Identifying Local Opportunities

1.

·      UF to add external email banner to protect students and faculty

·      https://www.alligator.org/news/uf-to-add-external-email-banner-to-protect-students-and/article_eb58c5b6-d443-11e9-af6a-6f3dca9b5792.html

·      This article is about how outside hackers, can hack into the University of Florida email and send students and faculty members emails that they should not be receiving, for example: job opportunities. UF will be taking additional measures and adding external email banners to fix this problem and keep the students and faculty at the university from being phished on their emails.

·      The problem in this story is that people are hacking into the email system and sending emails that are scams.

·      The students and faculty members at UF are facing this problem.

2.

·      Students and activists make posters ahead of blue light on Fraternity Row

·      https://www.alligator.org/news/students-and-activists-make-posters-ahead-of-blue-light-protest/article_6c882e9c-d4e9-11e9-a8c9-83afa3c1f69c.html

·      After reading this article, I realized fraternity row has no blue emergency lights. They explain how these lights keep many student’s safe, especially while walking alone. Fraternity row is one area of the campus that has no lights located in the area at all. This area is a secluded area and many students feel the need to have emergency lights added there.

·      This is a problem because in order to make sure campus is safe and students feel comfortable walking alone is by adding blue emergency lights on fraternity row.

·      The students at the University of Florida are facing this problem while being on fraternity row and not being able to locate the emergency button in case they had to.

3.

·      City Commission repeals plastic GRU rates

·      https://www.alligator.org/news/city-commission-repeals-plastic-ban-raises-gru-rates/article_cbb76770-d5e3-11e9-9a5e-2fe54a48b3cd.html

·      One Gainesville citizen discussed banning plastic in the city hall on Thursday and to eliminate Styrofoam and plastic bags due to the fact that they are not good for the environment. The main issue was that the city commission repealed this decision.

·      The focus of the problem in the story is banning plastic goods to help the environment.

·      Everyone all over the world is facing this problem of harmful plastic, because it is ruining the environment we all live in.

4.

·      UF resident assistant charged with battery released as “high- achieving” student leader

·      https://www.alligator.org/news/uf-resident-assistant-charged-with-battery-released-as-high-achieving/article_22218abc-d2bc-11e9-b6c8-576af09c51cc.html

·      Milaski, a student at the University of Florida, raped a female student and went to jail but was soon released because the judge agreed that he was a “ high- achieving” student leader. This kid was involved with a lot at University of Florida, he was a teaching assistant, in a fraternity and also had major homework assignments to do. I believe he shouldn’t have just been released and that there should be consequences for the decisions he has made.

·      The problem that is in this story is that this student sexually assaulted another student with no further consequences because he is an “high- achieving” student leader.

·      The students at the University of Florida

5.

·      “There is still hope”- UF professor organizes summit to address Amazon rainforest fires

·      https://www.alligator.org/news/there-is-still-hope-uf-professor-organizes-summit-to-address/article_d1d2dff6-cadd-11e9-9f02-378655d5f586.html

·      Overall, this article discussed how one UF professor, Michael Heckenberger scheduled an event in New York City, to create Amazon hope and brainstorm ideas for the Amazon Rainforest.

·      The problem is the Amazon rainforest was burning down and the community in Brazil wasn’t doing anything to fix it.

·      The cities in Brazil are the ones facing this problem as it is effecting their community.