Like so many of my peers, I have gotten caught up in TheFacebook craze. TheFacebook isn’t just about measuring popularity by the amount of friends one has. It’s about measuring popularity through classmates, chance encounters, people whose mailbox is located near yours or anyone else who won’t reject you when you try to befriend them.

In addition to the people like me, who joined TheFacebook on Aug. 1 when it opened up to the UR community, many normal, less Internet dependent people have joined. Currently, over 2,000 UR students are members. It’s time that we set up several ground rules.



Rules of TheFacebook

Luckily, Rochester’s defense pulled through and made several stops throughout the second quarter, forcing Buffalo to punt post-interception, and forcing a fumble at the ’Jackets 15 yard line with about five minutes left in the half. Read More

Rules of TheFacebook

Many people predict the imminent death of journalism, but Nawaz believes that the field will instead evolve with changing times. “Literally every year in my career, someone's talking about the death of journalism,” she said. “And yet, there is more journalism and more news and information content making its way out to people on this planet than at any other time in our history of humankind.” Read More

Rules of TheFacebook

The pieces explored many themes: Anxiety, community, the simple art of finding movement in your kitchen, and filling space when there is nothing to talk about. Read More