By Laura Lopez
MySpace, one the most popular Web sites on the Internet, has a cool new group for everyone to meet — the Marines.
The social network known as “a place for friends” is now home to the U.S. Marine Corps recruitment program. The Marines’ profile, established in April 2006, provides prospective recruits — or anyone looking for a new friend — with information about the branch. It currently has 20,417 friends. (more…)
By Katie Bennett
Whether it was through an elementary school fundraiser, a friend, or just from passing by a collection bin, almost everyone knows about soda tab collections. Said to be exchangeable for kidney dialysis, cancer treatments, or a wheelchair; soda tabs are collected by students, children and adults around the world in attempt to recycle philanthropically.
But are the claims really true? (more…)
By Chloe Gallo
You check a friend’s blog entry on Facebook to find out where a party will be that night. Then you start an Instant Messenger conversation with your internet-savvy mother about your dog. At the same time, your best friend in Iowa IMs you, and you start chatting with him as well. As you are chatting, you are also postering for a concert by tacking the e-flier on various friends’ MySpace profiles, all while you are uploading photos onto your “College is Great” album on Webshots.com. You are officially a college student. (more…)
