By Sanne van den Tol UCR Class of 2016 Coming up on the 10th anniversary of the first successful U.S. rover to land on Mars, the past missions have led to surprising scientific discoveries as well as fodder for the hope that humans may one day walk on Mars. In 2004 the rovers Spirit and…
Sudan then and now: Moving on from 38 years of Civil War
Julie Airey Staff Writer Ten years ago Sudan signed an historic agreement during a special meeting of the United Nations Security Council, with the aim of ending the civil war in the Sudan by January of 2014. The leaders of the factions involved in the conflict, Vice President Sudan Ali Osman Mohamed Taha and leader…
The Aftershock of the 2004 South Asian Tsunami
By Vincent de Ruiter Staff Writer On December 26, 2004, the lives of those who call the Indian Ocean home were dramatically changed in merely seven minutes. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake, with its epicenter in the west coast of Sumatra (an Indonesia island), had as much force as 23,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs. This shift in…