Quinn Minten
R’Perspective: The horrors of Facebook, one year later
This May 8 marks a day that will live in infamy for me — the one year anniversary of the day I joined Facebook.
Facebook,...
“Lit” Pick of the week: “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams
Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment and as such, will pick one book as a reading recommendation every week. This...
Write-off: Mama mia! Mama mia! Cover songs have got to go
As I was driving home from UCR last Friday, I was unlucky enough to be flipping through the channels on my car radio (most...
Everything is awesome with “The Lego Batman Movie”
In an age when each month’s obligatory superhero movie is a lot darker and grittier than one would really want, “The Lego Batman Movie”...
R’perspective: Rule 1 of opinions — you don’t mess with opinions
Life can be tough as a politically moderate student on a comparatively liberal campus; you hear a lot of things you disagree with, and...
Companies shouldn’t shove gluten-free food down our throats
Commercials always annoy me. Even the funny ones get on my nerves, because I may be watching a much better comedy when the commercials...
Write-Off: Self-driving cars are the future we deserve
We’ve entered a new phase in transportation technology. With companies such as Tesla and Google at the front, the way we get around is...
Pokemon Go: the lamest way to catch ‘em all
Pokemon is one of those franchises that makes me suspect I really missed out on something in my childhood. While I was generally familiar...
Opinions: Year in Review
Ah, the ops section. To me, it's simultaneously the easiest and the most difficult section of the newspaper: easy because it takes so much...
There’s no need to fear Wikipedia
The other day, while I was in a history lecture, I was surprised to hear the professor essentially endorse Wikipedia. To paraphrase, she was...