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(02/14/13 4:06am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Valentine’s Day is here. Cue single people panic. Tinder, an application for iPhones, is a free flirting app that puts a twist on similar “hot-or-not” dating applications. Tinder works by linking with people’s Facebook accounts, which helps build a brief Tinder profile with a few photos. It then connects the person with other Tinder users based on their interests and mutual friends. Then they can swipe to the left or right to notify the app if the person interests them or not. If two people “like” each other, a chat opens up and they can take it from there. Tinder differs from other “hot-or-not” applications because it connects people that have similar interests and mutual friends, rather than presenting completely random matches, Tinder co-founder Sean Rad said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. According to an article from the Wall Street Journal, the app now has more than 100,000 users checking in every day, and its user base has increased by 750 percent in the last month alone.Tinder has already made 10 million matches and 70 percent of those matches result in two-way communication.Tinder user and sophomore Amanda Magaldi said she enjoys some of the app’s unique features. “I like the mutual friends and ‘likes’ feature because I can determine if they are a person I would enjoy hanging out with based on what mutual friends and likes we have in common,” she said. Tinder also allows users to display a current status, which is similar to features on websites such as Facebook. “I enjoy the status feature because it allows you to write whatever you want about yourself all the way from a few words to an autobiography,” Magaldi said.Junior Brandon Funkhouser said he enjoys using the app to connect and flirt with girls in the area. “I’ve been connected with some pretty cool girls, although I’ve yet to go on a date with a girl I’ve met through the app,” Funkhouser said. By connecting with Facebook, Tinder alleviates the concern of fake profiles. “I like that Tinder connects me with friends of friends and not just random girls,” Funkhouser said. Tinder requires mutual attraction before a line of communication is opened up. This makes it different from other apps such as OkCupid, where users can log in and message anybody. Tinder was co-founded by Rad and Justin Mateen, and it has been steadily gaining users since it premiered in September 2012. Rad and Mateen stressed the qualities of their app in an article in the Wall Street Journal. “Instead of a creepy dating service, it’s more like a game. And it seems to be working,” Rad said.
(11/30/11 3:10am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Sigma Phi Beta fraternity, along with the Secular Alliance, will put on the Blood Drive for Equality from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in Kelley School of Business 307. The Blood Drive for Equality aims to bring awareness to the men who have sex with men (MSM) blood donation ban that is currently in effect.The MSM blood ban states than any male who has ever had sexual contact with another male is automatically ineligible to donate blood.This is a lifetime ban that cannot be lifted. The groups will be asking for signatures from donors for a petition requesting the removal of the MSM ban. The ban is a guideline put into effect by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1977.Recently, it has been a source of constant controversy.In 2010, the New York City Council passed a resolution that called upon the FDA to lift the ban, stating that it was “based on prejudice, a knee-jerk reaction, and misunderstandings about the HIV/AIDS disease.Given the constant need for blood, it does not make common sense to prohibit donations from an entire population.” Outrage about the ban is not limited to New York City. In 2010, the Washington, D.C., City Council also called upon the FDA to lift the ban and replace it with policies that “protect the safety and integrity of the blood supply that is based on up-to-date scientific criteria.”The MSM ban does not exclusively affect gay men; it affects women as well. Blood banks will reject the blood from any woman who has had sexual contact within the last 12 months with a man who has had sex with another man. Bryce Gibson of Sigma Phi Beta described the ban as “medically and scientifically unwarranted.”“Every two seconds someone is in need of blood, and men across the nation who are willing to donate safe, life-saving blood are not allowed,” Gibson said. “Other countries have successfully lifted or modified this ban with no negative consequences, and the United States should follow.”The blood drive comes just in time for HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Dec. 1. Cookies from BLU Boy Café and Cakery and bagels from Bloomington Bagel Company will be available for purchase with all proceeds going to Positive Link. Positive Link provides a single point of access to medical, financial, psychosocial, nutrition/wellness and educational resources to people living with HIV/AIDS.
(04/14/11 2:05am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Indiana State Police has just released its 2011 summer youth camp schedule.Since 1970, the ISP has sponsored camps giving more than 40,000 kids a chance to see law enforcement up close.“These camps aim to teach lessons about pride, self-worth and self-discipline,” Sgt. Curt Durnil of Bloomington’s ISP station said.Camps are open to anyone between grades five and 12. With scholarships available, every student has the opportunity to be a part of the camp’s activities.There are four different camps at each of Indiana’s college campuses and state parks.The ISP’s Respect for Law camps offer demonstrations by Emergency Response Team members, bomb squads, and underwater search and rescue teams.The Junior Pioneer Campout coed camp takes place at state parks around Indiana. Kids learn to prepare their own meals, set up camp sites and explore the outdoors.Career Camps are aimed at high school students interested in law enforcement careers. “Being a graduate of these camps as a teenager, I have nothing but fond memories of them,” Durnil said. “I will most likely encourage my kids to attend them as well.”