It’s a long time ago, but let’s backtrack about two years to Nov. 18, 2011. The Arab Spring was still going full steam ahead, with civil unrest in Syria and protests in Algeria and Jordan. Dr. Conrad Murray had just been convicted in the death of pop legend Michael Jackson. And in an expression of frustration with politics and...
With Thanksgiving Break just around the corner, students are eagerly packing their bags and preparing for the last days of classes before freedom is, at least temporarily, achieved. Whether they head home to enjoy the break with family or stay in Riverside to celebrate with their friends, after the last lecture or exam plenty of students look forward to...
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...
Commercials always annoy me. Even the funny ones get on my nerves, because I may be watching a much better comedy when the commercials show up to interrupt. Sometimes, though, there are ones that have annoying things to say, and these really get under my skin. One that stands out in particular was about Cheerios. I don’t remember what...
It’s no secret that viewership for the 2016 presidential debates has reached all time highs. In the past, the Republican presidential primary debates averaged about three to four million viewers this early on in elections, but when Fox News premiered the first debate back in August, it managed to reach an average of 24 million viewers. CNN, which aired...
A $517,000 grant was recently given to UCR and several other collaborating universities to fund a database that is to be used for recording social media as a sort of historical record. This system, named “Documenting the Now: Support Scholarly Use and Preservation of Social Media Content” or DocNow for short, will create a chronology of major events, described...
It has come to my attention that last week’s comic depicting the UCR mascot, Scotty, having an identity crisis has struck a nerve with some readers. Even though I am all for ruffling some feathers toward an appropriate topic, I feel that the response towards this comic could use a little insight from its author as to the message...
Courtesy of Nation of Change
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...
As an undergraduate student on a UC campus, I have definitely seen the negative effects of stress and mental health issues on myself and my fellow peers. Feeling overwhelmed by classes or having anxiety over the finals we just took are very common experiences shared by UC students.
In response to this growing issue, the University of California is...