Utilize the original scholarly community before depending on “Scholarly”
Last October, UC Riverside students Sultan Khan and Haasith Sanka took first place at HackingEDU with their service-sharing app, “Scholarly.” The app connects users to available tutors in the area and allows them to...
College education for prisoners
Since the 1990s, prison education programs started getting shut down due to federal and state legislators cutting funds. So, the college degrees awarded to inmates went from 1,078 in 1991 to 141 in 2004....
R’Pantry — a program necessary for fighting food insecurity
When battling an empty wallet and the ticking clock of a college schedule, it is often difficult to consider — much less prioritize — nutrition. Before college, my parents had always provided a well-stashed...
Supreme court justice died, but no autopsy? Something smells fishy
After the passing of 79-year-old Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, reports have come in suggesting that an unusual circumstance may be a potential homicide case. Scalia was found in his luxury hunting ranch west...
Advance parole will advance undocumented students’ education
There is a little-known law called “advance parole” that allows people who are not documented American citizens to leave the country under certain conditions and return legally. A person filing for advance parole can...
R’perspective: The life of my mentor, Professor Stanley Stewart
As I write this, digging up my memories of him, recalling virtually almost every instance I had in his classes, I realize that even though I miss him, he had lived a full life....
Let’s ignore the hype about caucuses and primaries, shall we?
Feb. 1, 2016 marked the official start of voting for the presidential race as Iowa became the first state in the nation to caucus for its preferred presidential candidates. Along with Iowa, New Hampshire...
R’Perspective: First-generation problems
In the second episode of the Netflix original comedy “Master of None,” the characters Dev and Brian realize that their parents experienced a lot of hardships as first-generation immigrants. To express their gratitude, they...
Making a difference in the classroom
I can remember the first time I heard of Teach For America - it was right after I joined the Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity during my freshman year and learned that it...