Month: December 2014

No money, mo problems

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As most students know, Humber North has provides great student services, and cater to large amounts of stress its students pile up. In particular, with great help from the Linx lounge and bar.

Now, faculty has made it a bit harder to enjoy the luxury of a place to unwind, have a beer, and play some pool. At a place that only accepts cash for alcohol, the school has removed the closest atm machine from the proximity of Linx.

“It’s really annoying. Not having one in the lounge is annoying enough. People always take my spot when i get up and go get money, and now, no atm. I hate it,” says frustrated second year Message Therapy student Jocelyn Qwong.

At this point there has yet to be an official release from the HSF or the school itself, but students and bar patrons alike are hoping for some kind of resolution.

“It hasn’t effected business so far, but i know there’s a lot of angry customers, and me personally feel bad telling them i have no idea why they can’t get money from around the corner anymore,” says part time tender at the Linx bar, Tyler White.

The good news is that according to some flyers floating around the school, Linx will be working with HSF to help fund-raise money for debit/credit card machines.

“It definitely would make things easier when there are tabs to be paid, and people won’t even have to get up and leave to get more money. It’s easier on us too, less math,” jokes White.

For more information on the current situation with the Linx lounge and the atm machine movement, please visit the HSF office or website .

 

A timeline outlining “The Ferguson Decision” over social media

Posted on by gregchow28

A social media guide through the eyes, of many around the world, including celebrities, politics, and the general public. “The Decision” was delivered by word of the supreme courts, but opinions relayed by the fingers of many, Tweets, videos, statuses, and even outraged actions.

Check out my post on Storify here.

 

Social media sucking our youths in

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The false belief that young people can make a quick buck being “insta-famous” or a daily “Youtuber,” is full of complications.

Young, and popular celebrities like Miley Cyrus, Kylie Jenner, Justin Bieber, and more influence the younger generations a great deal. They do this simply by posting pictures, and videos on their Instagram or Youtube account, and are immediately broadcast to their millions of subscribers and/or followers.

The posts vary, from pictures regarding fashion, to some with minimal clothing, or even poising using obscene gestures.

 

“The kids see the amount of followers these celebrities get, and how much money they make, and they just put 2 and 2 together. They’re really just in it for the attention,” says Salma Balic, a concerned mother of two 14 year olds.

 

Being social media famous also affects younger kids as they see it as an easy way to make money.  According to Videopower.com, it’s not about how many viewers or followers you have, but “how much engagement does it take?”

 

Some believe that anyone can do this, and are influenced enough to do anything to get to that point. Most of the youth don’t understand the concept of how to make money on Youtube or Instagram.

“They’ll post just about anything, they believe the more constant they post, and more things they post about, the more money they’ll get, ”jokes Balic.

Here is an example from Videopower.com illustrating an example of how REAL money might be made throughout the social media universe.

It's more or less about using ads to bring in the figures on social media.

It’s more or less about using ads to bring in the figures on social media.

Jeanie Westhaul, a 17 year old student has close to 2000 followers on Instagram, and over 100 subscribers on Youtube, and still hasn’t seen a penny.

“I had no idea you had to get all these ads and sponsors to make money, i thought you just get paid for being popular.”

It is very clear that there needs to be some serious education about social media in our public schools. Not only that, but the reinforcement of a stable career path.

Maybe there could be a career path or school program built around this field. After all, technology is always finding new ways to do more things – and do them easier. Why not money? It still doesn’t change that the young people that are getting paid on these networks, are usually celebrities getting paid by a company to use their products commercial in their video or post.