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OpinionUCSB Deserves the Raccoon its Students Request
Of all the things to love about UCI, I think our mascot comes in above anything else we have to offer. The anteater is an odd yet formidable figurehead to lead our sports teams into...
By Isaac Espinosa -
OpinionWorld Press Photo Award Ironic in Light of Venezuela’s Lack of Freedom of Speech
Venezuelan-born photographer Ronaldo Schemidt won the World Press Photo of the Year award last week for a photo depicting a protester on fire in one of the 2017 Venezuelan peaceful protests (turned violent due to...
By Oriana Gonzalez -
OpinionOverwatch’s Toxic Professional Scene Shows Little Improvement
Video games have a special way of turning anyone playing them into the most degenerate version of themselves. Racial epithets, homophobic language, misogynistic jokes and general psychological harassment make up the depressing majority of the...
By Isaac Espinosa -
OpinionFour Corners: Disney-Pixar Bracket Debate
Caitlin Antonios: What was the first Disney film, or Pixar film, that you guys ever saw? Megan Cole: Probably “Lion King” was the first one I saw, but “Lilo and Stitch” was the one I...
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OpinionThe Parkland Students, Race, and Religion: What We’re Not Discussing
At the March for Our Lives on Saturday, Mar. 24, millions of people across the country joined together to call for stricter gun control. March for Our Lives was centered in Washington, D.C., with over...
By Claire Harvey -
OpinionSan Diego Zoo Keeps Animals Captive the Right Way
Like many students who wanted to relish the too-short break, I spent most of mine lounging around until I spontaneously decided to go to the San Diego Zoo. I hadn’t been to a zoo since...
By Caitlin Antonios -
OpinionMarvel Continues Printing Fantastic Four After Letting Movies Die
“Avengers: Infinity War” is slated to be one of the biggest movies of the year, if not the decade. Superhero team-up movies from Marvel Studios have become the Hollywood standard for action movie blockbusters, consistently...
By Isaac Espinosa -
OpinionRemoving Humanities from Universities Undermines the Purpose of College
Years ago, when I heard friends complaining about the amount of readings that humanities classes required, I thought that I was fortunate for not taking these classes that I deemed boring and useless. Now that...
By Sebastian Suarez -
OpinionDon’t Dismiss Syrian Diaspora Perspectives
Last Tuesday, my campus organization, Peaceful Passions, which serves to raise awareness and create opportunities for refugees, along with Fresh START and the Global Middle East Studies club, held an emergency awareness and solidarity event...
By Iman Siddiqi -
OpinionProp 57: Letting Californian Sex-Offenders On The Loose
Initially, Proposition 57 seemed to be a feasible solution to California’s prison overcrowding. It promised that nonviolent offenders would be offered parole if they had already served their primary sentences and did not pose any...
By Sebastian Suarez