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The
title of the article: SG pays $11,000 for
weekly virtual trivia nights
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The
link to the article: https://www.alligator.org/news/student_government/sg-pays-11-000-for-weekly-virtual-trivia-nights/article_0c3401be-a05a-11ea-b3ba-93be4f4f499f.html
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description of the story, in your own words: UF’s Student Government has hosted a trivia night while
spending $11,000 of student fees in organizing this.
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description of the problem presented in the story: Is this really the best use of our student
fees? Especially when only 100 students of UF’s 50,000 participated.
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description of who has the problem: All UF students are affected. This money
could be used to financial other endeavors that could benefit more students.
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The
title of the article: “No one is trying to
catch students cheating”: ProctorU and Honorlock’s common privacy
misconceptions
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The
link to the article: https://www.alligator.org/news/no-one-is-trying-to-catch-students-cheating-proctoru-and-honorlock-s-common-privacy-misconceptions/article_e1e1879a-a08d-11ea-a511-ff8cac017b13.html
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description of the story, in your own words: Concerns are being raised about these testing systems of ProctorU
and Honorlock that have access to students’ computers and Wi-Fi. UF’s staff has
tried to relieve by speaking of a “world of trade-offs,” implying a necessary
evil of this system.
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description of the problem presented in the story: ProctorU and Honorlocl have access to the
computers running their problem, and Honorlock can also collect student’s IP
addresses and locations.
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description of who has the problem: Students! Who are often unaware of this
issue and have no choice but to comply either way in order take tests.
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The
title of the article: Homeless encampment
broken up by Florida Department of Corrections
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The
link to the article: https://www.alligator.org/covid-19/homeless-encampment-broken-up-by-florida-department-of-corrections/article_7418e4a4-9a3b-11ea-8cff-af89eda6a2e5.html
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description of the story, in your own words: For the past month, officials have warned homeless individuals
to break out camps despite their lack of places to go. This worry is because of
a possible spread of COVID-19 so the city of Gainesville brought in bulldozers
to clear one camp ground.
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description of the problem presented in the story: The few items that this group of homeless
had was destroyed. One member was Venettia Moultrie, who lost everything she
had except one change of clothes.
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description of who has the problem: The homeless are being targeted. Instead of
helping this small group, the city of Gainesville took even more of what little
these people had.
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The
title of the article: Gainesville
congressional candidates switch to virtual campaigning
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The
link to the article: https://www.alligator.org/covid-19/alachua-county/gainesville-congressional-candidates-switch-to-virtual-campaigning/article_3bc0b360-9956-11ea-ad8e-4367f775e3a0.html
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description of the story, in your own words: Adam Christensen, a Democratic candidate for District 3, has
been campaigning for election online. So far, he has participated in Reddit
questions, Facebook posts, Tik Tok videos and more.
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description of the problem presented in the story: With COVID-19 altering how people work and
interact, how will politics shift? If constituents can’t ask questions and meet
those running for elections, will the internet satisfy this need?
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description of who has the problem: American politicians and voters.
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The
title of the article: Florida Board of
Governors approves plan to reopen universities
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The
link to the article: https://www.alligator.org/news/campus/florida-board-of-governors-approves-plan-to-reopen-universities/article_f65c8f1e-a117-11ea-9a8e-fff7c1e5f65c.html
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description of the story, in your own words: The Florida Board of Governors has unamioiusly agreed to
reopen Florida universities in the fall. State universities will individually
come up with and present their plans to the board in late June.
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description of the problem presented in the story: What will happen to students afraid to
return to campus? And if students do return, then will it cause another
outbreak of COVID-19 in college campuses.
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description of who has the problem: Colleges and their students.
Hello, Jane -
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed all of the local opportunities that you found for this assignment. Out of all of them, the second article is what stood out to me most. ProctorU and Honorlock are both interesting systems, and since starting at UF, I experienced both of them. I would have to agree with your article that the access they have to computers can come across as a bit concerning. If the program model is to have someone literally watching you and also enable screen sharing, why do they need further access?