U.S Midterms: The Red Wave that Wasn’t The U.S. midterm elections took place a month ago. This race determined the makeup of the next Congress and concerned 435 House seats, 35 Senate seats, as well as 36 state governorships and state-specific ballot initiatives. We will discuss what the midterms are, the results, why the Red…
Love to Give
Love to Give Her silk brown hair Her doe eyes She is the epitome of beauty. Her soul is kind Her heart is full She has so much love to give. She watches her friends Become wives and mothers. Attends countless weddings Never once dressed in white. A godmother, an aunt None of her…
Cinematic Universes; and Universal Studios’ failed attempts to make them
Cinematic Universes; and Universal Studios’ failed attempts to make them ‘Cinematic Universe’ is a concept we’re all painfully aware of, due to how often it has taken over our movie industry in the past decade. I’m not one to argue that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the ‘scum of the Earth’ like Martin Scorsese and…
Colours of Marrakech
Colours of Marrakech There is something fascinating about the way the Moroccan sky meets the ochre silhouettes of Marrakech’s buildings. As the placement of the sun changes during the day, the intensity of the contrast changes too. My favourite contrast-time was the early afternoon on days when the sun shone bright and soft clouds made the sky look…
on grief: unnumbered
on grief: unnumbered we didn’t do anything for your birthday. well, we fought, which is, i suppose, the most fitting us. did you look down upon us and shake your head or did you turn a blind eye or did you expect the call across a landmass worth two oceans to not go…
Learning to trust in the face of uncertainty: My enriching ‘after-UCR’ experience
Learning to trust in the face of uncertainty: My enriching ‘after-UCR’ experience The 18th of June 2021 marks the day my life changed forever. The reason I know that date so precisely is because it is engraved on a ring my parents gifted me the day I received my bachelor’s degree from UCR. An online ceremony, lots of…
Italy’s Elections: The rise of the far-right and what it means for Europe
Italy’s Elections: The rise of the far-right and what it means for Europe Why are Italy’s elections gaining so much media attention? The outcome of Italy’s 2022 parliamentary elections received considerable global media attention. Naturally, an election that installs a new government is significant for any country; in this case, it is especially of interest…
On Energy
On Energy As Europe is bracing itself for a hard winter, little is said of the fact that the burden will lie disproportionately with the people least able to deal with it. While the student population is heterogenous, on average student incomes are lower and thus energy makes up a larger share of students’ spending…
i realise how quickly my mind takes to this place.
i realise how quickly my mind takes to this place. would you expect the way back home to hurt this much? — unclawing. just a sore-throated dawning, to live in your larynx, lucid, for two-and-a-half weeks — that monotony is birthed of routine. of comfort. would you expect to go home and find the way…
Frantic: A Classic Thriller based on Foreign Anxieties
Frantic: A Classic Thriller based on Foreign Anxieties Any international who’s moved to the Netherlands has undoubtedly had to face some of the weirdness/awkwardness that comes automatically with being a stranger in a foreign country. Every place, every country has its own unique elements that can make it intimidating for foreigners, visitors, tourists, expats. As…
Small Things
Small Things It can be so intimidating to see all of the people and groups Moving mountains, making waves. It can make you feel so small, powerless. But don’t be fooled, For that is the very reason that we must continue to stand up and speak out. It takes more than one person to…
The Way We Move
The Way We Move (1) Have you ever wondered who inspires the people who inspire you? When I think about inspiration, my friend, Daryle Locko comes to mind. This article is about him. Daryle radiates creativity, for anyone and anything has the power to inspire him. When he sees a beautiful leaf or overhears a…
monsoon day
19.7.21 — monsoon day outside my bedroom: through the rectangle of window above my door: light. flickering. mama said it needs to be worn out completely before we can replace it, so that is what we are doing. wearing the light out. i wonder how light dies: does it flicker less often, with less intensity?…
Academically Monogamous
Hi, I’m Anne-Rosa (this is not an alcoholic anonymous article, I swear. You don’t have to greet me), and I’ve just started my seventh, and hopefully last, semester at UCR. I took a leave of absence one and a half years ago, meaning I had to stay for another semester, while I saw everyone I…
New Me
New year, new me They say. But is it really true? Am I really new? Because the new clothes go on the same old body And the new haircut holds the same frizz. My new phone contains all of my old contacts And my new computer breaks down just the same. My new hobbies won’t…
The Confusing Chronology of the Alien Sequels
By Romke van der Veen Just recently a new ‘Alien’ movie was announced, this time to be produced (not directed) by Ridley Scott. But this news got little media attention. Why is this? For a franchise that was once considered some of the best science-fiction out there. A franchise that produced blockbusters and even one…
Rooftops Reach for the Sky
Rooftops Reach for the Sky where iridescent pearl glistens through veils of vapour pulled apart like cotton wads sailing along zephyr winds, trailing delicate strands across asterisms woven through zaffre velvet expanse cloaking the waning flurry underneath where tin brutes bleeding coal rumble along paths lit by sallow globes atop poles flickering through fumes that…
Principles of Marriage
By Annika Lee Author’s note: This is a type of found poem from the source text of 1 Corinthians 7, the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) edition. The selections were made only from the first word of each line (or multiple words, in the case of “a wife” and “a slave”). The work is a deliberate…
Demented Democracy
by Hanna Zelma Horányi A bit of context: On April 4, parliamentary elections were held in Hungary. Fidesz, the governing party won in a landslide. On the same day, there was also a referendum which was often regarded as homo- and transphobic. (I’m adding often because a. as far as the government is concerned, it…
Revisiting Israel – Reupload
Disclaimer: Dear Reader, this article has been the subject of a complaint from a member of our community. The Tabula RASA Daily Board agrees the original article did not reach our desired standards of journalistic integrity and therefore the author agreed to rewrite the article addressing concerns relating to clarity, concision, potentially offensive language, and…