AskStudent Reaches 100,000 Unique Visitor Mark
April 28, 2007
Today turned out to be a milestone day for AskStudent. Yes, we have passed a major milestone for a lot of websites and blogs — Achieving the 100,000 unique visitor mark.
AskStudent was founded on October 20th ,2006 and it took us exactly 190 days to reach this milestone.
Congratulations to all the editors at AskStudent — Ajit Gaddam, Alex Smith, Melissa Hicks, Ryan Ferone and our publishers Matt and Christina for all their inputs, hard work and tremendous contribution into generating these wonderful articles.
Above all, we wish to thank our loyal readers for all their input and suggestions and comments. Thank you for making AskStudent the #1 destination for Students and teenagers.
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The Virginia Tech Massacre of 04.16.2007
April 18, 2007
They came to Blacksburg, Va., from all over the country — and all over the world. They came to study and they came to teach. They had plans. They had friends. They had families.
As the list of confirmed victims in Monday’s massacre on the Virginia Tech campus grew, so too did the number of stories about the individuals who fell victim to the gunman, 23 year-old Cho Seung-Hui of Centreville, Va.
“Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there…I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond’s gift on snow.
I am the sunlight
on ripened grain.
I am gentle autumns rain.
When you awaken in the morning hush.
I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there…I did not die.”
-Unknown
April 16 – We’re all Hokies today.
1. Virginia Tech Shooting. 33 Confirmed dead including the shooter
2. Virginia Tech Shooter identified as Cho Seung Hui, a South Korean student
3. Names and Profiles of all the people killed at Virginia Tech on 04.16.2007
4. Virginia Tech Tribute on Youtube: College Students speak
“This tragic day in Blacksburg will be burned into memory for a long time to come. From what we know so far, we have lost many bright young minds at the hands of a deranged individual who senselessly violated the sanctuary of the Virginia Tech campus,”
- Florida Republican Adam Putnam
IF YOU MISSED THE CONVOCATION SERVICE HERE SERVICE http://www.hokiesports.com/convocation.html
“We’ve come to express our sympathy. In this time of anguish, I hope you know that people all over this country are thinking of you and asking God for comfort.”
- President Bush at the Convocation at Cassell Collesium
“It is a very bitter and sad day, and yet there’s no place in the world [my wife and I] would rather be than here with you,”
- Virginia Governor Tim Kaine at the Convocation at Cassell Collesium
As reported and confirmed, Norris Hall will now be closed for the remainder of the semester.
Truly moving words from VT Professor Nikki Giovanni at the Convocation
We are Virginia Tech
We are sad today
And we will be sad for quite a while
We are NOT moving on
We are embracing our mourning
We are Virginia Tech
We are strong enough to stand tall tirelessly
We are brave enough to bend to cry, and sad enough to know
We must laugh again
We are Virginia Tech
We do not understand this tragedy
We know we did nothing deserve it
But neither does the child in Africa, dying of AIDS
Neither do the invisible children, walking the night away to avoid being captured by rogue army
Neither does the baby elephant, watching his community be devastated for ivory
Neither does the Mexican child looking for fresh water
Neither does the Appalachian child, killed in his own crib, in the home his father built with his own hands, being run over by a boulder because the land was destabilized
No one deserves a tragedy
We are Virginia Tech
The Hokie nation embraces our own and reaches out with open heart and hands to those that offer their hearts and minds
We are strong and brave and innocent and unafraid,
We are better than we think and not quite what we want to be
We are live to the imagination
And the possibility we will continue to invent the future
Through our blood and tears
Through all this sadness
We are the Hokies
We will prevail
We will prevail
We will prevail
WE ARE
VIRGINIA TECH
Thank you to all supporters. Every thought, every prayer is very important to us all
If you liked this article, click here to buy me a beer!Happy Birthday Ajit
April 15, 2007
AskStudent wishes its Editor Ajit Gaddam a wonderful and an awesome Birthday.
Ajit, throw an awesome party and post some pictures on your Blog.
For the rest of you, you can check out some of AJ’s articles and posts here.
- AskStudent Gang and community
If you liked this article, click here to buy me a beer!AskStudent goes Social. Addition of a user driven Content Section
April 7, 2007
After days of finetuning, AskStudent has added a Social Networking Section today. This addition was made after we had established a solid ground in terms of a loyal base of atleast 1000 unique visitors every day.
What is the AskStudent Community Section?
AskStudent’s Community is based on a platform similar to the # 1 social networking site on the Internet : Digg.
AskStudent Community Section is all about user powered content. Everything is submitted and voted on by the AskStudent community (that would be you). Share, discover, bookmark, and promote stuff that’s important to you!
After you submit content, other people read your submission and vote on what they like best. If your story rocks and receives enough votes, it is promoted to the front page for thousands of visitors to see.
What can you do as a loyal AskStudent user? Lots. Every person can help promote, bury (help remove spam), and comment on stories. The AskStudent Community section also allows you to track your friends’ activity throughout the site — want to share a video or news story with a friend? well… you can do it now!
WoW, I am loving this. How do I access the community section on AskStudent?
Visit the AskStudent Community Section. You can do this by going to this link http://www.askstudent.com/community/. You can also go to the community page from the Home Page of AskStudent or from any page on the site by clicking on Social Community in the navigation bar at AskStudent as shown below.
How do I register and start contributing?
Once you visit the Social Community section, you will see published news in the middle. On the right hand side, you will see a Register and Login Sections. Click on register. The registration process is very simple. All you need is provide us with a username, try to make it really coool, your email address and a password which you will use to login. Then click on Create User. After that, for security reasons you will asked to enter a number which will be displayed. It will be numbers only and will not contain any characters or any special characters like ! or # etc
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AskStudent adds two new Staff writers to the team
December 8, 2006
Hello everyone, AskStudent today added two new staff writers. Let me briefly introduce them
1. Christina McDonald : Chris is currently in her senior year of undergrad at University of Texas at Austin, majoring in Communications and Journalism. She will be primarily helping out Melissa besides contributing in Health, Sexual awareness and also contributing in our travel section.
2. Matthew Miller: Matt is in his junior year and also majoring in Journalism at University of Southern California. Matt will be contributing in similar sections as Chris and also be contributing in the general computing sections.
Look forward to many insightful articles from these two in the future…
- AskStudent
If you liked this article, click here to buy me a beer!AskStudent wishes all its readers a lot of luck for upcoming Finals Week
December 4, 2006
Its the final countdown… we have approached the final stretch of the Fall 2006 semester and a lot of the students across the country begin their Finals week either this week or next week.
Two of our own editors Ajit Gaddam and Alex Smith are in this mix too, studying up and finishing their projects and all…
On Behalf of the entire AskStudent team, we wish our readers
Good Luck on your Finals. Study hard and ace em all….
Make sure you read the tips below to prepare for this week
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