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Vol XXXIV No. 123

Wednesday, April 18, 2001

  Smilies and away messages: the rules of IM etiquette
JACQUELINE BROWDER
In Vogue

Procrastinator. Communicator. Campus dominator. And it all begins with the click of a button and the opening of a simulated door. AOL Instant Messenger has taken over the lives of college students all over the country. Quickly becoming the communication method ... [more]


The downfall of the Internet generation — is there life after Instant Messenger?
If you spend your days reading hundreds of away messages and perfecting your own, fear not — you are not alone
TAI ROMERO
Scene Writer

What is more detrimental to a student than Snood and a plague of locusts combined? No, it is not food poisoning from the dining hall or yet another OIT outage. This evildoer is better known as AOL Instant Messenger. This criminal ... [more]