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Monday, May 9, 2011

Thousands have a friend on Facebook, Rector Confused

TEXAS - President of Texas A & M University in the United States (U.S.), R Bowen Loftin became very popular social networking site Facebook.

Last month, Loftin joined the actors and the people who obsessed to social networking sites, when he has a friend up to 5,000 accounts. University officials claimed, Loftin was the first college president who became popular on Facebook.

On the wall of his Facebook account, Loftin said to his friends, mostly college students, what to do. "I have lots of pending friend requests. I ask your advice about the best way to stay connected with you all," wrote Loftin as quoted by the Chronicle website on Monday (05/09/2011).

Suggestions flood walls Facebook account Loftin. Diane C. McDonald, director of social media and marketing programs of Texas A & M University also blogged about the confusion.

Some people suggest Loftin to use the fan page up, the less personal but designed to have a more casual followers. Some people suggest other social network, or filter out people who are not friends really are.

McDonald said the campus still do not know what to do. The reason, Loftin like personal interaction with a real Facebook profile. He did not have enough time to sort out his list and would be too difficult for him to choose someone.

"Our president is clearly not in the ivory tower. We certainly do not want to put him in there,"said McDonald.

Meanwhile, Director of Communications and Public Affairs Washington State University, Barbara Chamberlain advised the president to use Twitter. According to him, these social networking sites may be legally privileged.

Catching Osama That Commander Journalism Graduates

Death of Al Qaeda terrorist network leader Osama Bin Laden by U.S. special forces soldiers, Navy SEALs, leaving many stories. One was about the commander of the arrest of Osama that lasted for years.
The commander named William H. McRaven was a graduate student of Journalism at the University of Texas-Austin in 1977. Male native of San Antonio, Texas, this is the one who gave orders in a special forces operation that eventually kill Osama.
"I'm fascinated that people with a degree in journalism could be a career in special forces and go into the SEALs. He showed as a leading university graduates, "said Professor LBJ School of Public Affairs, Bobby Inman, as quoted from the Huffingtonpost website on Friday (06/05/2011).
McRaven is a Vice Admiral in the Navy, Navy SEAL and a participant in the Naval ROTC program in college. In the course of his career, he has won awards and a Bronze Star Medal Defense Superior Service. Clearly, McRaven has been using communication sajana title to his advantage.
In 2004, Newsweek had reported about the persistence of this commander. McRaven has also written a book on Special Ops, history in 1995 on the surgical team from the rescue of Mussolini in 1943 until 1976 when an Israeli attack on Entebbe. And his thesis at the Naval Postgraduate School is now a must-read for the commander of Special Ops.
"McRaven renowned as the smartest SEAL that ever lived. Physically he's strong, loving and to thrust a knife through the ribs in a matter of nanoseconds, "said a former commander who knows McRaven well.