COMMENTARY: Students experience Google’s modular phone conference during winter break
Over winter break, my colleague and roommate Joseph LaCava, and I had the opportunity to attend Google’s DevCon2, which is Google’s second developer conference for Project Ara.
COMMENTARY: PC for gaming enjoyment versus using consoles
Video games have never been better and more varied.
COMMENTARY: The grass isn’t always greener
A teacher asked her class what they didn’t like about UVa-Wise, why they would change it and how they would change this perceived problem. This task was easy for the class, who within 10 minutes had an exhaustive list of gripes. Needless to say, a whole class period was filled in.
UVa-Wise Greek organizations strive to maintain positive image
Greek life on some college campuses has been at the center of much controversy since a Rolling Stone article last year that told the story of a young woman from the University of Virginia who allegedly reported that she had been sexually assaulted during a fraternity event.
UVa-Wise hosts Kaged Combat competition
To the delight of fans and the ire of the losing competitor, not one fight at Caged Kombat, held Saturday at the David J. Prior Convocation Center, was left to the judges. These fighters finished the job they set out to do, with many fights not making it through the first round. With a card [...]
International faces teaching at UVa-Wise
UVa-Wise offers many courses and programs that employ a wide variety of faculty from all over the country. The international faculty often share stories with students about their travels, their time here at UVa-Wise and differences between their country of origin and Southwest Virginia.
Commentary: Inbox not all that
Inbox has been touted by Google as the holy grail of email clients, the best to ever grace your wonderful smartphone, but in reality what you get is an app that suffers from identity crisis like the Quesarito from Taco Bell.
How are UVa-Wise students spending their winter break?
We asked students about their plans for break, here’s what they said:
Looking for a free meal?
A local church is reaching out to make a difference in the community this Thanksgiving.
Commentary: Yik Yak, controversial but popular
Social media has been on the rise the past few years with new apps like Instagram and Snapchat finding constant, mainstream success.
Final preparations underway on campus
Finals are quickly approaching here at UVa-Wise. In order to help everyone prepare for winter finals, I spoke with a few upperclassmen on how they prepare. Here’s what they said:
Commentary: Voter apathy hits midterm elections
Voter turnout for any midterm election is predictably abysmal due to a number of factors, ranging from voter alienation to weak enthusiasm towards the election overall. Millennials and young adults are not exempt from this reality either; of all the votes cast in the midterm.
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