Out of all the guest speakers that came in this semester, there were two speakers that stuck out to me. The first speaker was Joe Erb. He came in to talk about how Native Americans weren’t being represented as well as they should be but all the efforts he was making to be the change … More Blog Post 8 by Mayela Urizar
The guest lectures by Nick Monaco and Joe Erb were the two that I found most informative and inspiring. Both lectures were informative and Joe Erb’s was also inspiring. Nick Monaco spoke on the use of bots and computational propaganda by governments and other sources. I found this lecture to be incredibly interesting since bots … More Blog #8 Patrick Parker
Sherry Mariea was a forceful and passionate speaker which made her talk easy to engage with. She had strong examples from her personal life and research from around the world. Her statistics on femicide were soul-crushing. The thought that innocent little girls would be killed in droves for “economic gain” is despicable, and to think … More Blog 8: Jake Sutherlin
I would say that the speaker who probably stuck with me the most was Joseph Erb. I hadn’t really thought much about how languages have to be adapted to computer technology just to survive. It’s also interesting to think about how many other languages out there still haven’t been converted to computer technology. It was … More Blog 8 Jared Ridgeway
Of course, the environment is related to human rights. I based my entire paper off the fact that dwindling resources might eventually lead to tensions and future conflict. I still think that we need to be worried about what the future of this planet may look like, and I think we need to stop burying … More Blog Post 5 Jared Ridgeway
I think when we look to global action on global warming we can see sort of a consensus when it comes to the Paris Climate Accords. The Paris climate agreement is sort of a stepping stone in realizing that not just a single country can fix global warming. Global warming has to be a united … More Blog 4 Jared Ridgeway
When it comes to nationalism in Hugary, I could probably point to many examples throughout history. But the easiest and probably the most people know is the Austro-Hungarian empire in WWI. There’s few examples that can top what was the Austro-Hungarian empire. A collection of many ethnicities, all living together. A World War was started … More Blog 3 Jared Ridgeway
The Hungarian language is unique as it is neither slavic, germanic or romance. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, Hungarian, also know as Magyar, is apart “of the Ugric branch of the Uralic languages.” The country’s minor ethnic groups include Germans and Roma as well as many others. From Encyclopedia Britannica According to Encyclopedia Britannica about … More Blog Post 2
Human trafficking, specifically sex trafficking, continues to be a problem in Ukraine. The United States Department of State reports that although Ukraine has made significant strides since the 2017 reporting year, their efforts in 2018 were not enough to meet the minimum requirements for eliminating trafficking. These efforts included the increased prosecution and investigation of … More Blog Post #7 Patrick Parker
Human trafficking is a problem in Turkey. State-run Migration Directorate, Abdullah Ayaz, says that about 70 percent of human trafficking victims in Turkey are those who were victims of sexual sexual abuse or of sex trafficking. Syrians make up a majority of the victims and there has also been as increase of trafficking for … More Blog Post 7 by Mayela Urizar
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