“I believe that books challenge and interrogate. They give us windows into the lives of others and give us mirrors so that we can better see ourselves. Ultimately if you have a worldview that can be undone by a novel, let me submit that the problem is not with the novel,” states bestselling author John Green in his latest...
On March 28, UCSB’s White Student Union held its “International White Male Thanksgiving Day,” (IWMTD) or at least that was what was promoted on its Facebook page. Out of the 47 people invited, only six people were listed as “Going.” According to its infographic, IWMTD is the opportunity to “thank white males for all their gifts to mankind.”
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Writer: Students for Justice in Palestine, UCR student organization
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In recent years, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a controversial topic at the UC system and indeed around the nation. Student activists on both sides of the issue have claimed that they feel “marginalized” on campus. However, to portray the two sides’ claims to “marginalization” as equal in...
In a strange turn of events reminiscent of a “Parks and Recreation” episode, the city of Riverside is currently divided on the decision to build public restrooms throughout the downtown area.
While this seems like a non-issue too ridiculous to warrant further discussion, the arguments promoting and opposing the motion possess serious implications for a certain demographic. Both sides...
Writer: Melina Reyes, graduating fourth-year, served as an ASUCR Justice on the Judicial Council 2013-2015 and currently serves as the ASUCR Elections Director.
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Laptopping is the use of internet-capable devices (phones, tablets or actual laptops) to ask students to vote, often for a specific candidate or party. In years past, despite prohibitions against laptopping, it was common enough...
I was scrolling through Facebook the other day when I happened upon a short video that was supposed to open up dialogue about the “Chicano identity.” The video was no more than a minute long and the text that flashed across the screen read, “Newer generations (of Mexican Americans) often don’t identify as Chicano and view (the term) as...
On March 22, the suicide bombings in Brussels demonstrated once again that the West is a possible target for terrorism and Islamic extremism. Here in America, however, we wrongly see ourselves as being safe and isolated from that possibility.
Terrorism is often seen as a kind of abstraction, something we might see on the nightly news in a Middle...
I usually know I’m getting old when there’s a new popular saying I don’t completely understand. Certain slang words come and go faster than I can learn them. Although it makes me feel totally un-hip, it’s actually pretty common for people to stop learning new slang in their 20s and simply keep using the slang they already know. As...
As an undergraduate student on a UC campus, I have definitely seen the negative effects of stress and mental health issues on myself and my fellow peers. Feeling overwhelmed by classes or having anxiety over the finals we just took are very common experiences shared by UC students.
In response to this growing issue, the University of California is...