Posted on 23 January 2012 by admin
By Nicholas Mederos
Staff Writer ’15
A row of students sit, shaking in an frightened resilience. A man in full uniform paces along the line of youth, and is passed a red can. As he reaches one end of the line, hesitation strikes. A brief, but absolute, moment stops this man from spraying the protesters. After this respite from madness, duty envelopes the man as his hand clenches the handle of the noxious spray. Such was the scene at UC Davis a few weeks ago, when videos from every angle flooded the media. Continue Reading
Posted on 23 January 2012 by admin
By Ryan Marotta
Staff Writer ’13
When the Holiday seasons approaches and the semester draws to a close, we students have a tendency to retreat into ourselves. We lock the doors, shut the windows, and isolate ourselves from the rest of society, all so that we can spend many sleepless nights studying and working on last-minutes papers. But we never fully emerge from this shell, even after we hand in our last exam and head home. We dive headfirst into the self-centeredness of our break, seeing our “me-time” as something both well-deserved and desperately needed. Continue Reading
Posted on 06 November 2011 by admin
By Shailesh Khadka
Contributing Writer ’13
Times are bad. Living costs are rising across the nation while there are no jobs out there; the rich are getting richer and the poor even poorer. Everyone is drowned in the dark black sea of hopelessness and no one has any clue what to do. There’s just too much frustration in the main street and the same is being displayed in the streets through the Occupy Wall Street movement. Continue Reading
Posted on 06 November 2011 by admin
By Yarleen Hernandez
Contributing Writer ’13
On October 5th of this year, the world was met with the tragic news of Steve Jobs’ untimely death. Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003 and had been fighting to stay alive ever since. People from all over the world grieved the loss of this extraordinary mind and it is a fact that many of those people, including myself, discovered the news through their iPhones, iPads, or iMacs.
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Posted on 06 November 2011 by admin
By Nicholas Mederos
Contributing Writer ’15
I, like most of you (hopefully), was watching the news about “Occupy Wall Street” movement. A commentator brought in by the network began a rant on “kids these days.” He claimed that we have no political, social, or economic future. He claimed that our generation was the worst of society and that we will accomplish nothing. While I have my views on the occupation (a topic for a later time over coffee at Jazzman’s), I do have a few things to say about us “kids these days”. Continue Reading
Posted on 06 November 2011 by admin
By Shadman Hassan
Contributing Writer ’14
The War in Afghanistan, labeled Operation Enduring Freedom, was initiated on October 7,2001.Tenyearsago,theUnited States’ outlook and intentions for the Afghan War and, for the broader War on Terror were far more focused and hopeful. The Taliban, who had held control of Afghanistan since September of 1996, had harbored Al Qaeda and its supporters long before the events of September 11, 2001. Continue Reading
Posted on 06 November 2011 by admin
By Prajjwol Gautam
Staff Writer ’15
In the last issue, I tried to shed some light into the benefits of open source software. This time, I want to appeal to everyone to migrate from their Windows operating system or Mac OSX to Linux. I don’t expect that to happen anytime soon, of course; but with Linux’s—the open source operating system—variant Ubuntu’s new version, Oneiric Ocelot, getting exceptional reviews I could not find any time more suited for evangelizing Linux. Continue Reading
Posted on 06 November 2011 by admin
By Ryan Marotta
Staff Writer ’12
Most of the world is unfamiliar with the name Babi Yar. It is not the name of a person, but rather a place, a ravine outside of Kiev. It was here that, on September 29, 1941, a pogrom was initiated that took the lives of 33,771 innocent men, women, and children. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 October 2011 by admin
By Ryan Marotta
Contributing Writer ’13
The recent execution of Troy Davis has left many people sharply divided about the administration of justice in the United States. While some have asserted that justice was properly carried out, many more see his death as a grave miscarriage of justice. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 October 2011 by admin
By Prajjwol Gautam
Contributing Writer ’15
Unlike other things we buy, most of the software applications we purchase don’t belong to us. We become “licensed” users without any rights to pass the software to others without breaking the law. Many of us are probably oblivious of this agreement since we rarely bother reading it while installing a software. But, the moment you click that “I accept” button and agree to the terms set by the “owners” of the software, you are forfeiting your rights to share the software with your family and friends.
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Posted on 26 October 2011 by admin
By Nicholas Meredos
Contributing Writer ’15
I’ve always felt different. I’ve had friends but never have I felt a moment of absolute belonging. Never before have I felt like there was a place where I could be entirely myself and, in doing so, gain a better understanding of just who Nicholas Mederos really is. This changed when I found my brother’s comic book collection. I read and absorbed until I was bursting with ideas that had to be communicated. I quickly ran to the nearest computer and read and absorbed information until I had a nearly collapsed. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 October 2011 by admin
By Erika Gordon
Contributing Writer ’12
Money. Money. Money. The one thing you’ll find yourself thinking about constantly when you’re thrown into “the real world” after you graduate college. You’ll think about it when you wake up. You’ll think about it when you go to sleep. Even if you budget your money, you’ll find yourself faced with unplanned expenses quite frequently. What’s the key to solving all your “real world” financial woes you’ll seem to magically inherit after college? Getting a J-O-B, duh. Continue Reading
Posted on 21 September 2011 by admin
By ariel mercedes
Contributing Writer ’13
On that morning of September 11, 2001, New York City saw the sun rise to a cloudless sky, as many New Yorkers poured into the island and onto the streets of Lower Manhattan for another day of work while Continue Reading
Posted on 21 September 2011 by admin
By ryan marotta
Contributing Writer ’13
The tragedy of September 11 has affected us all in deeply poignant ways, in a sense becoming sacred to us as a nation. Continue Reading
Posted on 21 September 2011 by admin
By Nicholas Meredos
Contributing Wtier ’13
Every morning since that horrific morning in September of 2001, I’ve taken a few minutes to meditate and remain silent out of respect for those who have passed. Continue Reading
