Elite Series
Have you been facebooked?
Margurette Awad / Reporter
Facebook…Facebook…FACEBOOK…Facebook…FACEBOOK…
Facebook! It is literally everywhere and it has taken the
Elon community by storm. Hotter than popped collars and pink
Polos, Elon’s trend-setting students have given life to
the social network created by Mark Zukerberg, an
undergraduate at Harvard.
Started in February 2004 as a simple project, thefacebook.com
has soared to new heights as it now enrolls more than 200
universities across the nation.
Starting at Harvard, Facebook has expanded to universities
such as Yale, Brown, Pepperdine and now Elon.
Recently opened to our campus, the Facebook has set in place
a new trend with unknown potential. With capabilities of
messaging such as groups, posts and poking, the Facebook is
now on the tip of everyone’s tongue and continues to
spread faster than the flu during cold season.
Completely independent of Elon’s administration, the
Facebook is a voluntary site that creates a network among
schools and their students. Elon University has not released
any information regarding individual students; Facebook is
essentially a student-run site where students voluntarily
link themselves to other students via courses, friends,
interests, groups and even other universities that use the
online network.
It is one of the easiest ways to learn about others, but with
a school as small as Elon, it is my prediction that the
entire university will soon be linked.
Some of the most widely used features include an advanced
high school and global search. Not only can you search
Elon’s community for specific individuals, but you can
also track down old high school friends and acquaintances.
Find out where those friends are who you lost contact with
and create a line of communication. It’s certainly
easier than waiting for a class reunion!
Even though Facebook is currently spoken of in a positive
light, be wary of placing extremely personal information on
the web (i.e. cell phone number, home address). It is never a
wise idea to post complete contact information.
Even though Elon students are the only ones who can gain
complete access within this university network, no site is
fool-proof. Make conscious decisions about the information
you include, and if needed, set the privacy options provided
by the creators.
Here’s the web address: http://www.thefacebook.com Poke
your friends. Create your own social network. Get to know
that boy or girl right down the hall. So what are you waiting
for? Have you been Facebooked?
You can use the Facebook to:
-Search for people at your school
-Find out who is in your classes
-Look up your friends' friends
-See a visualization of your social network
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