time news feeds, and a better group feature. But are Facebook users happy with these changes? [...]

Can our homegrown site beat out Facebook and Blackboard on campus? By Denai Brown Have you heard of the social networking website Inyourclass.com? You should. It was started in 2009 by four friends at CCNY and currently has 4,500 members. “It was created so that students can actually do work,” says Arber Ruci, one of [...]

Can Google+ Break Facebookʼs Dominance Among Students? By Martha Escobar. Social media has become highly addictive among students. In a recent study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 86 percent of college students used a social networking site, mainly Facebook, compared to 60 percent of the general population. For many, Facebook has evolved [...]