The Smart City: Challenges for the Civil Engineering Sector

In the 21st century engineers are being tasked with solving ever more complex and subtle societal challenges- from climate change to unprecedented urbanisation that is materially affecting the lives of many urban populations. As engineers become ever more interdisciplinary and the boundaries of disciplines soften, we need to reflect as a community as to the appropriateness of the engineering paradigm to address these needs. Currently the engineering community is pointing to the digital technologies and the ‘smart city’ as a deliverer of efficiency and resilience without fully acknowledging the intricate socio-political context in which it is situated. This paper explores four key challenges the (civil) engineering sector must contend with if it is to appropriately harness the potential of digital technologies whilst maintaining an ethical and productive foundation upon which cities can thrive, including: (1) embracing complexity; (2) the smart city and social justice; (3) financing the smart city; and (4) engineering education

Lifestyle gambling, indebtedness and anxiety: A deviant leisure perspective

While once subject to wide-ranging state control, gambling has successfully culturally embedded itself within the normalised and legitimised forms of leisure such as the night-time economy, sports fandom and online forums of socialisation. Consequently, this article argues that existing research which conceptualises gambling as separate from everyday life is largely obsolete in the contemporary context. We argue here that gambling has become an integral feature of the wider masculine weekend leisure experience, intimately connected to an infantilised consumer identity that is peculiar to late-capitalism. This article, drawing upon ongoing ethnographic research among what we term ‘lifestyle gamblers’, utilises a deviant leisure perspective to problematise the myriad harms that emerge from this relationship, situated within a broader critique of consumerism and global capitalism. While social gambling is defended fiercely by the industry, this article argues that an identity-based culture of sports-betting that attaches fragile social and cultural capital to the allure of the gambling win encourages the chasing of losses and impulsive betting. Underscored by a culture of readily available and high-interest credit, we explore how gamblers in a technologically accelerated culture develop a pathological relationship to money as it becomes desublimated and loses its symbolic value. Such processes, exacerbated by the promise of consumer culture, have the potential to cast these young adults into a paralysing reality of indebtedness that is fraught with depression, stress, domestic instability and destructive behaviours of consumption

The Grizzly, October 12, 1984

Students and Administrators Disagree on Effectiveness of Existing Alcohol Policies • Former Economics Chairman Now ACE Fellow • Twisted Sister and the State of Modern Youth Dissidence • News of Yesteryear: War Brings Feminine Touch to Freeland Hall • UC Welcomes Three Foreign Students • Gridders Handle Hopkins • Off-Campus Entertainment: Pulsations! • Shorts: Ferguson Concert; Thurber Carnival; Trivia-thon Scheduled • New Faculty: Math Welcomes Shaw • Some Keystone Factshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1124/thumbnail.jp

A genetic cause of Alzheimer disease: mechanistic insights from Down syndrome

Down syndrome, caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21, is associated with a greatly increased risk of early onset Alzheimer disease. It is thought that this risk is conferred by the presence of three copies of the gene encoding amyloid precursor protein (APP), an Alzheimer risk factor, although the possession of extra copies of other chromosome 21 genes may also play a role. Further study of the mechanisms underlying the development of Alzheimer disease in Down syndrome could provide insights into the mechanisms that cause dementia in the general population

The Grizzly, November 16, 1984

College Acquires New Properties • Crime and Punishment: The New System • Officials Seek Return of Missing Air Masks • Editorial: Force Feeding the Student Body • Letters: Campus Sage Defends Lever Pullers; Group Claims Silent Coup • Study Abroad: A Student\u27s Trip to Scotland • Steady GPA Increase for Math and Poli Sci • Shorts: Pops Concert Scheduled; Shyness Workshop; Three Students Receive Award • Gridders Defeat Dickinson, 45-14 • X-Country Runner Earns Trip to Nationals • Swimmin\u27 women....and the Mermen • CPA Urges Students to Consider Optionshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1128/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, April 23, 1982

Recurring Thefts Plague New Men\u27s Dorm • Final Forum Discusses Use of Photography in Space • Too Much Grass on Campus? • Letters to the Editor • Congress Puts Hold on Financial Aid Cuts • Reagan\u27s Change of Style • Vanities Well Received by Community • Hooters Reggae Keeps UC Jumping • UC Baseball Splits With Widener • Men\u27s Tennis Top Widener • Bear Blades Finish Season Strong • Women\u27s Tennis Head to MACs • Women\u27s Track Club Earns First Place • Temple Dumps Women\u27s Lacrosse • Men\u27s Lacrosse is on Trackhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1079/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, October 21, 1983

The Book Store Dilemma • NYT Editor Tells Missile Story • Gorch Fock Arrives • German President Ends Conference • Registration for Spring Semester 1984 • Club Sponsors Health Run • APO\u27s Credit Card Drive • Cantatas for College Choir • Reformation Discussion • Mandragola Features Freshmen, Fago, Frazier • What Sting Sings • French Thriller • Doctor Talks Health • Grizzlies Drop Heartbreaker to Hopkins • Bear Pack Strives to Overcome Adversity • Phys. Ed Club Sponsors Health Run • U.C. Soccer Bids for MAC Berthhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1104/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, October 28, 1983

CampusBooks Speaks Out • C and C Course Offered • Zack Is Back In Bronze • Peace Rally Held • Give Us A Little Bit Of Credit • Respect Is Goal Of Liberal Education • Homecoming: A Big Success • Nobel Prize Awarded • Spirit Week Begins • The Talented Two-Some • The Stone Age is Back • Crown Royal Features Ultimate Competition • Lady Bears Prepare For Penn State Rivalry • U.C. Soccer Continues Winning Ways • Grizziles Roll Over Lebanon Valleyhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1105/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, September 21, 1984

Duryea Renovation Near Completion • Will Reaganomics Last? • UC Wins Award • Stay Tuned... • News of Yesteryear • Music at Ursinus: A New Director and New Directions • Students Excel in Business French • New Tunes • Grizzlies Fumble Opener • Bear Booters Take Two • Volleyball Team Off to a Strong Start • Pennant Race Winds Down • Friends of Library to Hold Book Sale • New Bloom in Physics Dept. • Calendar • Parents\u27 Day Schedulehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1121/thumbnail.jp