Michelle Carpenter

Marist Takes Journalism in a New Direction

By Michelle Carpenter on April 21, 2010

As technology continues to advance, shouldn’t the media classes that students are taking advance as well? Marist College answered this question with the approval of a new curriculum for the Journalism major offered for undergraduate students. The current Journalism curriculum will be drastically changed in order to keep students up-to-date with [...]

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Video Game Improving Quality of Life

By Michelle Carpenter on April 7, 2010

For years people of all ages have been chided to stop playing so many video games, however, now gaming might be just what the doctor prescribes. Physical therapists and personal trainers across the nation are now turning to a video game to help the rehabilitation process for their patients young and old.
The [...]

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Cities Compete for Faster Internet Access

By Michelle Carpenter on March 24, 2010

What would you do for better Internet connection? Bill Bunten, the mayor of Topeka, Kansas, would rename the city Google for the entire month of March. The mayor of Sarasota, Florida would submerge himself in a tank full of Bonnethead Sharks. Across the nation cities are competing for the attention of Google and [...]

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When Vaccines are not enough: The Mumps Outbreak

By Michelle Carpenter on March 3, 2010

How would you feel if your seat belt suddenly stopped working? What if it wasn’t guaranteed that your food wasn’t poisonous? When the things we trust are not completely effective, what is there to be done? This is the problem that the Center for Disease Control is now facing with the current Mumps outbreak throughout [...]

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Breaking Down Privacy One Click at a Time

By Michelle Carpenter on February 17, 2010

The Olympics began this past week with a dark shadow looming overhead. This was the result of the unexpected death of luge athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili during a training run before the competitions even began. This accident hit the news shortly after it occurred, and it hit YouTube even faster.
In today’s world [...]