This week on the web: The Twittersphere is buzzing about Hart House’s Craft Beer Festival, students take time to cherish the beauty of U of T, and Rob Ford gets a taste of U of T at the Toronto Council…
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OH on Twitter: Protests, Police, and Passion
by justine abigail • • 0 Comments
As expected, the G20 has taken over the Twittersphere the past week with users from all ages and walks of life, tweeting about the happenings downtown. Some (okay many) expressed their displeasure and outrage of what went down during the…
Twestival Toronto
by justine abigail • • 0 Comments
It’s a Twesti-whaaaat? It’s a Twestival! …A global fundraising event that is bringing together the online Twitter community from hundreds of cities around the world to support and celebrate a good cause. And yes, it’s coming to Toronto! This Thursday,…
UTSU Election 2010: Hindsight is 20/20 Retrospective
by Joseph Uranowski • • 8 Comments
After three days of voting, the UTSU 2010 Election results are in. “Stronger Together” won five out of the five executive positions with “Change UofT” winning 7 BOD spots. Approximately 16.4% of the 44,000 undergrads who attend the University of…
Speak Magazine’s Call for Submissions – Human Rights in New Media
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jhr’s (Journalists for Human Rights) annual human rights magazine, SPEAK, is looking for article submissions! The theme of Speak this year is “Human Rights in New Media” so if you have written or would like to write a piece that is of…
UTSU Election 2010: Not Web 2.0 Friendly
by Joseph Uranowski • • 7 Comments
During UTSU elections it is always a good idea to step back from all the Orwellian0-sounded Solidarity and Unspecified Change and look at the election process itself. Like any municipal election, byelection or election in an authoritarian state, the University…
Apathy is Boring – #voteTOin416
by justine abigail • • 0 Comments
So let me make this open confession right now. I’m a Twitter fanatic and I don’t care what the rest of you think about that. No, it’s not just “status updates” like what we find on Facebook. It’s a place…