Uloop Morning Scoop: Tweets Getting Longer, More Racial Trouble at a D.C. College and 10 Things Every College Girl Should Have on Campus

By Uloop Staff on September 28, 2017

 

Thursday, you’re here! Even if you don’t have any classes on Friday, we won’t quite call it the weekend yet.
So focus up and read on for what’s happening in the world outside campus — it’s all here in the Uloop Morning Scoop for Sept. 28:

 

Are tweets about to get a lot longer?

Twitter is testing expansion of the character limit to 280 from the current 140. (Image: Twitter)

Twitter announced Tuesday that it might be expanding its character limit from 140 to 280, the first time it has ever done so in the social media site’s history.

NPR reports that Twitter is, “testing the 280-character limit with a small group of users — and that the limit will remain 140 characters in Japanese, Chinese and Korean. That is because tweets in those languages can already fit in a lot more information, as a single character might represent a noun.”

This decision was made by the company in hopes of reducing the pressure to cram thoughts into a single tweet.

 

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Puerto Rico is in dire need of help

Many towns in Puerto Rico are without power, water or cell service. (Image: YouTube screenshot/ABC News)

After being devastated by two hurricanes within the space of two weeks, the situation is not getting any better in the U.S. territory.

Many of those living in Puerto Rico are still waiting for basic aid supplies, like food and clean drinking water. A full 97 percent of the island is still without power after the electrical grid went down during the storm, and cell service is vastly limited, making communication near impossible, reports Vox.

Many Americans don’t seem to realize that Puerto Rico citizens are entitled by law to the same treatment as those in any U.S. state, and Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló has said this week, “make no mistake — this is a humanitarian disaster involving 3.4 million US citizens.”

Vox also reports that, “The storm knocked out 80 percent of the island’s power transmission lines, the Associated Press reports. And as of Monday, nearly all of the island’s 1.57 million electricity customers were still without power. Generators are being distributed to high-priority hospitals, but most homes and businesses are dark.”

Here are some ways to donate to help the victims.

 


TODAY IN A TWEET

Poetry might be hard, but it’s cool.

 

 


Confederate flag posters found at American University following anti-racist event

NBC News photo showing Confederate flag posters on the American University campus.

A few hours after a professor had finished announcing plans for American University’s Antiracist Research and Policy Center, someone responded by spreading the Confederate flag around the Washington, D.C. campus.

An NBC News report claims “someone hung 10 Confederate flag signs with cotton stalks stapled to them around campus. The signs included the phrase ‘Huzzah for Dixie.’”

The report detailed the AU president’s reaction: “University President Sylvia Burwell hosted a campus town hall Wednesday to provide updates on the university’s efforts to identify the suspect and to allow students a chance to voice their concerns. Burwell, who was at times emotional, said the incident made her both angry and sad.”

It’s far from the first racial incident at AU.

“Last May, shortly after the university elected junior Taylor Dumpson to serve as its first student body president, someone hung bananas and nooses at several locations around the campus, including outside her predominantly black sorority house,” according to NBC.

 


And finally, 10 things every college girl needs on campus

Sure you need a great backpack, but what else?
(Image: Pexels)

These are the essentials, people. Listen to Elizabeth Hilfrank from Gettysburg College, she knows what’s she talking about.

See the full list of 10 things every college girl needs right here.

 


That’s Thursday, thanks for reading. Now get out there and get everything done so Friday can be super chill. 

And remember, you can use Uloop to find a part time job on your campus, connect with a tutor or get a head start on housing for next year.  And don’t forget, if you’re into that email thing:

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