Tag: Write-Off
Write-Off: Keep Scotty — ditch the grizzly menace
As the “Freaky Friday” phenomenon hit the UC Riverside community over the weekend, it came with it the swapping of our beloved Scotty the...
Write-Off: Trump’s speech to Congress shows optimism for the future of...
On Feb. 28, 2017, President Donald J. Trump gave his first speech to the U.S. Congress, one that highlighted his goals for the peace,...
Write-Off: Trump’s first speech before Congress shows that things will not...
On Feb. 28, 2017, President Donald Trump gave his first address to a joint session of Congress, delineating and consolidating many of his campaign...
Write-off: Mama mia! Mama mia! Cover songs have got to go
As I was driving home from UCR last Friday, I was unlucky enough to be flipping through the channels on my car radio (most...
Write-Off: Cover songs are to music what recycling is to the...
People like to talk badly about covers of popular songs or disqualify them from being considered art because they seem like a glorified version...
Write-off: Resist constructively, or get ready for eight years of Trump
American history and American culture are both completely intertwined with protest and rebellion. To protest something that you see as injustice in order to...
Write-Off: The symptom not the sickness
Last week’s fiery events at Berkeley ignited a new debate over the drawbacks and downfalls of protesting. Armchair activists, safe behind their keyboards, stick...
Write-Off: Bob Dylan does not need to be a poet to...
In 2012, the permanent secretary of the Nobel Committee, Horace Engdahl, made a controversial statement that “American literature is too isolated, too insular,” prompting...
Write-Off: High school CPR training is a good idea, but should...
Effective at the start of the 2018-2019 academic year, most high school students in California will be required to complete CPR training in order...
Write-Off: Give CPR training a chance before assuming it will do...
Governor Jerry Brown signed a law on September 24th that will mandate all high schools to teach their students how to conduct CPR and...