Last month (which is aeons in Internet years), an Irish dad’s video of his trip to Las Vegas went viral on the Internet. Simply titled “An Irishman in Vegas,” the video features him wandering through the streets of Sin City oblivious to the fact that he had the GoPro aimed at himself. Somehow, the video gained momentum through various...
We recently lost Alan Rickman, who was probably known best as Professor Snape in the Harry Potter movies. This is right on the heels of the death of musician David Bowie, who was also known for his alter-egos, including Ziggy Stardust. Strangely, both Bowie and Rickman died of cancer at the age of 69.
Sadly, death is a part of...
In December, the University of California made history by being the first public university system to divest its shareholdings from for-profit prison companies, such as the Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Group. This decision, made possible largely by the student organizing through groups such as the UC-wide Afrikan Black Coalition, caused celebration all throughout the state. However,...
When it comes to terrorism, many in the Western world have the tragedies of Paris and San Bernardino fresh in their minds. Given recent events, many have called for action against ISIS in the Middle East and stronger action to prevent Muslim jihadists from creating more acts of terror. However, many turn a blind eye to terrorism when it...
Recently, the University of California system divested from California's private prisons, selling approximately $25 million in shares from several of these corporations. This comes after a period of protest by students across the UC who have objected to alleged human rights abuses occurring in private prisons.
On a superficial level, this move by the UC is in line with the...
Student Regent, Avi Oved has been working diligently for the past year and half to add a third student seat to the UC Board of Regents. Currently all 238,000 students across the UC system are represented by two students: the voting Student Regent and the non-voting Student Regent-designate. The Student Regent was established by a voter driven state constitutional...
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We live in a country where people take their rights very seriously and are not willing to compromise them for anything. For example, many cling onto the Second Amendment, which in the U.S. Constitution declares “the right to bear arms.” With the plethora of mass shootings in recent years in America, this amendment and the...
Today, like every day for the last 18 years, I woke up white.
I sat through class today without being looked at as being the “positive” exception to my race, and was able to contribute effectively to classroom discussions without feeling like I was speaking on behalf of all white people. I walked back to my residence hall without being...
As students headed or trudged back (depending on your enthusiasm over winter break ending) to the UCR campus for classes, one of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge’s abandoned federal buildings in Harney County, Oregon was occupied by self-proclaimed “patriots” — the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom. Led by Nevada residents Ammon and Ryan Bundy, the small, all white group’s occupation...
The California State Supreme Court has recently voted to reinstate an advisory measure regarding campaign finance reform onto the November ballot. This advisory measure creates no new laws or taxes; it simply asks the voters their opinion on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the infamous “Citizens United” case from 2010.
But what makes a court ruling from five years...