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What's a MOOC? By Alley Rehner • East Staff Writer Is Social Networking Distracting Students in the TLC? By Robby Fenbers East Contributing Writer Couresty of http://cbs1037litefm.files.wordpress.com Many mass shootings have occurred with in the past year. e most notorious was Colombine in 1998 where twelve students were killed. Recently, Sandy Hook an elementary school had 25 students killed. ose students were children between the ages of six through eight. In the news, a large debate regarding guns has taken a rise. Some believe guns should be banned completely. Others, such as hunters, think otherwise. Among college students, trying to carry a concealed weapon has become the hot topic. In Ohio, students are not allowed to carry weapons on campus even if a permit is visible. Tri-C’s policy regarding guns on campus is: “No person shall knowingly possess, have under the person’s control, convey, or attempt to convey a deadly weapon or dangerous ordinance onto Tri-C’s premises”. “Apart of me feels uncomfortable.” says Tri-C student Diamond Rembert in a brief interview. Rembert like many other students would not feel safe knowing students or faculty are armed on campus. “I feel like going to school is a risk too. I would feel more protected if I have a gun too.” ere are organizations geared for both sides of this debate. Guns Off Campus is an organization that is not for having weapons on campus. According to the organizations official website the organization is: urging colleges and universities across the country to band together to oppose the gun lobby’s agenda to push guns into college campuses by signing onto a resolution that opposes legislation that would mandate that colleges and universities allow students to carry concealed handguns on campus.” “Honestly, I believe guns are a fad with inner city students” said Felicia Rose, Continued on Page 4 For once, playing your video games will actually help you in school. ere is now a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that helps improve the math skills of students or those waiting to take the placement math test by helping them learn in a game-like setting. e MOOC was designed and developed through a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help the teaching of developmental educa- tion in math. It was designed to serve a large number of students seeking help in bringing their math skills to a college- ready level, or to help students improve their math placement scores by prepar- ing students prior to taking the test. e MOOC’s main goals are to help bring fun to math, lessen students’ time doing re- medial coursework in a lower level math class and save them money. is MOOC might just be the key to bringing fun to math courses and the Continued on Page 5 e TLC at Tri-c offers students many computers to engage their learning. Whether they use them properly is up to them. Students are able to do virtually any assignment with these state of the art computers. e TLC also offers over a dozen MAC OSX computers for students working on audio and visual projects. Continued on Page 6 “I feel like going to school is a risk too. I would feel more protected if I have a gun too.” Another Shot at Carrying Concealed Weapons By Portia Booker • Metro Editor-In-Chief Couresty of sxc.hu THE VOICE S TUDENT P UBLICATION OF C UYAHOGA C OMMUNITY C OLLEGE ISSUE NO. 8, VOL. XV * * ESTABLISHED 1963 * * MARCH 25, 2013 CCCVOICE.COM TWITTER.COM/TRICVOICE FACEBOOK.COM/TRICVOICE Photo by Steve omas RTA: SPENDING OF $2.5 MILLION ON ITS SECURITY SYSTEM On Page 6

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What's a MOOC? By Alley Rehner • East Staff Writer

Is Social Networking Distracting Students in the TLC?By Robby Fenbers East Contributing Writer

Couresty of http://cbs1037litefm.files.wordpress.com

Many mass shootings have occurred with in the past year. The most notorious was Colombine in 1998 where twelve students were killed. Recently, Sandy Hook an elementary school had 25 students killed. Those students were children between the ages of six through eight.

In the news, a large debate regarding guns has taken a rise. Some believe guns should be banned completely. Others, such as hunters, think otherwise. Among college students, trying to carry a concealed weapon has become the hot topic. In Ohio, students are not allowed to carry weapons on campus even if a

permit is visible.Tri-C’s policy regarding guns on

campus is: “No person shall knowingly possess, have under the person’s control, convey, or attempt to convey a deadly weapon or dangerous ordinance onto Tri-C’s premises”.

“Apart of me feels uncomfortable.” says Tri-C student Diamond Rembert in a brief interview. Rembert like many other students would not feel safe knowing students or faculty are armed on campus. “I feel like going to school is a risk too. I would feel more protected if I have a gun too.”

There are organizations geared

for both sides of this debate. Guns Off Campus is an organization that is not for having weapons on campus. According to the organizations official website the organization is: “urging colleges and universities across the country to band together to oppose the gun lobby’s agenda to push guns into college campuses by signing onto a resolution that opposes legislation that would mandate that colleges and universities allow students to carry concealed handguns on campus.”

“Honestly, I believe guns are a fad with inner city students” said Felicia Rose, Continued on Page 4

For once, playing your video games will actually help you in school. There is now a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that helps improve the math skills of students or those waiting to take the placement math test by helping them learn in a game-like setting.

The MOOC was designed and developed through a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help the teaching of developmental educa-tion in math. It was designed to serve a

large number of students seeking help in bringing their math skills to a college-ready level, or to help students improve their math placement scores by prepar-ing students prior to taking the test. The MOOC’s main goals are to help bring fun to math, lessen students’ time doing re-medial coursework in a lower level math class and save them money.

This MOOC might just be the key to bringing fun to math courses and the Continued on Page 5

The TLC at Tri-c offers students many computers to engage their learning. Whether they use them properly is up to them. Students are able to do virtually any assignment with these state of the art computers. The TLC also offers over a dozen MAC OSX computers for students working on audio and visual projects. Continued on Page 6

“I feel like going to school is a risk too. I would feel more protected if I have a gun too.”

Another Shot at Carrying Concealed Weapons

By Portia Booker • Metro Editor-In-Chief

Couresty of sxc.hu

THE VOICESTUDENT PUBLICATION OF CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ISSUE NO. 8, VOL. XV * * ESTABLISHED 1963 * * MARCH 25, 2013

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Photo by Steve Thomas

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New Program Manager for Plant Science and Landscape TechnologyBy Raquel Wilbon • East Staff Writer

Beautiful Creatures: Movie ReviewBy Alan Stubbs • East Contributing Writer

Cuyahoga Community College has a new program manager for Plant Science and Landscape Technology, Gregory Malone. He came in on March 4, 2013, with great plans for the program. “We want to expand the program for some for some of the newer green building technologies and sustained building initiatives, including storm water management and urban agriculture,” said Malone. “These types of initiatives are important in the world.”

Malone graduated with an associate degree in horticulture from Ohio State University ATI and a bachelor’s degree in business from Devry University.

Plant Science and Landscape Technology has been implemented to prepare students in the green industry to be professional landscapers, garden center owners� or workers that care for the gardens. “We hope to train the students in those areas to prepare them for

new initiatives and how to address them,” said Malone. “I will meet with the Tri-C leadership to get resources to implement this plan.”

Students interested in this program can reach Gregory Malone in the East Education Center Annex Rm. 222. His office phone number is 216-987-2235. They can also reach Jim Funai, lead faculty, at 216-987-2035. The Plant Science and Technology page is available for viewing on the Tri-C website.

Beautiful Creatures is a fantasy love story that takes place in a closed-minded southern town, where church is the center of the community. It is based off of the book Beautiful Creatures, written by Kami

Garcia and Margaret Stohl, the first book in a series of four. The story is told pri-marily from the point of Ethan, portrayed by Alden Ehrenreich, who is a formerly popular person now on the fringes of

the clique. He meets a new girl in town named Lena, portrayed by Alice Englert, who mainly keeps to herself. Together they unravel the dark secrets of their families and the town they live in. The

movie is written and directed by Richard LaGravenese. This film is recommended for people seeking an average love story or a good story based in a world of magic. I would rate this movie 3 out of 5.

Tri-C Facebook App By Alexis Wohler • West Contributing Writer

Many people use the social network Face-book on a daily basis. Connecting with family and friends is very popular amongst using Facebook, whether they are in the same town or all over the world. Facebook has quickly become the leading social networking site, followed up by Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn and Tumblr. Many people know about Face-book, but what people at Tri-C may not know about it is that Tri-C has their own App that works with Facebook called Tri-C Life.

Tri-C launched Tri-C Life in August of 2011. Continued on Page 6

"The hopes are that Tri-C Life App will help keep students stay involved in school, and establish virtual communities for the students."

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STUDENT OPINION

A Disrespectful RepresentationBy Erin Fischer • West Staff Writer

Letter From the Editor: Safe ZoneBy Sara Liptak • West Editor-In-Chief

Cuyahoga County is a very diverse community, and seeing that our college, Tri-C, is located in this County on numerous campuses in numerous locations, leaves Tri-C to be a very diverse community as well. Tri-C has mapped out a plan to make this college safer and have people come together in means of ending the system of oppression.

Some of the LGBT students on our campuses are involved in Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs), and some of the facts an statistics about these students nation wide are horren-dous. Change does not come easy in this scenario of moving forward to acceptance with diversity and under-standing diversity as a whole for most people, especially college students.

To have a college with a GSA program is very important, especially for Tri-C, because some have reported hearing fewer homophobic remarks from others, experiences less harass-ment because o their sexual orienta-tion and/or gender expression and were less likely to miss school because of safety concerns.

So, Tri-C has made our campus a Safe Zone. You may have noticed the colorful stickers located on the win-dows of teachers’ and professors’ office doors, well, those are Safe Zone Ally Members and they respect confidenti-ality. Having the visible stickers outside their offices leads and allows individu-als to come to them for support with-out judgment and also acknowledges that person as a student individual, not

as a homophobe or whatever else one may be. However, one must realize that an effective Safe Zone Ally Member at Tri-C does not have all the answers or try to fix problems; they are there for moral support for the individual seek-ing a safe place to go.

Tri-C has many programs as-sociated with safety on campus, and student rights to himself or herself. Lauren Skapes, who is a Student Am-bassador at the Brunswick University Campus of Tri-C and who is also a Public Affairs Intern at Planned Par-enthood of Greater Ohio has founded a new group called P.E.E.P (People for Empowerment, Education, and Potential). Lauren wishes this group became something that students want to be involved in and help those who deserve to be accepted just for who they are. At a safe sex panel held at the Western Campus in the Northern Galleria on February 27th, Lauren had a table handing out brochures for the new group and 21 students signed the sign-up sheet to be involved in the P.E.E.P group.

Wish to join the P.E.E.P group at Tri-C? Contact Lauren Skapes at [email protected], and she can send you over a brochure about the group as a whole. Interested to know which faculty and staff members are noted Safe Zone Ally approved? Just walk into the Counseling Office at any campus, they can give you a list. The Safe Zone program at Tri-C is very important to many students, don’t ever feel ashamed to be who you truly are.

treasurer of Student Government. Students for Concealed Carry is

the opposing organization. Made of up 43,000 members across the United States, SFCC is a nationally known student run organization “which advocates for legal concealed carry on college campuses in the United States as an effective means of self-defense.”

“People are afraid by everything in the news they feel like a gun is a form of protection but unfortunately you have to be willing to use it” replied Rose to the question why students want to carry concealed weapons.

Would armed faculty or students do the college justice having a concealed weapon? According to WKYC, 94% of college professors in five states including Ohio want to keep a gun ban in place.

Chief Clayton Harris, Vice President of Campus Police and Security Services said the college follows state laws regarding firearms on campus. “All research shows that the carrying of guns does not have an impact on reducing crime and that the crime rate on college campuses is lower than the crime rate for off-campus locations or off-campus student housing.”�

Larry Remar, who is a Tri-C Contrib-uting Writer for The Voice at the Metro Campus, responded and expanded upon an article which was written in a previ-ous issue back on November 5, 2012. The response article which he wrote in issue 7, discussed how the Chief Wahoo logo and mascot for the Cleveland Indians was rac-ist and “misrepresented American Indian people.” His article was both on-point and well-thought out, I thought, since I was the one who wrote the article titled, Being Othered: My Experience in Race Relations.

The original post that Larry responded to was inspired by my reflection on race relations, which came about due to the Race and Ethnic Relations class which I was en-rolled in at the time. at Tri-C. This class was very informative, educational and relevant to American society today. There was a class discussion about the Chief Wahoo logo, its origins, and whether or not it should be eradicated. Shocked, that I didn’t even notice something like this happening in my own city and also being an avid activist and social

justice advocate, I felt such anger and rage towards this symbol. Personally, it seemed obviously racist and stereotypical, leading for it to have no place for that as their mas-cot, or a mascot in general.

One of the exercises that our professor led during the discussion in the relations course was to show students pictures of different mascots (that were both made up, as well as archived), that were of various ethnicities depicted in a racist way. It was interesting because while everyone seemed to have a problem with a team like the Wetback or the Negro’s, there weren’t many objections with Chief Wahoo.

There have been many protests around the Chief Wahoo logo. Depicting an entire culture with an offensive stereotypical mas-cot is very disrespectful to Native Ameri-cans. We have already disrespected them to such an astronomical degree over the past few hundred year, that it’s about time that we stop. I think by removing the Chief Wa-hoo as the mascot of the Cleveland Indians would be a step in the right direction.

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The Silent Career Killer?By Jeremy Hopkins • West Staff Writer

A non-disclosure agreement is known by other names. These include confiden-tiality agreements, secrecy agreements, and proprietary information agreements. In most cases, someone will sign one of these agreements with a company once that individual starts working. This is an agreement that covers the originator in case of information leakage.

What most people do not realize is that these cover virtually all topics. While most people rarely run into issues with their employers, these agreements can come back to hurt someone from a care-less moment. These agreements usually cover proprietary information, such as a secret recipe. They also cover less tangible items, like the formulae that a company might use to weigh the risks of doing a particular task. In general terms, an agreement of this nature tells an employee that as long as they work for this particular company, and often after, any informa-tion they might have access to remains the property of that company.

These agreements usually specify what will happen if the employee breaks the agree-ment. Typically, the obvious thing is that the employee can lose wages. Most often, these

losses come in the form of being terminated. Occasionally, though, the company is al-lowed to seek compensation from the former employee for violating this agreement.

Why does this matter to college students, you ask? Well, the simple fact is that most people hardly notice these agreements anymore. My observations of the average college student have indicated a high occurrence of social media interac-tion. Someone might vent about a frus-trating moment online, or post a photo of a wild party, or comment on another person’s clothing, style, or possessions. In less than 140 characters, it is possible to not only hurt immediate financial gain, but long term gains as well.

Consider the photo from a KFC em-ployee licking the mashed potatoes. The immediate response from the company was to fire that employee. Not only was it a violation of health protocols, it was also a violation of the company’s confidentiality agreements, where proprietary informa-tion was released in a manner not ap-proved by corporate policy.

Another instance was that photo of the receipt questioning the mandatory tip for a party over a particular size. This

photo also resulted in the server being fired, again over a violation of the com-pany’s social media policies and another non-disclosure agreement. This time, a customer’s personal information was visible, which had immediate negative im-pacts on the customer, as well as the chain.

I am not saying to become an internet hermit and disappear from social media. Just be careful of what you say, because it might come back to bite you when you least expect. Not all confidentiality agree-ments are with employers. You have one with your email provider, and even the in-stitution you use to conduct pay for things. And while this might be an outlet of edu-cation we attend, some lessons should not be learned through personal experience. Let’s not keep this just between us.

new generation of teaching and learn-ing. Students will be taken on a game-like adventure, learning math while conquering angry monkeys, squeezing snakes, and avoiding hungry piranhas as they work through the course levels. In order to pass each level, students must score 80% or higher. There are no penalties for number of attempts, so failure is not a concern or an option.

The best part is, it’s completely free. The course is offered four times during the spring semester at four weeks a ses-sion. The first session goes from March 4th to March 30th, the second from April 2nd to April 27th, the third from May 6th to June 1st and the fourth from June 3rdto June 29th. Registration for the course is available at tric.coursesites.com.

Cuyahoga Community College is always searching for new ways to help its students achieve academic greatness by continuing to evolve. From finding new ways of improving online learn-ing and remaining true to its mission, the college utilizes new and effective, technology-enabled methods of teach-ing and learning by focusing on student success, increasing learning productiv-ity and improving degree completion.

"In less than 140 characters, it is possible to not only hurt immediate financial gain, but long term gains as well."

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RTA: Spending of $2.5 Million on its Security SystemBy Kiah Edwards • Metro Staff Writer

As a student, do you depend on public trans-portation? Are you concerned for your safety? Well, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority has done something about it. As of February 19, 2013, a board meeting was held and its proposal to spend $2.5 million for the installation of security cameras on a number of buses and trains has been approved.

“I feel that the installment of the new secu-rity cameras and protective shields are pointless because most passengers fail to pay any attention

to the cameras. In today’s society, a passenger that decides to pursue in belligerent activity, he or she will do so with no regards to who is watching.” said Erica Johnson, a regular bus rider and Cuyahoga Community College student

As citizens of Cleveland, RTA wants to ensure that the operators and customers are fully protected and safe during its operation hours.

Where does the RTA plan to get $2.5 million? According to the committee meeting held on February 5th, RTA plans to use funds from its own budget plan, meaning that it will not cause any fare increases.

The investment of $2.5 million includes three phases. Phase one includes, DVR upgrades for 56 buses and 40 heavy rail cars. Phase two includes $2 million for the total camera installation system on 230 existing buses. Phase three includes, $500,000 for total camera systems on 90 newer buses to be ordered.

As of August 2013, the installments of a total of 320 upgrades are scheduled for action.

“I really hope that it is for the best. It is extremely unsafe to the bus at night because danger may occur at any time,” added Tyra Simpson, who is also a stu-dent at Cuyahoga Community College.

For the riders who are tech savy, RTA has designed an app called iWatch RTA, for your mobile phone. If you feel unsafe, iWatch RTA allows you to communicate� with law enforcement if a crime has occurred. This app can effectively boost com-munity awareness and deter any suspicious acts in an instant! So, feel free to spread the word and share with your friends.

Since then, the usage of the App at Tri-C has gone up to over 5,700 users across the College. Sandy Moses is the main person behind the grant for the Tri-C Life App. Any student at any campus can connect and share with any other student at Tri-C. They can ask questions about their education opportunities at Tri-C, which other students on the App help to answer. Tri-C Life is a social virtual community for students. Students benefit through connecting with each other, getting help with their studies, as well as support with financial aid ques-tions and even selling textbooks. The idea was to create a virtual community for students to connect and relate to each other. The goal was to help the students stay in school and continue their education. Downloading the App has personal perks. Once on the App, you will see spots where you can ask questions and find out who else is going on the App in your student community.

In an interview with grand prize $300 Battle of the Bands Winner, Ben Williams who was selected by having the most ‘likes’ by fellow students, he was asked what his experience in Battle of the Bands on the Tri-C Life App? Ben said his experience with the App was fun and it was user friendly. When asked how the contest helped his music career, Ben said the prize money helped, and the content helped market our ideas to other students at the college.

Ben also said “a few other students really liked our music. It also helped increase traffic to our Band Facebook page as well as helped us realize how to reach people better with music.” When asked if he would participate in a similar event on the App, he said, “Yeah I’d do that. It’s something that I’m interested and involved in.” When asked is Tri-C Life valuable to you, he answered “I hadn’t used it much before the Battle of the Bands, but I liked how you can connect with people on the app and get the chance to share our music virtually, as well as live. It was good to be able to use the App for those purposes and reach out to new people.”

The hopes are that Tri-C Life App will help keep students stay involved in school, and es-tablish virtual communities for the students to connect to one another. Another goal is to keep students involved in their classes and to stay in their classes, as well as making friends and engag-ing with other students. The adoption of the App has now become viral, with 60-70 students joining every week! The App has made very good prog-ress in the past year and a half. Join, it’s absolutely free and you have nothing to lose! You can join by visiting this site www.tri-c.edu/faceook, if you have a current Facebook account.

Tri-C Life Battle of the Bands winner Ben Williams and his band Day Method.

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We Have a Radio Station? By Lauren Mangan • Metro Staff Writer

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Photo by Portia BookerYes, the Tri-C radio station is somewhat of a hidden gem.

Available for streaming online 24/7, the station is broadcasted from the Recording Arts and Technologies building on the Metro campus. It is here that Jim Metzendorf teaches a radio broadcasting class to students. Dominated by music, the station features live talk shows hosted by both professors and students. If you tend to stray more into the alternative genres, Head Space is just for you. Host Cory Sluzewski, a Tri-C student, plays experimental, progressive rock every Friday evening at 10pm. Metzendorf commented, “This show is unique because of the random musings the host shares with the audience.”

Monday mornings at 10:30am students Dave Moore and Steven Johnson host a live talk show called Character Crunch. Already having aired more than twenty episodes, Moore and Johnson have dissected many favorites from movies, comics, and sci-fi series. Even video game charac-ters such as Spyro, Sonic, and Crash Bandicoot have been discussed. Recently, the pair devoted an episode to the BBC series Doctor Who. In reference to his enthusiasm for the show, Johnson called himself a “Who-oligan”. Laughing, he joked, “I’m going to put that on my resume.”

Not all students who host shows on the station are enrolled in the RAT program, or even going into a similar field. However, Metzendorf does request taking the semester course in internet broadcasting. He encourages anyone interested to contact him or sign up for the class, saying the station is always looking for more people to participate regardless of your major.

As for future plans, the radio station is constantly developing and has several opportunities ahead. In February, the first basketball game was covered live. This was the first sporting event to be aired on a radio station at Tri-C. The station is excited to delve into live music coverage, as well. Ultimately, the goal is to be able to offer Tri-C a station.

How many people remember The Legend of Zelda? Does the name ring a bell? Does an image of a boy in a green outfit with a fairy following him around sprout in your head? How about a song that went along with the television com-mercial to advertise the game?

Lindsey Stirling, a professional American violist is the creator of the songs for the video game. Stirling, 26, recently released her first self-titled album. She played at the House of Blues on March 18 with another group called The Vibrant Sound. Together the two dominated and kept the crowd entertained.

Stirling made the crowd scream with her choreographic dance moves. Each motion,

Stirling continued to strum the violin. Besides her choreographic motion, Stirling would oc-casionally wow the crowd more with a taste of her rhythmic vocals. She played her top songs from her self titled album: Transcendence, Zi-Zi’s Journey and Elements.

In-between songs, Stirling made a strong point to the audience about values. She ventured to Kenya and was able to play the violin for the unfamiliar. “After going there, it made me re-evaluate my own life and think about what brings me value and hope.” She played a cover of Rihanna’s song titled, “We Found Love”. Stirling altered the lyrics to “We found love in a whole new place”.

The crowd moved the most as

Stirling performed covers for Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal and Evanescence My Immortal. Jumping, singing and various shouts from the audience brought more excitement to the performance. She had a drummer and keyboardist who gave the crowd a taste of dance beats and dub step sounds.

During the performance, the background on the stage changed colors. Depending on the tempo of the song, the background would be slow and steady but would jump and change. The beginning of Stirling’s performance glowed with purple lights streaming from the ceiling reflecting from the instruments. The final song Transcendence ended with Stirling

dancing as machines created white flakes falling over the energetic violinist.

Stirling will continue to be on tour. She has quite a few videos posted on YouTube for her wonderful music.

“After going there, it made me re-evaluate my own life and think about what brings me value and hope.” — Lindsey Stirling, Professional American Violist

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The MAC’s offer a quite visually stunning alternative to the hundreds of Windows XP computers available.

But for all the learning that the TLC has to off offer there is also a distraction. Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are always available and can sometimes distract students from their work. The setup is simple, a student has homework due at 6 30pm. The student goes into the TLC at 2pm thinking he has given himself enough time. But when he takes a break to check his Facebook, he gets hooked on notifications and gossip with close friends before he knows it his deadline is an hour away and he is

scrambling to get his paper done. Sound familiar? Many students at Tri-c confess to the temptation and even sometimes the addiction of social networking. I surveyed a dozen students in the TLC, asking questions like, do you think that social networking distracts students in the TLC? Every single student said yes. Though it is a distraction, the majority of students agreed banning it is not the answer. It would be an outrage, “constant working, you got to take a break every now and then” says Ryan, who has been a student at Tri-c for 2 years. When asked what website he visits most at the Tri-c? He said a website called Xda.com, which

is an android development website. Ryan said that the website is half work and half play, due to the fact that it coincides with his major. Many students responded with Blackboard, which is the school’s go to educational website and contains everything from assignments to grades.

Israel Caraballo the director of the TLC AT Tri-c has a whole different take on the subject. “Surprisingly enough I don’t think it’s that big of a distraction”, says Caraballo. He expected it to be more prevalent. According to Caraballo social networking has never been brought up in any meetings that he has been involved in. Siding with students, Caraballo is also against banning

social networking sites at the TLC. He says his staff is more concerned with groups of students being loud or gathered around a computer watching videos or sporting events, while other students are trying to focus and study.

 Next time you’re at the TLC take a look around. How many screens are blue and white with a newsfeed? How many screens have a little blue bird at the top of the screen? Whether you agree with the countless amounts of students or Israel Caraballo, one thing is for sure, social networking is here to stay and continues to try and distract hardworking students at Tri-c.      

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