Year: 2016

Tess Visser for AAC Chair

By Gerjanne Hoek On the day of the Elections, Tess Visser still wants to share with us some of her ideas and opinions about her dream to become the new AAC Chair. Let’s see what she has to say! Please tell us something about yourself: Hi everyone! I’m a 4th-semester student, studying Art History, Chemistry, and Anthropology….

Geert Buis for AAC Chair

By Eden van der Moere In the second round for AAC Chair, Geert Buis is running. In-between THEATRA rehearsals, I meet with Geert, who is originally from Oud-Beijerland, to talk about his plans for the AAC. Why are you running for this position? I’m running for AAC Chair, because I am really interested in education….

Crossing off London

By Kirsten Kapteijns In Fall semester 2015, CultureCo announced a trip to London and my heart made a small leap; London, one of the cities that has been on my travel wish list for so long. After falling completely and utterly in love with England through books and series such as Merlin, I promised myself…

Trump Explained

By Trevor Maloney On Thursday, 3 March 2016, the leading candidate to be the Republican Party’s nominee for President of the United States reassured the American people by suggestion that contrary to his rival’s insinuations, he indeed has a big penis. The likely Republican nominee said, “[Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)] referred to my hands —…

Pirates of the Cinematic

An account of the influence of piracy on The Hateful Eight and The Revenant By Bram Medelli Most UCR students would answer “no” if they got asked whether they regularly steal. Yet, I am pretty sure a large chunk of the student population regularly pirates movies or uses PopcornTime. Obviously, it is not physically stealing…

Themes of 2015

By Dan Hasan Looking back at last year, let me tell you the news, as for what was most striking – that’s for you to choose, But I’m convinced you’ll digest it in this readable format, though I couldn’t include it all – what’s left out’s just as important   So starting in January –…

What About Languages?

By Maryna Parfenchuk The 21st of February is International Mother Language Day as proclaimed by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999. If we go to the official UN website (http://www.un.org/en/events/motherlanguageday/), we can see their small article on this holiday stating the following, “Languages are the most powerful instruments of preserving and…

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