The Oculus Rift (OR) is the newest major release of virtual reality technology to the public. For the modest price of $600 the OR could, quite literally, be a dream come true for many. Unfortunately, the Oculus Rift will just be an expensive beta test, and any beta test is sure to bring a heap of flaws and bugs...
The University of California and the California Community Colleges (CCC) system have approved a collaborative effort to increase UC enrollment of community college students over the next three years through expanding campus outreach and Transfer Pathways, a program dedicated to setting transfer students on course to major in popular fields, such as computer science, history and psychology. $2.6 million...
In the aftermath of the attacks on Brussels by Islamic extremists, which killed 35 and injured about 300, Islamophobic sentiment once again came into the spotlight of American politics. Unfortunately, this attack, like the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, have been used by politicians to push their policies about defeating what they call “radical Islamic terrorism.”
One statement...
The UC Board of Regents recently amended the University of California Statement Against Intolerance. While I applaud this measure, and commend the UC Regents for taking a stand against hatred and discrimination on UC campuses, I have a problem with the document as is.
The UC Regents, in addressing anti-Semitism on UC campuses stated, “anti-Semitism, and anti-Semitic forms of...
Scandal! Intrigue! Bagels! Aliens! All this and more from ya friendly ghost gurl here at UC Riverside. Yes, corporeal humans, I have the inside scoop on all the comings and goings on campus. Plus, I can read minds a little so keep thinking those disgusting thoughts about your art history professor! These thoughts are just fodder for this amazing...
Sci-fi writer Arthur Clarke once said, “Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not.”
We are not. There’s so much evidence out there pointing to the fact that we are not the only sentient life forms that to think otherwise is ridiculous.
First off, let’s look at architecture. Stonehenge, the Great Wall and the pyramids...
Do aliens exist? Quite the philosophical question. Such a question merits deep reflection and contemplation and …
No. The answer is no. Aliens do not exist. That’s it. No more explanation. If you want more, too bad for you. I’m done. End of article.
OK, I guess I can’t be done that soon. Then allow me to explain.
Aliens, or the sensations...
First and foremost, the president of the University of California’s duty is to shape the vision — the mission statement — for the university system by working with the UC Board of Regents and campus chancellors, while maintaining the high academic standards it is known for. In pursuit of this, the president must also manage several multimillion and multibillion-dollar...
“You speak to your mom in Spanish?” my coworker inquired one day at the office when I answered a phone call from my mother. While I didn’t give the question a second thought, it puzzled me. Why was he surprised? I thought it was obvious; given that my coworker knows that I’m Latino, that I would speak to my...
“What are you?” These three words compose the single most-heard question I am asked by the people I meet. Despite hearing it so often, I am still slightly insulted time after time. Isn’t there a better way to ask me what my ethnicity is?
Understandably, I am aware that my face is quite racially ambiguous and rarely have people assumed...