Dear Editor,
While we at PETA are glad that writer Jessica Baker is decrying the cruelty of foie gras, please allow me to correct some inaccuracies in her column, “Forget the foie gras unless it’s natural.”
Ducks do indeed have a gag reflex. In fact, a common cause of death on foie gras farms is aspiration pneumonia (which occurs when ducks...
Dear Editor:
We write to correct mischaracterizations in Sandy Van’s April 21st article, “Jewish organization alleges UCR class is ‘anti-Semitic’.
We are 20 advocacy organizations representing millions of members gravely concerned that UCR is offering a course that is anti-Semitic according to the U.S. State Department and in violation of UC policy that specifically prohibits using the classroom for indoctrination. This...
Writer: Daniel Ruppert-Majer, History Major with a European Concentration
E-mail: [email protected]
A great service to UCR was done on Wednesday, Feb. 15. This service was rendered by ASUCR Elections Director Marcy Kuo in the form of a bill that, if voted to pass by the student body, would eliminate the quarterly requirement of a 2.0 and raise the cumulative GPA requirements for...
Editor’s Note: The following is a work of satire based on the events described in the Issue 09 article, “Wilcox takes heat from students in public forum.”
Running a corporation non-profit university can be difficult, especially when students constantly challenge your closed-door decisions and racially insensitive statements at every turn. With this in mind, and following in the tradition of...
On Tuesday, November 18, many graduate and undergraduate students here at UCR participated in a UC-wide day of action on the eve of an important vote by the UC Board of Regents to approve a tuition plan proposal by UC President Janet Napolitano. This plan, approved as of Thursday, November 20, is set to increase tuition by approximately 27.7%...
Writer: Anonymous
I congratulate the student senate on its Wednesday, Feb. 1 vote banning the sale of Sabra hummus! Thank God the 13 students in the senate took such a brave and consequential step against chickpea paste. I was especially pleased that the senate voted for the ban to express solidarity with the Palestinian people and to recognize their suffering....
Writer: Students for Justice in Palestine, UCR student organization
Contact email: [email protected]
In recent years, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a controversial topic at the UC system and indeed around the nation. Student activists on both sides of the issue have claimed that they feel “marginalized” on campus. However, to portray the two sides’ claims to “marginalization” as equal in...
And here’s how:
There is now a direct line of communication between every UCR undergraduate student and the President of your student government to get feedback. I want there to be a whole new level of transparency, unseen on this campus since UCR opened in 1954. I promised the incoming first-year class during my convocation speech that I would be...
With Islamophobia continuing to rise, the recent attack on Charlie Hebdo did no favors for Muslims anywhere. However, let’s take a moment to step back from both sides of the situation, and examine the criticisms of the Muslim world instead. It’s a very difficult task to read through filthy commentaries on social media and news outlets, without losing faith...
About the author: Alan Arteaga is an International Affairs major and CALPIRG intern in for their 100% Renewable energy campaign.
Humanity is sitting on a ticking bomb, placed by our unwillingness to veer towards renewable energy sources. With recent news reporting on numerous fires throughout the state, the Inland Empire has had its fair share, with a brush fire taking...