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Snow Causes Insanity

By Mairead McKeron

February 5, 2010 was the first day that Loyola University Maryland reacted to the “expected” inclement weather. After hearing reports that classes would end at noon on the 5th, I was understandably excited, but mostly embarrassed by Maryland’s fear of what I thought would be a few flakes that would melt in a couple of hours. Little did I know, those few snowflakes would actually amount to over two feet of snow. The initial news of canceled classes instilled a sense of childish happiness in the students of Loyola. However, this happiness soon turned into boredom, which, in many cases, led to slight insanity.

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The Internet Takes Over

By Mairead McKeron

Clay Shirky discusses the “revolution”of the Internet in her article, “Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable.” The tone ofthe article strongly suggests that Shirky is against the advancement of the Internet because of the negative effect it has on newspapers. Shirky argues that the Internet is an unreliable source of news. While it is ameans for people to obtain a lot of information, this does not mean that the information being gathered is accurate.

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