Friday, February 10, 2006

To Catch a Thief - Made the Front Page!!

Holey mackerel...the To Catch a Thief contest and workshop has been a huge success. Here is a list of what has happened so far:
  • This morning, The Shorthorn (student-run newspaper) featured a nice article right right on the front page!! That has got to drive up student participation, eh??
  • A criminology professor (cited in the article) has invited me to come and meet with her victimology and forensics classes to discuss how GIS can be used in their research. This is my first ever breakthrough to form a solid contact with one of our criminology faculty, and this is just the start of something great.
  • The first person who Played to Win! (solved the means of transportation contest correctly) is actually an employee at the Canada Border Services Agency.
  • The second of four clues (police report and accompanying map) were released today, so you too should Play to Win! If you can figure out the means of transportation used by the criminal(s) to get to the crime scenes, simply email your guess over to gislib@uta.edu.