Over the last few years, Facebook has grown to be the most popular social networking site on the Internet. The website was once following
in the footsteps of sites such as MySpace, but now has taken over the social networking world and completely rewritten the rule book.

Facebook has made many infamous changes to its look, some accepted and some not so much. The newest change is a big one and is slowly
creeping into many people’s conversations.

The new Facebook timeline asks you to “tell your life story with a new kind of profile.”  It has now become available to any user who desires it but will eventually no longer be an option.

With timeline, you’re able to travel back to when you first made your Facebook account and look at statuses, comments, etc. You can also
add “life events,” which are highlights of critical moments in your life, such as moving to another city or state, graduating high school or college, starting a new relationship, etc.

Another new feature is your cover photo, which is essentially a second profile picture. It stretches across your profile like a banner.

Freshman Philip Shutt says that he likes “the set up of it and how you can do more to personalize it”.

On the other hand, Bryan Smith, also a freshman, says that he thinks “it’s cool if you want to stalk someone!”

There obviously have been mixed feelings about the change, but as that new feeling goes away and users start to get used to the timeline, it
will be just Facebook again.

The American Heart Association sponsors heart month each February.  Members of the Future Teacher’s Society supported the movement
this year by participating in “Paint King Street Red.” They visited participating businesses and restaurants in downtown areas to paint a red dress logo on windows and handed out flyers and pins.

The logo of the flowing red dress represents the dynamic nature of the Go Red for Women movement which promotes a heart-healthy lifestyle and education for women about heart disease.

By sharing this visible symbol with others, the FTS ladies helped increase the visibility of the Go Red for Women movement in the Charleston
area.  Heart and cardio-vascular conditions are the leading cause of death in America.

CSU students Ron Wertz and Kristin Denning were honored recently by the Alliance Francaise of Charleston for their achievement in French in the previous academic year.

Wertz is a senior minoring in French who is completing a teaching practicum in social studies at Summerville High School, and Denning is a senior minoring in French who plans to attend law school next year.

Corinne Mills, the vice president of the Alliance Francaise of Charleston awarded several prizes to the students

Dr. Lisette Luton, a board member of the Alliance Francaise, nominated the students.

Using proceeds from its annual concerts, the Charleston Men’s Chorus awards a total of $10,000 in music scholarships each year to students pursuing a degree in vocal music or choral conducting at Charleston Southern University and the College of Charleston.

 Two students from Charleston Southern received scholarships.

 Aaron Cates of Charleston (below right) is a sophomore majoring in music education with a choral emphasis. Cates is a tenor in the Singing Buccaneers and Concert Singers and recently joined the Palmetto Vocal Project, an acapella men’s barbershop group in Mount Pleasant. Cates plans on looking for a job as a choir director for a few years, attending graduate school to obtain his master’s degree in choral conducting and conducting choirs on the high school or collegiate level.

Robert “Tanner” Nix of Goose Creek ( above left) is a junior majoring in music. He is a member of the Singing Buccaneers, Concert Singers,Charleston Southern Lyric Theatre and the Summit Church worship team. He has been in a number of musicals including HelloDolly and Little Shop of Horrors. After graduating he plans on teaching music in a public school and eventually getting a master’s in administration. With a passion for music and the people of God, his purpose has been to use his talents to make Christ evident in every avenue of his life with an emphasis on teaching and leading worship.

 Jordan Dean Boyd and Garrett Campbell of the College of Charleston also received
scholarships.

The Charleston Men’s Chorus is a nonprofit 70-man ensemble devoted to entertaining the tri-county area with the striking harmonies of its male
choral music.  The group has been singing under the direction of Lon H. Shull III since 1994, and is under the direction
of Interim Director Ricard Bordas, of the CSU Horton School of Music, for the current performance season.