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  • Open-source mapping being used to help first responders in Puerto Rico

    10/14/2017 1:12:29 PM PDT · by bgill · 16 replies
    kxan ^ | Oct. 13, 2017 | Danielle Ransom
    Satellite images of rural towns, sprawling woodlands and grooved mountainsides fill the computer screens as homeowners and students scroll across digital maps... With President Donald Trump threatening to pull emergency responders from Puerto Rico, major universities around the nation are stepping in to help aid organizations better supply aid through open-source mapping which will allow organizations to pinpoint people in need and better allocate aid.
  • UT: Avoid ‘South of the Border,’ Redneck Halloween costumes (TX)

    10/29/2016 12:46:39 PM PDT · by bgill · 13 replies
    kxan ^ | Oct. 28, 2016 | Andy Jechow
    The handout, posted on UT’s website, gives students a guideline on how to avoid cultural appropriation. SFL recommended costume ideas like dressing as a letter of the alphabet, a Rubik’s cube and preppy. Costumes to avoid: Hawaiian, trailer trash and “Around the world.” The handout listed the following costume ideas as harmful themes: •Painting or tinting your face to appear to be a different skin tone (ex. Blackface) •Cowboys and Indians, anything “Squaw” or depictions of indigenous people •Gypsies or Geisha •“South of the Border,” Fiesta •Hawaiian, tropical, “Leied” •“Ghetto fabulous,” Urban, “G’d Up” •Trailer trash, white trash bash, hobos...