Michigan Failed in Protecting Flint
With over 87 people infected and nine dead, Flint, Michigan officials’ ineptitude warrants not just resignations but criminal charges. For 18 months, the city used the Flint River as a source of drinking water, a cheaper alternative to buying it from Detroit. A lack of...
Swiping Left on STIs
Tinder executives didn’t swipe right on billboards outside their office last fall. They didn’t “super like” the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s (AHF) campaign, depicting two silhouetted couples — Tinder facing chlamydia, and Grindr nose to nose with gonorrhea. “FreeSTDcheck.org” lay boldly scrawled next to...
The Bundy Militia: A Tale of White Privilege
Only through white privilege can a group of militants cross state lines and take over federal property without facing any physical resistance or being dubbed domestic terrorists. It’s a matter of white entitlement, furthermore, that such militants can possibly expect to avoid accountability for their...
‘Not A Loan’
By Georgia Johnson, Alexa Lomberg and Montse Reyes This June, the $5 million grant program the UC Office of the President (UCOP) allocated for system-wide support for students who are undocumented will run out. For many students, the program slated to take its place...
Q&A with Chancellor Blumenthal and EVC Alison Galloway
Conducted by Georgia Johnson and Allison Hollender Chancellor George Blumenthal and Executive Vice Chancellor Alison Galloway sat down with Student Media organizations last week to answer questions ranging from housing to divestment to Title IX. Check out City on a Hill Press, Fish Rap Live!, KZSC...
No More Shaming — Period.
Period. Females have had one since the dawn of time, yet this word wasn’t said publicly — in the context of a uterus — until a 1985 Tampax ad. The advertisers who encouraged Courtney Cox to say “period” were congratulated for their then-progressive diction and...
Broadening Our Lens
As students at the University of California, one of the world’s leaders in public research, we can agree that scientific research has value. The UC is renowned for its work in many fields, and its discoveries in astronomy have been especially influential due to the...
Sacramento Resists #OpRight2Rest
A group claiming to be part of Anonymous, the international cyber hacking organization, has launched #OpRight2Rest against the City of Sacramento in response to the anti-camping ordinance targeting houseless individuals outside City Hall. While Anonymous’ threats are surprising in themselves, Sacramento’s response to the threats...
Letter from the Editors: On Solidarity and Selective Grief
Who we choose to stand with says a lot about ourselves. Right now, the world aches. Grief hangs heavy over France, Lebanon, Nigeria, Mexico and Missouri — to name a few. Solidarity has become a buzzword, sometimes spoken honestly and at other times a temporary...
Cheap and Dangerous Labor is Not Rehabilitation
At 111 degrees Fahrenheit, skin begins to feel pain. At 131 degrees, a second degree burn will form, and 162 degrees Fahrenheit can instantly destroy human skin. Firefighters face temperatures of over 1110 degrees Fahrenheit inside a post-flashover room fire, according to the National Institute...