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Sharing stories at the 26th Annual Tomas Rivera Conference
“We all have something to say. There is room para todos,” Erica Ocegueda says, smiling, the interest in her eyes encouraging the handful of...
UC teaching assistant, instructors and tutors negotiate 2014-17 contract
The UC Student-Worker Union (UAW 2865) — consisting of 12,000 UC teaching assistants (TA), graduate student instructors and undergraduate tutors — held its “Week...
Should Michael Dunn’s actions be considered a hate crime or not?
Last year on Nov. 23, a 17-year-old African American teenager was with friends while parked at a convenience store when he was fatally shot...
Ten thousand laughs at the tenth Apocalypse
There’ve been nine previous apocalypses at the Barn and somehow we’ve survived all of them. How did they come to be, though, and could...
UC union AFSCME 3299 votes to hold a five-day strike
After failing to reach a contract deal with the University of California, UC union AFSCME 3299 announced last week that it will go on...
The revival of NASA and the United States’ thirst for discovery
In the spring of 2013, Congress cut the United States’ federal budget by about $1.2 trillion by implementing a “budget sequester.” The sequester butchered...
“Robocop” Movie Review
I think the biggest problem with movie remakes is they seem oblivious to the fact that the reason their source material worked so well...
Under the Kilt: Creepy and Sexy — Two sides to the...
As a 21-year-old heterosexual male, I am blessed in that I have to contend with barely any double-standards in the realms of courtship and...
Supporters of AFSCME 3299 rally around UCR’s Bell Tower
UCR’s United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) held a protest in support of union AFSCME 3299 last Wednesday. The protest consisted of making Valentine’s Day...
New residency program seeks to improve health in Coachella Valley
UCR’s School of Medicine has announced that it will begin a three-year residency program centered in the Coachella Valley starting in 2015, a move...