There is growing concern among many in the online community that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a US bill that would give the government power to block websites that violate copyright laws, is inspiring more than just contempt among the sites that stand to lose the most from it.
The social news site Reddit is spearheading a protest of...
In Dr. Suess’ classic story, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” the grouchy green Grinch living on Mount Crumpit gets so weary of Christmas music from the nearby town of Whoville that he goes down and steals all the Christmas presents and decorations! This places the Grinch as one of the ultimate villains of childhood storybooks. But what if the...
In what can only be characterized as a vast overreaction to the Occupy Davis and Berkeley protests, both of which were marred by police violence, UCR administrators released a list of official “protest guidelines” in late November that significantly limits the freedom of students to demonstrate on campus property. The guidelines have since been roundly criticized for their unnecessary and...
2011 unveiled a radical shift in the arena of geopolitics. It all started when a Tunisian vegetable vendor, fed up with living in oppression at the hands of his town’s police department, lit himself on fire. That man’s action served as a spark that took the Arab World by storm. The Tunisians demonstrated and protested, and a revolution ensued,...
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The University of California, Berkeley has come to the rescue of the middle income student. Berkeley has introduced the Middle Class Access Plan (MCap) aimed at dependent undergraduate students whose family’s gross income ranges from $80,000 to $140,000. The plan caps tuition at 15 percent of the parents’ income, allows for typical assets and includes tuition, fees...
The NBA lockout is finally over. For five months, the owners and players were deadlocked in negotiations with no real hope of compromise in sight. But the NBA owners, in a surprise effort to salvage the season, met with representatives of the NBA Players Association, the players’ union, over Thanksgiving Day Weekend and came up with a new Collective...
Last week, Jerry Brown released a budget proposal that includes some $500 million in cuts to state funding for the UC. Brown hopes that the cuts will help alleiate some of the state's overwhelming debt, but the proposal, which is only the latest in a series of crippling devaluations of the University of California, has left many wondering just...
In an effort to stem California's growing deficits, Jerry Brown's decisions will affect most everyone in California. Among other proposals, Brown intends on renewing heightened tax rates through special elections and on hacking away spending for welcare programs and public education in order to trim away at the state's deficit.
Despite good intentions, Brown is essentially opting to begin his...