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Tweet! Tweet!—Twitter on the Hill

I created a Twitter account for Contrast Lit Mag this year.

Twitter has been around for what seems like FOREVER now, and chances are, you have a Twitter of your own. (But if you don’t have a Twitter, there’s nothing wrong with that.)

When I first came to McDaniel, I was surprised by […]

Studying “new media” through New Media Writing

One of the classes I’m taking this semester is called New Media Writing, a fun 3000-level class offered by McDaniel’s English department. I took this class, in part because it would fulfill the last requirement I needed to fulfill for my writing minor, but also because I’m pretty darn interested in new media and writing […]

McDaniel does social media

When you become a member of the McDaniel community, you’ll quickly learn that McDaniel College has a much bigger presence on social media than you might think. McDaniel has dozens of Facebook pages and Twitters associated with its various departments and organizations.

Here are some of the most interesting:

1. McDaniel College / @McDaniel College

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The Power of Stories

It’s midterms week! Despite all the work, writing, studying, stress, and yes, procrastination, I made time tonight to go see the Holloway Lecture, an annual lecture sponsored by the McDaniel English Department. (A generous offering of extra credit from one of my professors also coaxed me out of my room this evening.)

This year’s speaker […]

New Media Writing

Before this semester, I was a little hesitant to invest my time in forms of social media like Twitter and Tumblr, mostly because I saw them as a distraction. That said, I was a little wary of my New Media Writing class when I read the syllabus and realized that our first major project required […]