Mike Tully on January 30th, 2012

Two Farwell parents have said they are concerned over incidents of bullying at the high school recently. Heather Smith (formerly Pardo) said her 17 year-old son was involved in and injured in a fight January 18. “He ended up being taken to the hospital in an ambulance,” she said. “He was assaulted by a 15 [...]

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Mike Tully on January 30th, 2012

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (KTHV) — KFSM reports that three students were taken into custody in a Bentonville cyber bullying case. Police say that they are connected to an explicit Twitter account under the handle @BurnBook10. KFSM reports that the three taken into custody today were all females, including two 16-year-olds and one 17-year-old. Police say they’re [...]

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Mike Tully on January 23rd, 2012

WITH her coordinated zebra-striped scarf, tights and arm warmers (arm warmers?), spiky out-to-there hat and pierced tongue, 34-year-old Danah Boyd provides an electric Gen Y contrast to the staid gray lobby of Microsoft Research in Cambridge, Mass., which she enters in a flurry of animated conversation, Elmo-decorated iPhone in hand. In a juxtaposition that causes [...]

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Mike Tully on January 22nd, 2012

There are plenty of reasons to feel down in today’s fast-paced, hectic world, and you wouldn’t think that the world’s most popular social networking site would be one of them. But that’s exactly what a new study by Utah Valley University has found. According to the study,  Facebook is making us sad. Why? It’s all [...]

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Mike Tully on January 17th, 2012

THE United States Supreme Court has declined to take two cases involving three separate incidents involving free speech protection for public school students on the internet. In all three cases students were punished for posting obscene and derogatory information on students or school officials by using their home computers. MORE  >>>

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