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 set meeting times and locations at convenient times and locations. The tutors are just regular people who are knowledgeable enough to help others in certain...
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. In 2015, President Obama created a pilot program allowing a limited number of inmates to receive Pell Grants to take college courses in prison. Since...
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 refrigerator with seemingly endless options that greatly contrasts my current bare one. I know I am among many who opt to skip a meal when...
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 of El Paso, Texas on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2016. What is suspicious, however, is that county officials did not order an autopsy for Scalia’s body,...
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 make an excursion for educational purposes, such as studying abroad, or for humanitarian reasons, such as visiting ill family members in another country. In particular,...
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. And I believe he was aware of this, as he stressed the importance of having us, the future generation, keep Shakespeare alive.
I remember the first...
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 became the first state in the nation to hold primaries just a week later which, like Iowa, allow voters to go to the polls and...
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 treat their parents out to dinner and listen to stories from their parents’ difficult childhoods. Dev even buys his father a guitar and a series...
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 was the fraternity’s philanthropy. I thought that was cool, but didn’t think much beyond that. I didn’t know at the time how much Teach For...
Feb. 8 marked the beginning of the Year of the Monkey, according to the Chinese Lunar Calendar. Celebrations kicked off all around the world, from Hong Kong to Europe to Riverside. Everywhere, participants were able to enjoy traditional parades, dances, music and food, as well as learn about Chinese cultural practices and beliefs.
Some celebrations in the U.S. have...