Martin Niemoller, esteemed Lutheran pastor and valiant critic of Nazi German oppression, was made popular through his post-World War II statement, “First they came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for...
I am a third-year transfer student who began my path to a university education at a community college. I know the importance of having access to higher education, and how reflective that accessibility can be to the community’s local economy. I began to construct the face of a hidden, but immensely prevalent demographic of college students who are rarely...
Being expelled from a university is serious business. Students can get expelled for academic dishonesty or failure to uphold a GPA above a 1.5. Under such circumstances, expulsion is a rational consequence to a student’s behavior. But what about being expelled for expressing your self-identity?
This is the same question former California Baptist University student Domaine Javier found herself facing...
By now, every student has heard the critiques before. We’re lazy. We’re entitled. We don’t want to take our eyes off our Facebooks or our butts off our couches. Yeah, we know.
UCR students have shattered that misconception.
The last few weeks have been a frenzy of activity. Most notably, ASUCR held its annual elections, during which students posted record turnout...
Summer’s almost here and it’s the time of the year when amusement parks reel in the most profit. Are you thinking about heading over to SeaWorld? Go right ahead. SeaWorld is open for business, but the park’s main attraction, the Shamu show, may not continue on as a show anymore.
In the state of California, legislation was proposed on March...
On April 16, UC Riverside held its second annual Food Truck Festival on campus during the weekly nooner. In collaboration with ASUCR, the school was able to bring 21 food trucks that ranged from various snack foods to ethnic meals to delicious desserts. The smell of the food from the Meat the Greek and the potato skewers at the...
With the advent of the Internet and its increasingly cheaper costs and user-friendly interfaces, it should come as no surprise that many businesses are allowing the consumer the ability to influence the directions some companies go in. This same attitude of consumer empowerment has led to the creation of several highly successful crowdfunding sites where consumers are given the...
In honor of Earth Week, UCR held an array of green events open to the public, with the Extreme Green Fest at the Family Housing Park kicking off the festivities. Community members were encouraged to join UCR in a number of engaging activities like bike and sustainability tours, a planting start-up at the Bell Tower, and, as a last splash, a...
What does it mean to be a public university?
It’s not just pursuit of knowledge. Although it plays a crucial role, desire of knowledge is something that all colleges seek to foster, be they public or private. Research isn’t a necessary condition either. For some public universities, it’s part of their mandate (like the UC), yet others don’t necessarily do...
With the UCR campus being covered in posters and flyers distributed by the hundreds these recent months, it is apparent that the ASUCR elections season is in full swing. In an effort to accomplish the daunting task of winning an elected position, three major student parties have been formed: ABC: A Better Choice, SIDE and Vox Populi. Each party...