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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Piecing together Kingston’s Tectonic Puzzle
An update from Cliff, a first-year master’s student in Earth Sciences: Today was the last day of fieldwork in the Kingston Harbor, and I got to spend it surrounded by blue ocean and lush green mountains. At 8 a.m., our trusty … Continue reading
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Una experiencia Toledana
This past Wednesday through Friday was orientation and our group trip to Toledo. Due to jetlag and my late night arrival to Madrid, I woke up at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday “morning” and couldn’t fall back asleep. Needless to say, I … Continue reading
El Mozote: We must never forget
An update from Emily, a junior majoring in human rights and political science: Woke up to a beautiful morning in the mountains of Morazan, El Salvador. Today is the day that we visited the site of El Mozote, where in … Continue reading
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Coring in East Kingston Harbor and a visit to Giddy House
An update from Gwen, an engineering and Spanish major: Today, I woke up and rolled out of my super-cushy new bed at 7 a.m. Bleh! The earliness of the morning was quickly ameliorated by the delicious Blue Mountain coffee that … Continue reading
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A long day collecting 15 kilometers of seismic data
An update from Austen, a junior majoring in geophysics: My day started at 6:30 this morning before the sun was ready to go. After our Day 2 issues with the GPS, we were finally ready to start collecting seismic data. … Continue reading
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Voices of change
An update from Jake, a first-year transfer student majoring in human rights and minoring in Spanish: Today we traveled to Santa Ana to meet with the ASAPROSAR, a nonprofit organization that works on improving rural health. They recognize that multiple … Continue reading
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Stories of courage in El Salvador
Eight SMU students, led by Perkins School of Theology Professor Harold J. Recinos and Embrey Human Rights Program Coordinator Sherry Aikman, are in El Salvador through Jan 16. The group is looking at human rights atrocities that have occurred in the Central American country during the last 40 years, including the El Mozote massacre, the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero, the Zona Rosa guerrilla attack, the rape and murder of three American nuns and a missionary, unlawful civilian killings by security forces, forced prostitution, child labor and more. Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights in El Salvador 2013
Tagged Central America, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, El Salvador, Embrey Human Rights Program
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Gathering data on land and at sea
An update from Connor, a junior geology major: Today was day one of data collection out of Morgan’s Harbor. Three groups set out for the bay, the beach and the mangrove swamp to make measurements assessing tectonics, paleoseismology and slope … Continue reading
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“You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place…”
“You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love, but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this … Continue reading
Arrival in Jamaica
An update from Brett, a geophysics major: We flew into Kingston’s airport and arrived at Morgan’s Harbour Hotel in Port Royal at about 3 p.m. After a long day of flying, it was great to finally get settled into the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Jamaica, North America
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