One thing I've learned for certain from this week without technology: I was not meant for this technological-dependent generation.
Sure, I didn't give up my vehicle or the microwave or running water,...
katie guyot, co-editor-in-chief
• January 17, 2013
This afternoon, my mom plopped a laptop on top of my AP Politics book and pointed at her screen.
"Look at this recipe," she said, tapping a picture of a fennel-and-orange-steamed chicken breast that...
I think people underestimate the value of social media and its incredibly reliable and speedy method of relaying information, whether it be news worthy of mass amount of retweets or not. As I chat with...
One thing I'm starting to learn about this whole "no technology will teach you to value the importance of communication skills and independence and appreciation of nature blah blah blah" is that, it's...
katie guyot, co-editor-in-chief
• January 16, 2013
The newspaper has been planning this catastrophic Week Without Technology for a long time. In fact, we've had it on our docket since last year (i.e. late December). We decided that after we survived the...
Hello my dear friends! Not having "technology" is going pretty well actually! The only thing that is a problem, is that I received a text message saying my sister added three photos of me on Facebook and...
Hello again! This is the second day without Facebook,Twitter,Pinterest, or YouTube! However, I am very sad to say that I have failed at one. No music. Now I warned you it was going to be difficult but...
katie guyot, co-editor-in-chief
• January 15, 2013
This tech-free week is about to pose a serious threat to two very important numbers in my life: my GPA and my bank statement.
That probably sounds like a joke. After all, our generation has yet to resurface...
Did I say no Pandora or iPod music? Did I mean that? Not possible; surely I would have realized the aggravating torture it would put me through. Resisting the urge to not open the Twitter app has been...
Google Maps directs any Kansan on their way to the University of Massachusetts to pull into I-70 to begin the 21-hour drive to Amherst, Mass. Even for an athlete like senior Ben Sloan, the distance is...
katie guyot, co-editor-in-chief
• January 14, 2013
I imagine going a week without social media, cell phones, television, iPods and vacuum cleaners is going to be a little like fasting for five days, complete with nausea, hallucinations and borderline psychotic...
And you think your Monday was bad? Cheers to myself for kicking off a week without Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TV(besides The Bachelor, no way I was missing episode 2), Pinterest, Pandora, Video/Computer...
