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Kansas Governor Apologizes to Teen
By Jen Folger
November 29, 2011 - 10:16am
Governor Sam Brownback apologized to a high school student Monday over a negative tweet on the teen's twitter

A senior from a Kansas high school, Emma Sullivan, went to a Youth in Government program last week with other students to learn about the political process. While Sullivan was listening to Kansas Governor Sam Brownback speak, she posted a disparaging tweet about the governor on her twitter account.

Win prizes in our Tweet & Seek
By NewsHouse Staff
April 20, 2011 - 10:09am
Congrats to all our winners and thanks to all our participants who followed @NewsHouse for our second annual Twitter trivia contest!

Do you like winning stuff? Think you know your way around NewsHouse and Syracuse University? Well then, we have plenty of fun in store for you this month.

The NewsHouse Tweet and Seek will have you searching for clues in our articles, scratching your brain for answers to SU trivia and snapping photos around campus for your chance at winning any of dozens of great prizes.

So watch the video above for more details or read on for how you can be play Tweet and Seek 2011!

The Sheen Scheme
By Shayna Meliker
April 7, 2011 - 12:55pm
How Charlie Sheen's supposed scholarly honor from SU made for an April Fools' prank.


Charlie Sheen - April Fools JokeWe have 359 days left to plan for next year's April Fools' Day, but I'm not sure we'll ever top last week's Charlie Sheen gag.

Charlie Sheen uses new medium to reach audience
By Jared Scott Mandel
March 3, 2011 - 1:03pm
Actor new on Twitter scene, already has strong following.

 Charlie Sheen has been in the news the last few days being interviewed by CBS and NBC News, according to CNN. But now he has taken his voice to a new plattform -- Twitter.

New app lets fans Tweet with favorite bands
By Courtney Volk
February 18, 2011 - 4:26pm
Finding favorite bands on Twitter just became easier with a new app, TweetLouder.

A new app called TweetLouder is helping fans find their favorite musicians on Twitter, according to CNN. The app scans your iTunes, Pandora, Last.fm or SonicLiving account, determines your favorite musicians and then finds their Twitter account.

You can then choose which musicians to follow and see their upcoming show dates.

TweetLouder was created by Twitter design researcher Mark Trammell and the music/concert startup SonicLiving.

"Dead" celebrities on Facebook and Twitter have been revived.
By Stephanie Tardugno
December 8, 2010 - 10:13am
Celebrities who signed off of social media sites to raise money for an AIDS charity have met their goal.

After meeting their fund-raising goal of $1 million for an AIDS charity, celebrities who had signed off Facebook and Twitter for a week as part of the so-called "Digital Death" charity campaign, are not back alive, according to People.

Terrell Owens Fined $5K
By Tim Doehler
October 15, 2010 - 1:48pm
Wide Receiver fined for violating league's social media policy

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Terrell Owens has been fined $5,000 by the NFL for violating the league's social media policy, according to ESPN. Owens tweeted too close to the beginning of Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Owens sent a tweet an hour before kickoff, however the policy prohibits players and coaches from sending tweets 90 minutes prior to the game.

Juice Jam: Your views and reviews
By Caitlin Dewey
September 12, 2010 - 8:58pm
You tweeted, we listened: a collection of student videos, photos and opinions. What did you think of the festival?

This year's Juice Jam boasted the largest crowd in the event's seven-year history. Five thousand students were on hand at Skytop on Sunday, and many of them took to the Internet to share videos, photos and memories of Lupe and the like. Below, find some of our favorites -- and don't forget to share your own in the comments!

Earthquake tremors rattle SU hill
By Erica Sanderson
June 23, 2010 - 2:31pm
An 5.0-magnitude earthquake near Ottawa, Canada, is felt throughout Upstate New York.

Sara Brodowski was typing away on her MacBook Pro in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications' Collaborative Media Room when she noticed something out of the ordinary.

The media management graduate student's fingers were shaking on the keyboard, so she looked around to see what caused the commotion. 

"I thought it was someone stomping around," Brodowski said. 

But the real catalyst wasn't a rowdy student. It was an earthquake.

Tweeting athletes @ SU
By Jennifer McCaffrey
May 22, 2010 - 1:52pm
SU players are using Twitter to reach fans and friends across the university community and beyond.

Eileen Finn remembers telling her Syracuse University women’s lacrosse teammates about Twitter in the training room one day.

“We had a half hour conversation," Finn said, "and the next day I think three people had it."