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Fractal Word Search: How Deep to Delve
Full text linkWe look at the puzzle In the Details, which appeared in the 2013 MIT Mystery Hunt and which gained fame as the fractal word search. This seemingly impossible puzzle, whose solution could not fit the memory of a modern computer if the puzzle were solved using a brute-force approach, requires an understanding of its fundamental structure to be cracked. In this paper, we study fractal word searches in a general setting, where we consider one- and two-dimensional word searches with alphabets of any length and replacement rules of any size. We prove that the puzzle is solvable within a finite number of steps under this generalization and give an explicit upper bound on the latest level on which a word of a given length can appear for the first time in a given direction
Micro-Events: A Potential Tool for Navigating Consent and Accessibility in Immersive Theatre
Full text linkThe author analyzes how performers navigate moments of interaction in unexpected ways, building on Jorge Lopes Ramos’ (2015) concept of micro-events to expand how immersive performers can meet the needs of diverse audiences, fostering inclusivity while maintaining artistic integrity
Crowdsourcing Content Guidance: A Commons-Based Approach to Harm Reduction in Theatre
Full text linkContent guidance empowers people to make informed decisions. When theatre organizations do not provide content warnings from the impetus of creative work, they subject artists with Madness/mental illness, neurodivergence, sensory differences, and survivors of trauma to unsafe working conditions. By crowdsourcing content guidance, we can practice harm prevention and harm reduction from the beginning of any creative process, building a culture of care and consent. This would also reduce the labor of crafting warnings from scratch in the long term.
In 2021, the author of this article devised a living, crowdsourced repository for playscript content warnings for use by the community of my theatre conservatory. Building upon the strengths and deficiencies of that first iteration, as well as existing crowdsourcing tools such as DoesTheDogDie.com and The StoryGraph, this paper proposes an updated iteration: a tag system integrated within a custom web database and, ideally, script libraries such as the New Play Exchange. Features would include author-approved and reader-submitted content guidance, a list of content tags to filter one’s search, hidden spoilers, intensity tiers, automatic summaries, and full aggregate data. This paper provides a conceptual presentation of the tag system’s utility, functionality, and gaps for further consideration
Food Insecurity Among Farmworkers in Ventura County
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This community-based research project was a collaboration between Community Roots Garden and Sociology Capstone students. In March 2022, 100 farmworkers in Oxnard responded to survey questions about access to food. These surveys were administered by a group of ten students (Giselle Ambriz, Jose Angelez, Melissa Castro Ibarra, Evelyn Cedillo, Daniela Cortez, Erick Garcia, Janitta Gomez, Celeste Hernandez, Skye Loza, and Ana Rivera). The following semester, a group of five students (Joanna Cortez, Jasmine Garcia, Alexis Rodarte, Fabiola Sanchez, and Molly Velazquez) analyzed results to answer the research question: How does farmworker food insecurity vary by individual and household-level characteristics?
We found that indigenous farmworkers face food insecurity at a significantly higher rate than other farmworkers. Overall, 62% of respondents indicated that they were food insecure. Yet, 78% of indigenous farmworkers in the study were food insecure compared to 48% of non-indigenous farmworkers. In addition, older farmworkers were more food insecure than younger farmworkers, as 75% of farmworkers 50 years old and above faced food insecurity.
Not only do the farmworkers in the study face high rates of food insecurity, they also desire to eat more fruits and vegetables (99%), more organic food (97%), and more locally-grown food (99%) than they currently do. The majority of respondents know how to grow organically (64%), have experience growing for self-consumption (69%), and are interested in growing for self-consumption (73%), yet few currently do (19%). This is related to lack of access to land and underscores the importance of community gardens like Community Roots Garden in providing that access.
 
The C.R.E.W. (Concerned Resource & Environmental Workers): A Service Learning Research Project
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This report is based on research conducted by Sociology students from California State University, Channel Islands. The research was administered through an online survey that was emailed to supporters/volunteers of The C.R.E.W. The survey was a mix of open and closed-ended questions with about 87 respondents.
Supporter Demographics: Most of the respondents from The C.R.E.W. come from the Ojai area (78%) which can explain why respondents are influenced by The C.R.E.W. and their work within their communities, and are around the ages of 61-80 years old (56.81%). We also had a few supporters from the ages of 21-40 years old (4.60%).
Patterns of Satisfaction & Preference: Most respondents have been supporting The C.R.E.W from one to five years (29.89%). In addition to most of them being ‘very likely’ to continue being a supporter of The C.R.E.W. (74.71%). Furthermore, most respondents were ‘satisfied’ with The C.R.E.W.’s outreach and cultivation of community partnerships.
Patterns of Respondents:Most of the respondents are affiliated with The C.R.E.W. through being donors and viewing the organization as aiding in youth employment. Additionally, most respondents felt inclined to support both employment development, and conservation purposes.
Respondent awareness of The C.R.E.W:Most respondents were familiar with specific projects involving The C.R.E.W (73.56%). As well as most respondents felt that The C.R.E.W upheld both its mission pillars: ‘developing young leaders’ and ‘caring for the environment’.
Differences in Patterns of Respondents:Besides supporters being aware of The C.R.E.W. through direct contact/work, some respondents heard about them through word of mouth or news outlets. Furthermore, the impact of the environmental work that The C.R.E.W. provides aids in community satisfaction and can increase the number of supporters.
Additional attractions and Broader Implications:The C.R.E.W are mostly known for their environmental work involving restoration projects and clearing hiking trails. In the future supporters would like to see The C.R.E.W. providing broader services that can include educating the public, and younger kids about the environment. Additionally, the continuance of collaborating with nonprofits and community enrichment as well as further training and skill development with fire preparedness
