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6 Awesome Back-To-School Apps to Rock Your Semester

The start of a new school year is an exciting, yet busy time for students across the country. As many gear up for another semester full of homework, projects, tests and assigned readings, technology has never been more useful to the enterprising student looking to organize their day-to-day studies and heavy course loads with the help of their […]

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Best Photo Editing Apps for Your Summer Snaps

It’s August, which means that we are deep into the summer season with long warm days filled with golden light. It also means vacations and adventures, and prime photo-taking opportunities! The cameras on our smartphones are always improving, but even with technological advances, we sometimes need a little bit of help taking our photos to the […]

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This Summer’s Best Travel Apps

Long days. Beautiful weather. A sense of wanderlust. People all over the Northern Hemisphere get bitten by the travel bug in summer, and many of us save up our vacation days for this exact moment—or fantasize about doing so someday, at the very least. With travel and vacations becoming more popular and affordable than ever before, […]

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Aziz Ansari Researches the Mix of Technology and Dating in His Book ‘Modern Romance’

Aziz Ansari is having an incredible year. 2015 has seen the release of Netflix special Aziz Ansari Live At Madison Square Garden, the series finale of NBC’s Parks and Recreation, and the publishing of his book Modern Romance. Co-written by NYU Sociologist Eric Klinenberg, the book delves into the complicated relationship between dating culture and […]

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Film Noir with a Touch of Class: TCM’s “Summer of Darkness” Now in Session!

In mid-May, it was announced that the Peabody Award-winning television network, Turner Classic Movies would collaborate with one of the nation’s best public institutions, Ball State University on the Canvas Network for a free online course studying film noir, open to the general public.

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Closing The Gap: Technology’s Role In A Long Distance Relationship

They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. For many individuals this phrase becomes apparent once they have engaged in a long distance relationship. An estimated 75% of college students will engage in a long distance relationship at some point in their lives. While for many this may be due to pursuing career aspirations, there is […]

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Calling All Writers! Add A Little Spring In Your Step

This season, we are looking for four Staff Writers who must be committed to writing a minimum of two articles a month. If you are a dedicated, passionate writer, send your application to us. Our team of Editors is looking for friendly individuals who can be team players, are sociable and enthusiastic personalities with a sense of humor and are extremely pop culture savvy. Most of all, we are interested in bright minds who are able to create their own fingerprint with their writing.

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Nominate The Hudsucker for a Shorty Award

Coming off a stellar 2014 and now heading into our third year of social journalism this summer, The Hudsucker has been nominated for a Shorty Award in the Blogger category! Our creative and passionate team of writers have seen much success from their contributions to our online magazine since coming into the blogosphere in 2012. From being recognized […]

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At the Beep: Chatting with Beep’s Pieter Parker and Nick Barth

In September, actor Will Smith sent his fans a thank you message, but he didn’t use Twitter or Facebook to do it. Instead of showing his gratitude in text for all the birthday wishes he had received, Smith opted for something more personal. He sent is fans and the whole world a message with his […]

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7 iPhone Apps for the Foodie

For those of us whose lives tend to revolve around food, it’s natural to want to get our hands on anything related to it. From reading cookbooks as though they are novels, to watching hours of Anthony Bourdain on our TVs, there is no such thing as over saturation on food for foodies—we want all […]

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Serial: The Podcast Phenomenon

“It’s really hard to account for your time – in a detailed way, I mean. How’d you get to work last Wednesday, for instance? Drive? Walk? Bike? Was it raining? Are you sure? Did you go to any stores that day? If so, what did you buy? Who did you talk to? The entire day, […]

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Wasting Time: The Moment App

There is a statistic out there—I’m not sure where it comes from to be honest—that says that the average smartphone user looks at their phone around 150 times in a day. The average user, the person who primarily has a smart phone for Facebook and Instagram, not for some work-related purpose. If each look at […]

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Are Love Letters a Lost Art?

Call me old-fashioned, but there’s something incredibly sweet and artful about love letters. The last few years of our social platform has skyrocketed (thanks to the Internet and smartphones) in a very innovative way as mass socialization among users with texting, tweeting, and one-sentence status updates exponentially expands. These social networks have enabled minute-by-minute communication as a necessity for millions, but falls short on genuine sentiment.

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