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Bethany College Calendar: Latest in Clubs, Sports & More
By AMANDA RODABAUGH Thursday, Oct. 6th LaRoche College Thursday, Oct. 13th
TOWER staff writer 3:30 p.m. Women’s Tennis vs. 1:00 p.m. Women’s Soccer @ Thiel 4:00 p.m. Women’s Tennis @ Cha-
Monday, Oct. 3rd – Saturday, Waynesburg University College tham University
Oct. 8th 3:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer @ Ursu- 2:00 p.m. Football vs. Westminster 7:00 p.m. Volleyball vs. Waynes-
Homecoming Week line College burg University
4:00 p.m. JV Volleyball @ Wheel- 3:00 p.m. Volleyball Trimatch @
Monday, Oct. 3rd through ing Jesuit University Ohio Wesleyan University and vs. Saturday, Oct. 15th
Sunday, Oct. 16th 7:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer vs. Malone Hiram College 11:00 a.m. Cross Country @ Ober-
When SCIENCE becomes ART: University 3:00 p.m. Men’s Soccer @ Thiel lin College
A Galaagos Experience in the College 11:00 a.m. Women’s Soccer vs.
Renner Art Gallery Friday, Oct. 7th Saint Vincent College
Last Day of Classes for First-Half Tuesday, Oct. 11th 1:00 p.m. Women’s Tennis vs.
Monday, Oct. 3rd Semester Courses 7:00 p.m. Volleyball vs. University Thiel College
Golf @ Westminster Invitational Mid-Term Grades Due of Pitt. Greensburg 1:30 p.m. Football vs. Thiel College
6:30 p.m. JV Volleyball @ Musk- 4:00-5:30 p.m. Alumni/Faculty 3:00 p.m. Men’s Soccer vs. Saint
ingum University Open House and Reception in the Wednesday, Oct. 12th Vincent College
Communications and Media Arts 5:00 p.m. Women’s Soccer vs. Ge- 5:00 p.m. JV Volleyball @ Thiel
Tuesday, Oct. 4th Department in Bethany House neva College College
7:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer vs. 8:00-10:00 p.m. Alumni & Artist’s 7:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer @ Geneva 7:00 p.m. Volleyball @ Theil Col-
Chatham University Homecoming Reception in Renner College lege
Art Gallery 8:00 p.m. The Dating Coaches
Wednesday, Oct. 5th Dave & Ethan in Renner Too Monday, Oct. 17th
7:00 p.m. Volleyball vs. Westmin- Saturday, Oct. 8th Mid-Term Break No Classes
ster College 11:00 a.m. Women’s Tennis vs.
Facebook Forces Users to Consider Different Networking Options Study Skills, from page 6
By JAMES MANTHEY can view that post. Say you want look at the links they post in their ment (and decision making) is go-
TOWER contributor to post those beach pictures so your status but wish they could have ing out to the Bison Inn on Thurs-
So you wake up on Wednesday, boss can’t see them but your friends been shorter in length, then Twit- day night for “Thirsty Thursday,”
Sept. 21st and go about your daily can. Just choose the friends circle ter is the place for you. Twitter us- knowing you have an exam at 9
routine; get your coffee, sit down at and hit post and VOILA! You have ers are confined to only 140 char- a.m. the next morning. Not only
your computer, maybe check your now made it so only your friends acters in each tweet at a time.That should you be making time to study
email and like so many other peo- can see that picture. tweet is then sent to anyone who is be your first priority, but also ev-
ple you log onto Facebook. What’s 2. Bebo: Now I know most of you following you on Twitter and then erything else should be scheduled
this?! The Facebook you knew and may have heard of Google+ but I that person can retweet you back, around studying. Don’t procrasti-
loved has completely revamped doubt many of you have heard of sort of like how you could comment nate when it comes to school. When
again. Like many other people, Bebo. Bebo was originally bought on people’s status on Facebook. The you know a ten-page paper is due,
you start to complain about all the by AOL and tried to hit the social nice thing about Twitter, however, begin it a week before the due date
new changes, or you would if you media scene a tad too early, thus is that this process is very stream- instead of pounding it out the night
can find where the heck the status making AOL lose money, forcing lined; there aren’t pictures or before. Time management is an im-
box went. Well, if you are tired of them to shut it down. Now in 2010 Farmville requests on your Twitter portant study skill to be successful
Facebook, you are in luck! Here are a new company, Criterion Capital page. This makes it a really good in college.
three social networking sites that Partners, bought this from AOL, site for stalking companies and ce- In order to become a graduate,
could potentially replace Facebook. reopening it in 2011. Bebo is great lebrities that you like, if you are in it is important to prioritize your
1. Google +: This is the main cul- if you loved the old Facebook. It has to that thing, of course. studies before anything. Because
prit for the Facebook changes, but profiles like Facebook, links and So there you go, three very good of its size, Bethany allows students
that does not mean that Google+ is likes and it recently got Notifica- social networking sites to replace to have hands-on experiences with
bad. Google has taken pretty much tions like Facebook has. This site that ghastly old Facebook. Of the newest technology and equip-
everything you loved about Face- has been thriving; it is estimated course, you could wait around and ment available as early as fresh-
book and fixed those pesky priva- that 500,000,000 users login daily. see if Facebook will revert, but man year. Face-to-face time with
cy-setting problems. Google+ has So if you liked the way the old Face- the chances are that things will professors is something that Beth-
a system called circles where you book was, this is the site for you. be changing again soon and prob- any offers to its lucky students. So
can place your friends and fam- 3. Twitter: Okay, I know you ably not for the better. So go on take advantage of your surround-
ily and designate which circle ev- all have heard about Twitter, but give these sites a try. Who knows, ings; the reason for attending col-
eryone goes in. The connivance of maybe you weren’t quite sure what maybe you’ll add them to that cup lege and spending such an absurd
this is when you post a status or a it was about, so here you go. If you of coffee you have in the morning. about of money is to study and
photo you can choose which circles enjoyed reading people’s status and achieve a degree.