On Monday, Oct. 4, Facebook’s apps — which include Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and Oculus — disappeared from the internet for nearly six hours. Users began reporting error messages being displayed on the family of apps around 10:40 a.m. central time. The outage took out a vital communications platform used by billions of people worldwide and demonstrated how essential the services have become to daily life.
Citizen’s Park, a previously vacant lot turned concert venue in Downtown Searcy, hosted a summer concert series highlighting local artists from the community.
Alumnus Charles Ganus, board member and chairman of the presidential search committee, said while the process is ongoing, the presidential search committee’s role is now over. He said he and other board members were grateful for the time and effort every committee member put into narrowing the search for the University’s next president.
Written by Everett Kirkman Eleven honors communication students and five communication department faculty members traveled to New York City from Sept. 8-12 to observe the 20th anniversary of the Sept.…