Tag: Cell Phones
Cell phones: More than an addiction
If you are one of the few non-Luddite members of the WashU community, you own a cell phone. It’s in your pocket or your backpack, easily within reach, if not already in your furiously texting hand.
Are we addicted to our cell phones?
In the media today we all hear a great deal about the perils of modern technology. We now can be addicted to the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, not to mention the already existent perils like television, alcohol and drugs.
Hey get off the phone and. . .walk?
It’s one thing to become irate when you’re trying to drive to campus when the knucklehead in front of you sits at a green light because they’re blabbing on the phone. What about when you’re walking around campus and the person you’re holding a door for won’t hurry up because they’re also on the phone checking something on Facebook.
Keeping in touch is just a click away
There was a day, not long ago, when students could keep in touch with their parents only via landline telephone and written correspondence. Current technology has enabled Washington University students to keep in touch with their families in a multitude of new ways.
New antennas may improve cell service
Washington University will begin the installation of an interior cellular reception system within the Danforth University Center this week, hoping to alleviate network problems cited by many students.
