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Campus Conversations: Capilouto Energized by Meeting at Arts & Sciences
Wired Exclusive Sneak Preview
Move-in is August 19th. Here's a quick sneak preview of the basement in the newly renovated Keeneland Hall. The video was shot by Jonathan Beam with using an iPhone. 3D graphics were constructed by Jamieson Mundy and Tim Hassebrook. Video edited by Clay Brady.
UK Freshman Get Wired
iPad Apps Tutorial
iPad Tutorial
A tutorial for Wired students on setting up their iPads
A&S Wired Residential College featured in the Lexington Herald-Leader
Check out the Herald-Leader's feature story about A&S Wired, UK's newest residential college and living-learning community.
Missouri Outlaws Student-Teacher Facebook Friendship
I just read this article, entitled, "Missouri Outlaws Student-Teacher Facebook Friendship." Again, it seems like these discussions about social media effects and applications seem to gravitate towards me. But, I'd be really interested to hear your thoughts. As new technologies develop, new laws sprout up governing the use of such technologies. Don't believe me? Is sexting inappropriate? Would making it illegal be an infringement of privacy? What about spam? Shouldn't it be protected under the 1st ammendment? What if the one doing the spamming resides outside the United States? I had the pleasure of exploring these topics a few semesters ago in my Media Law & Regulation class. Neat stuff, right?
Off DeWall: A Tale of Two City Blocks
Opulence and squalor usually seem worlds apart. Country clubs usually don’t border low-income housing, designer clothing stores purposefully keep access to their goods limited to only a certain clientele (if you haven’t seen the movie Pretty Woman, watch it and you’ll get the reference), and the checking accounts that most people take for granted are a privilege offered only to people who have quality credit. Yet, I just experienced an exception to this rule.
I just landed in Kunming, which is a town in southwestern China. My hosts Xinyue Zhou, Ding-guo Gua, and I flew here to attend the biennial Asian Association of Social Psychology conference. (We’re usually in a town called Guangzhou, which is located in south central China.)