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The Ethics Of Dna Testing At The Border, Medha D. Makhlouf

Faculty Scholarly Works

From 2018 to 2020, the U.S. government dramatically expanded DNA surveillance of immigrants. The most recent expansion, finalized in March 2020, effectively requires the collection of DNA from all immigration detainees and storage of their genetic information in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (“FBI”) Combined DNA Index System (“CODIS”) database for criminal forensic investigation. This new policy is ethically troubling because it fails to address the potential privacy harms it creates; shifts the application of DNA analysis for criminal investigation from retrospective to prospective assessment of criminality; and disparately impacts racial and ethnic minorities. In this time of extreme immigration …

Training To Reduce Emergency Responders’ Perceived Overdose Risk From Contact With Fentanyl: Early Evidence Of Success, Rachel Winograd, Sarah Phillips, Claire Wood, Lauren Green, Brandon Costerison, Jeremiah Goulka, Leo Beletsky

Psychology Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Geographic And Partisan Patterns Of Support For Electoral Reforms, Aubrey Kelley

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Electoral reform has become a hotly debated issue, and it has recently been in the news at federal and state levels. On the federal level, the House of Representatives recently passed an electoral reform bill to expand early voting and allow for same-day voter registration. On the state level, Kentucky has become one of the most recent states to implement photo identification requirements. Georgia’s strict voter registration system became a subject of deep controversy during the most recent gubernatorial election. Throughout the past couple of decades, electoral reform has been tackled in a variety of different ways; some states have …

Mother At Work, Kathy Kahlson

Frontline Writers Archive

A firefighter, a mother herself, must find ways to comfort a young woman in the first terrible moments of learning that her own child has died.

Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in Frontline Writers. The program offers current and former members of the public safety community a customized writing class, free of charge. The program encourages and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of service in a supportive setting with fellow public safety members.

Level Iii, Harold Tukey

Frontline Writers Archive

A Fire Department paramedic finds himself in a predicament: he’s the one needing rescue after his car slides into a snowbank.

Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in Frontline Writers. The program offers current and former members of the public safety community a customized writing class, free of charge. The program encourages and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of service in a supportive setting with fellow public safety members.

Who I Am, Anthony Jackson

Frontline Writers Archive

A timely essay on race, law enforcement, and identity, by a Black police officer claiming his own ground in the multiple worlds he inhabits.

Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in Frontline Writers. The program offers current and former members of the public safety community a customized writing class, free of charge. The program encourages and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of service in a supportive setting with fellow public safety members.

A Sip, Anthony Jackson

Frontline Writers Archive

A Black police officer chases a young Black man through a hard neighborhood, asking himself questions of life and death as he gives pursuit.

Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in Frontline Writers. The program offers current and former members of the public safety community a customized writing class, free of charge. The program encourages and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of service in a supportive setting with fellow public safety members.

8 Buttons, Betty Migliaccio

Frontline Writers Archive

When a fellow firefighter perishes, her friend sews 8 new gold officer’s buttons onto her unform coat, recalling her with each stitch.

Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in Frontline Writers. The program offers current and former members of the public safety community a customized writing class, free of charge. The program encourages and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of service in a supportive setting with fellow public safety members.

Cat Calls, Emily Keenum

Frontline Writers Archive

The spouse of a firefighter reveals his softer side, expressed in his love of saving cats.

Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in Frontline Writers. The program offers current and former members of the public safety community a customized writing class, free of charge. The program encourages and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of service in a supportive setting with fellow public safety members.

Student Handbook 2020-2021, Sacred Heart University

Handbooks & Factbooks

The Sacred Heart University Student Handbook serves as an agreement between the University and students to honor the standards, policies and procedures set forth in the following pages. By accepting to attend Sacred Heart University, a student is committed to understanding and abiding by these standards, as well as accepting responsibility for his/her actions. These policies have been established to provide a safe and comfortable community for all Sacred Heart University community members.

This handbook was prepared by the Director of Student Conduct & Community Standards and approved by the Dean of Students.

2020 Winter Newsletter, Nova Southeastern University

Suicide and Violence Prevention Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Development In Over The Rhine: Can Otr Defeat The Pitfalls Of Gentrification And Create An Economically Diverse Community?, Madeline High

Freedom Center Journal

This paper focuses on the emergence of gentrification, the negative consequences it creates, and the ways in which these consequences can be alleviated. These topics are addressed both through a broad national lens and through a more narrow focus on Over-the-Rhine (OTR), a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio. This paper specifically focuses on displacement in the realm of housing, culture, and economics as well as the potential creation of long-term segregation, and on how such displacement has led to a loss of autonomy of existing residents. The rise of gentrification and its impact is explored through an examination of literature, personal …

The Budget, Fiscal Year 2020-2021, Tennessee. Department Of Finance And Administration

Budget Volume 1

This document is the final budget for the coming fiscal year.

Raps Sheet, January 2020, Retirement Association Of Portland State

RAPS Sheet: Monthly Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Annual Reports Of The Town Officers Of Fitzwilliam, N.H. For The Year Ending December 31, 2019., Fitzwilliam Town Representatives

Fitzwilliam, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Staying Safe In A Tornado: A Qualitative Inquiry Into Public Knowledge, Access, And Response To Tornado Warnings, Jayme E. Walters, Lisa Reyes Mason, Kelsey N. Ellis

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

Tornadoes in the southeastern United States continue to cause substantial injury, death, and destruction. The present study seeks to 1) understand inadequate warning access, less understanding, and/or less likelihood of responding to tornado warnings; 2) examine public attitudes about NWS communications; and 3) explore the perceptions of NWS personnel regarding public response to tornado warnings, factors that might influence response, and how their perceptions impact their communication. Participants include a purposive sample of NWS forecasters in Tennessee (n = 11) and residents (n = 45) who were identified as having low access to, low knowledge of, or an unsafe response …

Integration Of Citygreen Landscape Ecological Analysis Into A Capstone Environmental Science Course, David L. Kulhavy, Daniel R. Unger, Reid Viegut, I-Kuai Hung, Yanli Zhang

Faculty Publications

CITYgreen Geographic Information Systems software was used to develop a campus wide cover type map for Stephen F. Austin State University in an environmental science landscape ecology course. The finding indicated an equal division of forest cover type compared to impervious surface of buildings and paved surface. Once the classification was completed, students chose an area for reforestation identified in CITYgreen, while raising funds for the purchase of trees for the project. Before completing the project, students reviewed tenets of landscape ecology, civic ecology education, and benefits of urban forestry. At the completion of the project, students reviewed service-learning aspects …

Streets, Sidewalks And Covid-19: Reimaging New York City’S Public Realm As A Tool For Crisis Management, Donovan Finn

School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Publications

The 2020 COVID-19 outbreak has caused significant disruption to economic and social systems. New York City, as the United States’ largest city and among the nation’s most densely populated, was an early epicenter of the crisis. Modifications to the design, planning and operations of the city’s public realm have been important components of the city’s overall response to mitigate the effects of the pandemic while also facilitating economic recovery and providing social, educational, and recreational opportunities for city residents. This commentary provides an overview of New York City’s urban design responses to COVID-19, highlighting some of the successes and limitations …

Locative-Media Ethics: A Call For Protocols To Guide Interactions Of People, Place, And Technologies, Andrea Zeffiro, Julia M. Hildebrand, Jordan Frith, Larissa Hjorth, Caitlin Mcgrane, Amy Schmitz Weiss, Gerard Goggin

Publications

No abstract provided.

Well-Being In Nonmetropolitan Nebraska: 25 Years Of Trends, 2020 Nebraska Rural Poll Results, Rebecca J. Vogt, Cheryl A. Burkhart-Kriesel, Bradley Lubben, L. J. Mcelravy, Timothy Meyer, Steven A. Schulz, Jason L. Weigle

Nebraska Rural Poll

By many different measures, rural Nebraskans are positive about their community. Many rural Nebraskans rate their community favorably on its social dimensions. Most rural Nebraskans say it would be difficult to leave their community and have a positive attachment to their community. Most rural Nebraskans disagree that their community is powerless to control its future.

Rural Nebraskans’ views about the change in their community have generally been positive. The proportion believing their community has changed for the better during the past year has usually been greater than the proportion believing it has changed for the worse, especially during the past …

The Big One, Alexandra Feller '21

Linfield Magazine

Earthquakes large and small set off seismographs almost daily on the West Coast. And in Oregon, we’re used to the idea that a catastrophic quake isn’t a question of “if,” but “when.”

Voter Information Guide For 2020, Primary Election

Propositions

No abstract provided.

Asian Carp, The Chicago Area Water System, And Aquatic Invasive Species Management In The Great Lakes, Charles Lyons

UC Law Environmental Journal

Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) management is an essential component to the health, integrity, and conservation of the Great Lakes as a whole. Asian carp is the most recent AIS threat to the region. While litigation and interstate agreements have not stemmed the fear of the potential effects of the introduction of Asian carp to the Great Lakes, it has encouraged agency action to address the issue. However, the success of implementing proposed measures requires funding and congressional approval with questions regarding their efficacy remaining unknown. Due to the lack of a comprehensive overarching federal statute addressing AIS management in its …

Expungement Of Criminal Convictions: An Empirical Study, J.J. Prescott, Sonja B. Starr

Articles

Laws permitting the expungement of criminal convictions are a key component of modern criminal justice reform efforts and have been the subject of a recent upsurge in legislative activity. This debate has been almost entirely devoid of evidence about the laws’ effects, in part because the necessary data (such as sealed records themselves) have been unavailable. We were able to obtain access to de-identified data that overcome that problem, and we use it to carry out a comprehensive statewide study of expungement recipients and comparable nonrecipients in Michigan. We offer three key sets of empirical findings. First, among those legally …

School Safety In Rural Settings, Daniel W. Eadens, Larry Walker, Vasily Yurin

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Extreme violence is in our communities and sometimes flows into our schools. Read no further than the local newspapers if you want to see the impact on campus: physical violence, serious injury, suicide, mental crises, and threats with deadly weapon. In fact, the first documented school shooting in this country occurred in the year 1764 in rural Pennsylvania (Keenan & Rush, 2016). Unfortunately, shootings continue to plague our society and occur on rural school campuses today. Are rural schools safe? Is there a way to better predict school violence so it can be prevented? What kind of rural schools are …

University Assessment Services, National Survey Of Student Engagement: College Of Business, Seniors; 2020, Illinois State University

Student Success

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) College of Business Report. Administered by University Assessment Services, Illinois State University, to Seniors. 2020.

University Assessment Services, National Survey Of Student Engagement: Mennonite College Of Nursing, First-Year; 2020, Illinois State University

Student Success

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Mennonite College of Nursing report. Administered by University Assessment Services, Illinois State University, to First-Year students. 2020.

Investigation Of Emergency Call Performance Over Volte, John Lu

Wayne State University Dissertations

The European emergency call system that’s based on 2G/3G (GSM/UMTS) cellular network has been in deployment since April 2018. This system is a two-decade-long effort from multiple parties to ensure vehicular safety. Due to its legacy nature, the system is deployed with circuit-switched technology which is being phased out in many parts of the world. The packet-switched based 4G/LTE technology provides more bandwidths thus faster data speeds and more content for more users. There is a strong discussion in the mobile communications community that 3G will be phased out before 2G where 2G will still be present due to its …

Catalog | 2020-2021, Jacksonville State University

Announcements, Bulletins & Catalogs | Undergraduate

(2020-2021). In its early years as the State Normal School, JSU produced a variety of publications (announcements, bulletins, and catalogs) that contain course information combined with the types of information that would later be found in yearbooks. Examples include historical information about the school, lists of enrolled students and club officers, photographs of athletic teams and literary clubs, notes on alumni, faculty and campus facilities, and more.

Concerning A Supplemental Appropriation To The Department Of Law., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.