Ithacans met the news that a city police officer had been shot with a mixture of horror and shock, taking to social media in the early morning hours Friday to find a sense of community in their collective fear and condolences.

What your profile picture says about you.

Considering the amount of time most of us spend on Facebook, we should take a minute to reflect on what that time means and if those interactions are substantial.

As more and more college students — spending hours bouncing Facebook chats and messages off each other — interact with others online, Rob Fishman ’08 has recently developed a Facebook application, Yoke, that pairs users with potential dates based on the compatibility of their Facebook profiles.

Brian Gordon '14 looks into the not-so-simple freedom and dangers of the recent social media saying, YOLO — "you only live once."

Zachary Zahos '15 vents over the Kony 2012 viral phenomenon and its broader implications. 

Dating used to be much simpler, but now that Facebook lets us stalk potential dates and check-up on former ones it's a whole new world.

For the past three weeks, Cornell students’ Facebook pages have been seemingly suddenly bombarded by memes, an Internet phenomenon in which humorous text is overlayed on an image. Memes, long known as a nationwide phenomenon, have taken a twist of their own at Cornell, where they are known as “Cornell Memes.”

Facebook, and the compartmentalization of human interaction.

Recently, a study conducted by a Cornell professor and Ph.D. student revealed Facebook usage can increase self-esteem.