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Developing internet technologies are drastically changing the mobilization capabilities and aims of social movements. International activist groups are experiencing the largely complementary aspects of internet usage, and coping with the conflicting issues which continue to arise with the evolution of advanced networking tools. Particular relevance concerning the impact of internet technologies on university campuses in the United States, specifically regarding activist’ efforts, has been examined through research analysis and personal experience with the Appalachian State University chapter of the United Students Against Sweatshop movement. This case study provides a uniquely small-scale, student-led organizational perspective to the ongoing discourse of this dynamic relationship between the internet and activism with respect to its presence in the interaction of pertinent historical institutions.