Judging from her Instagram profile, senior Caroline Young (’19) appears to live a charming life. With a passion for photography, she takes pictures of her friends and her travels, hiking down paths to arrive at sprawling glaciers and forests. She is supported by her...
Taking off in the early 2000s, social media has been around almost as long as Foothill itself. When networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace were on the rise in the mid-2000s, students now had the ability to interact with other students differently, inside and...
Among the many names millennials have been dubbed, such as the “Internet Generation,” the “Selfie Generation,” and even the “Harry Potter Generation” by Buzzfeed, we’ve also been nicknamed the “Meme Generation.” And I don’t think there’s any surprise there. But in...
In the early hours of the morning, most people are just getting their day started. For many, the first thing they do is check their phones for updates. Among other things, there might be text messages and notifications from social media. But nowadays, it seems as...
Social media applications like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter train us to use others’ opinions of ourselves in place of building our own self-image, thus, requiring constant validation from others and eliminating the possibility of complete independence. Continuing...
Social media has provided an easy and immediate vehicle for self-promotion. Therefore, it has become the perfect platform to nurture narcissistic tendencies and egocentrism. With the immense popularity of these various social networking sites, a generation of youths...
Being an avid user of social media myself, my immediate answer would be that social media is good. I use it on a daily basis to keep in touch with my friends, upload pictures and videos, and use it as a source of entertainment. Many people, including myself, know...
George Mason University freshman Carmine Gothard, 18, turned anger into art as a coping mechanism for her generalized anxiety, bipolar, and post-traumatic stress disorders. She never expected to inspire so many people with her story. Gothard was sexually assaulted...
This is a compilation of videos from my HS Insider Snapchat takeover (1/8/17 - 1/15/17). After years of wanting to put myself out on social media, this opportunity has finally allowed me to do so. It was exhilarating testing these waters and this experience has pulled...
It was the video nobody saw coming posted from NFL draft prospect Laremy Tunsil’s Twitter account minutes prior to the NFL Draft this past April: Tunsil wearing a gas mask and smoking an illegal substance from a bong. The final result: the once-predicted No. 1 overall...
