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How can the SFUO effectively fight for lower tuition post-Day of Action?

2016/11/16, 7:52 pm

Most students don’t understand what’s going on, so by organizing such an official sit-down session on campus they could answer important questions like: why is free tuition important?

SFUO should up its social media game—by copying Carleton

Eric Davidson

2016/10/13, 6:30 am

The SFUO has 3,283 page likes on Facebook, and a whopping 4,015 followers on Twitter, which it uses even less than Facebook. If used effectively, these tools could really keep people involved in student politics.

SFUO looking to fill odd jobs

Ellen Galupo & Eric Davidson

2016/08/31, 10:50 pm

These new positions include fireworks coordinator, private Uber driver, Pokémon GO tour guide, and many more.

Social media could help assess risk of mental illness

Jaclyn McRae-Sadik

2016/03/10, 8:00 am

Research by U of O prof to produce new detection algorithms Social media could soon be put to good use when it comes to detecting possible mental illness, according to research by University of Ottawa Engineering and Computer Science professor Diana Inkpen and her team. The project will use data collected from social media websites …

Is constructive debate possible on social media?

David Campion-Smith, Curtis Rafter

2015/10/08, 8:00 am

Illustration: Jennifer Vo Scroll down your newsfeed on Facebook and chances are you’ll see political news, a new pumpkin cheesecake recipe, and maybe a meme or two. Social media sites represent some of the largest variety of content from around the web, and along with all the articles come opinions. With the sheer amount of conflicting …

Facebook asks users to post videos proving worth

Nadia Helal

2015/10/08, 8:00 am

Stunt videos needed to keep ownership of user content Photo: CC-Ed Gregory, Edits by Kim Wiens This week Facebook announced its decision to collect user photos, videos and information beginning early next year to steal users data for their own use. This move has lead to a high volume of legal declarations on Facebook feeds, …

Profs use Twitter to determine Canada’s happiest cities

Lindsay MacMillan

2015/01/15, 5:00 am

By analyzing tweets from six major Canadian cities—Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, and Halifax—researchers determined moods in each city relative to each other.