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The Wichitan

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The Wichitan

The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan

Be skeptical of social media sites

Markell Braxton-Johnson, Columnist April 17, 2018

Here’s a hard reality we all must accept: Our favorite social media platforms–from Snapchat to LinkedIn–don’t care about our personal data. And by “don’t care,” I mean they only care insofar...

Hasan Elahi, describes each camo style in his  "Continuum" series in the Juanita Harvey art gallery on Oct. 20, 2017. photo by Shea James

Art exhibit discussed privacy and surveillance

Denush Vidanapathirana October 21, 2017

About 77 people walked through the dimly lit rooms of the Juanita Harvey Art Gallery at 7 p.m. on Oct. 20 at the opening reception for the exhibit by Hasan Elahi, conceptual artist. Each photo hung...

Medical records, tax returns and emails: Nothing is private when running for office

Medical records, tax returns and emails: Nothing is private when running for office

Jonathan Benyarko November 7, 2016

By the end of the 19th century, U.S. Justice Louis Brandeis was already thinking about a new concept in American law — privacy, what he called "the right to be left alone." While not explicitly stated...

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