By Peter Williamson Opinion Section Editor Have you ever been hacked before? Contracted a virus or spyware? For those of you who have, it’s both annoying and frightening. Annoying because it takes a lot of time to resolve the issue and root out the virus. Frightening because you can never know exactly what damage was…
The First General Assembly: What You Missed
By Sebastian Meyjes UCR Section Editor Every semester, RASA and the HAC hold General Assemblies (GAs). The first one of each semester is held to inform the student body of their finances, and have those plans and briefings approved. On Tuesday, September 17, 2013, the first GA of the 2013-2014 academic year was held. The…
The Rocky History of The Muslim Brotherhood
By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier UCR Class of 2014 On August 17, 2013, interim Prime Minister of Egypt, Hazem el-Beblawi, proposed the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood. Just days later, he backed down from the idea, saying instead that his government would continue to closely monitor the group. And this is just the most recent difficulty faced…
In The Spotlight: Teaching and Learning Society and Geographical Society Roosevelt
By Florentina Mion Staff Writer “When all else fails, become a teacher” is what some people say to Liberal Arts and Science students. Many people do not understand that with our type of education we are actually more than likely to get a decent job, but somehow teaching is always seen as a plan B…
Life is Expensive, and so are College Books
By Lisanne Cheizoo Business Manager It happens every time: at the start of the semester, the Facebook page of the UCR book bazaar overflows with people buying and selling books, questions about the right editions and inquiries about the cheapest (and fastest) way to get your books. Whoever visits De Drvkkery regularly in this period,…
Undesirables in Prison
By Hanna van Leent Staff Writer Where are you from? If you are not from The Netherlands, then there is a chance that your fellow countrymen, -women and children are being held in custody in the Netherlands without having committed any crime – apart from the fact that their request of asylum has been turned…
Is it Okay to Read the Works of Extremist Writers?
By Anonymous UCR Class of 2015 As some of you might have heard, there has been a heated debate about whether the film adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s “Ender’s Game”, which will be hitting the cinemas soon, should be boycotted. The debate arose because the author himself has made several homophobic statements and even wrote in his…
In Praise of The Radical Style Choices of One Anna Karklina
By Eva Jousset Arts & Culture Section Editor Every time I run into Anna, it looks like she got up and ran through a closet shared by a circus clown, a Russian grandma and a mod. Point being, it takes a lot of sartorial confidence to combine a 1980s sequin jacket with fluorescent pink pants…
Open Monument Day 2013: Middelburg, the City I Fell in Love With
By Sabina Weistra UCR Class 2014 On Saturday, September 14, 2013, I decided to take a break from the pile of work in which I was drowning, and discover once again the impressiveness of Middelburg on this year’s Open Monumentendag. At the thought of wandering around in the rain, parts of me protested a little,…
The Return of Culture: On the Renovated Rijksmuseum
By Lisanne Cheizoo Business Manager Every country has its cultural highlights. A list of top-ten must see attractions, varying from the biggest church to the smallest statue. Naturally, this is also true for the Netherlands. Next to its famous windmills and tulips, there is also an impressive history and cultural heritage that belongs to the…
Review: A Night Out with Arctic Monkeys
By Daniel Janssen Staff Writer Oh, how far Arctic Monkeys have come. Ever since the modern “fab four” released their debut studio album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, the UK band have conquered Glastonbury, opened the Olympics and released another quartet of top-shelf indie rock albums. With their latest record, AM,…
An Imperial Affliction: On the Film Adaptation of John Green’s The Fault in our Stars
By Hilde van den Berg Staff Writer Crying, laughing, and then crying some—or a lot—more. If you’ve read John Green’s The Fault in our Stars, you’ve probably been through that process. If you haven’t, and you’re going to read it, then there’s a high chance you will go through the process. Seeing as the book…
Review: Patient Puppets and Murderous Music Boxes in The Conjuring
By Daniel Janssen Staff Writer After the artfully creepy Insidious and the disgustingly interesting Saw, James Wan seems to have mastered the art of haunted-house horror. With his latest thrill The Conjuring, Wan adds a refreshingly intense film to the increasingly sappy horror genre.
Olympic Games 2020: Abe’s Fourth Arrow or a Move Towards More Nationalism?
By Koen Maaskant Staff Writer Awarding the Summer Olympic Games of 2020 to Tokyo seems to be another victory for current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan. By delivering a strong speech in Buenos Aires, he helped secure the Olympic Games for Japan, which will host an Olympiad for the second time, after the Games…
Recount Demanded by Moscow Mayoral Candidate
By Vincent de Ruiter Staff Writer On June 8, 2013, Moscow held its elections to determine its next mayor. According to the official Moscow electoral commission, the Putin-supported mayor Sergey Sobyanin won reelection with a handsome 51.37% of the popular vote. This was the first time in 10 years Moscow held a popular vote to…
Ice Cream, The Gift that Gets you Through Winter
By Tessa van Hoorn Staff Writer Can you still imagine those hot summer days when life was good? Walking around on the beach with your toes in the sand, or picnicking in the park? I can, and I do not want to say goodbye to the summer just yet. Unfortunately, I cannot clear away the…
Going Glocal 2013: Oaxaca, Mexico
Photos were taken by Ilja Kamerling, Martha Hooge, Sanne Ragers, Eline Smit, Andrea Roeland, Ngalivia Scheuerman, Roos-Marie van den Bogaard, and Monique Kil, students of University College Roosevelt.
Opinion: M.H. Erodios – A Fraternity Incompatible with Common Courtesy
By Naomi Kreitman Staff Writer It’s 3am on a Friday morning, and I am awake because M.H. Erodios, a fraternity of UCR students, has deemed the guy next door cool enough to be invited for an interview. Since this is such a great honor, they feel justified pounding on his door in the early morning…
The Need for Military Action in Syria
By Trevor Maloney Editor-in-Chief One cannot help but feel deep sadness and frustration over the ongoing conflict in Syria. As has been reported by The New York Times and many other news organizations, the American intelligence community has proven that the government of Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons against its own people. Much of the…
Male or Female: What Does it Matter?
By Lonneke de Klerk Staff Writer On Wednesday, August 28, 2013, the 2013-2014 academic year was officially opened during the annual convocation ceremony in the Nieuwe Kerk. Dr. Nancy Mykoff gave the opening address, entitled ‘Gender Matters’. Mykoff studied American History at New York University and she currently teaches History and Gender Studies at University…