America was never safe before 9/11. Pursuing a war in Afghanistan and Iraq has provoked the next generation of terrorists five years later. The illusion of being “untouchable” that Americans lived under was uncovered five years ago, by experiencing a problem caused by extremists the rest of the global community has been suffering with.

Because of the new Facebook “Facelift,” I am 10 percent more paranoid these last few days. Not only am I jittery and nervous with classes starting, I have to now look over my shoulder online. Being mildly frantic is not fun. For those of you who don’t know, Facebook is the high school, college and university equivalent to MySpace and one of the “safest” online communities out there, according to the story I wrote: “What brings us closer also keeps us apart,” Issue date 04/27/06.