Starting Nov. 16, any resident of Riverside annoyed by a neighbor’s dog’s incessant barking may call Animal Control Services and file a complaint anonymously. This comes via a new city ordinance hoping to address excessive dog barking by making the complaint process more seamless. Though, the city’s effort is shortsighted. While it is important to control barking when it...
Did you graduate high school? According to the National Foster Youth Institute, for 84 percent of the U.S. population, including myself, the answer is yes. I was fortunate enough to be raised by my biological parents. I did not have to go through half of the obstacles that children in the foster care system experience. Having the support of...
Debates about “free speech” rage on college campuses today. That the contours of these debates differ from the issues that gave rise to the Free Speech Movement in Berkeley circa 1964 is obvious. What’s not so obvious is perhaps the most serious impediment to free speech and academic freedom in higher education at present.
It is obvious to the...
Recently, Republican politicians such as Minnesota State Representative Drew Christiansen, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and others have toyed with the idea of allowing college students to opt out of a portion of their fees that ordinarily goes toward funding student-run organizations. Among the main reasons cited were concerns about rising student fees and the problem of students being required...
On Oct. 9, a group of Cub Scouts in Broomfield, Colorado met with Colorado State Senator Vicki Marble (R-Fort Collins) in a meeting organized by the Boy Scouts. The young scouts were instructed by their den leader to prepare questions to ask the senator, as they were made aware she would be speaking beforehand. The scouts all asked respectful,...
Ohio State University is facing a lawsuit from Georgia State University graduate student Cameron Padgett after declining white nationalist Richard Spencer’s request to speak on their campus, citing a “substantial risk to public safety.” Padgett’s lawsuit, aided by Michigan Attorney Kyle Bristow, who is identified as a white nationalist by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is the latest in...
As I reviewed my notes for the forthcoming high school Model United Nations conference in a seat by the sliding doors of the 12:30 p.m. BART train, I jerked my head up as an evidently wasted man with a bottle of alcohol got on board and began causing a ruckus. “Don’t look this way … please don’t notice me,”...