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The myth behind multitasking

By Brittney Moore

We live in a society where multi-tasking is the key to getting anything done. If you walk around campus you see students working on homework, while typing messages to their friends on Facebook, and listening to their favorite song on their iPod. It's natural to this generation and those coming behind us to work this way, however, we're not as good at multi-tasking as we would like to think.

Text and talk; the new equivalent of drunk driving

By Brittney Moore

This generation is the age of technology. It's as if cell phones and computers are attached to the hands of students and children, even forcing the "old school" into adopting cell phones and learning the use of Internet. Everyone wants to be connected. Social network sites, e-mails from important clients, text messages from significant others, keeping in touch with friends out of state in different time zones- there are countless reasons that people feel the need to stay on top of technology but rarely are the reasons to remain responsible when using such devices are brought up.

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