Dank Memes — Bad Luck Brian
Schadenfreude — noun: a feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the troubles of other people.
While not exactly the kindest of character traits, this is the basis for the humor of...
Interfering with protests means silencing freedom
There’s an inherited right we have as Americans that we take for granted and misuse often: Freedom of speech. We like freedom of speech. This country was founded on the principles of freedom while...
Write-Off: Aaron Hernandez’s pay off
Pay Aaron Hernandez, dead or alive
Jon Hammond
It’s April 2010, you’re a red-blooded American, so of course you’re watching the NFL Draft. Whether it's at a bar or on your couch, the only requirement is...
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 Bear mascot with that of a grizzly bear. While the...
Write Off: James Comey’s firing
James Comey had it coming Christopher Ramos
James Comey needed to go. Both Republicans and Democrats had reason to hate Comey within the past year. Democrats hated it when he reopened the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation...
Write-Off: High school CPR training is a good idea, but should not be mandatory
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 to graduate. While usually involving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, the new requirement...
Write-Off: Bob Dylan does not need to be a poet to deserve the Nobel...
In 2012, the permanent secretary of the Nobel Committee, Horace Engdahl, made a controversial statement that “American literature is too isolated, too insular,” prompting fears that the Swedish Academy had ruled out American writers...
Write Off: “Aliens? Ha! Don’t make me laugh”
Do aliens exist? Quite the philosophical question. Such a question merits deep reflection and contemplation and …
No. The answer is no. Aliens do not exist. That’s it. No more explanation. If you want more,...
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 fix that injustice is among one of the most patriotic...
Write-Off: Give CPR training a chance before assuming it will do no good
Governor Jerry Brown signed a law on September 24th that will mandate all high schools to teach their students how to conduct CPR and become familiar with medical tools like defibrillators. This is amazing....