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Why there was never the need for cameras downtown
Riverside has removed the cameras at many of the red lights around the city. These cameras had been running for seven years when the...
Why Jurassic Park is closer than you think
A new startup company, Cambrian Genomics, has enabled the average citizen to modify or create DNA, literally inventing new life forms. Cambrian, the brainchild...
Why teaching kids how to interact with police will hurt both...
No one can adequately deny that there are often problems with police abuse of power, from intimidation to unlawful searches. In an attempt to...
Why the tuition hikes are a necessary evil
It seems that despite the best efforts of the student body to protest it, the dreaded tuition hikes will be implemented. Beginning next year,...
Why voters can hope for improvement in how they vote
California officials are considering making a transition to elections conducted exclusively by mail. In recent years, more than half the ballots cast in California’s...
Why video games are not the be-all, end-all cause of violence
The jury is in — playing video games is not going to turn you into a homicidal maniac, or at least, it is not...
Why capitalism means the death of literary artistry
I hope you’ve read a book in the last year. It would be an incredibly great thing to know that every student here has...
Why Ebola isn’t as scary as a good Halloween costume
Ebola — you hear the word and you shudder. The name evokes gruesome images on a level similar to that of the worst horror...