Cincinnati native John Boehner announced his retirement from the United States Senate amid in-fighting within the caucus. Boehner, a devout Catholic, announced this decision after the Pope’s visit to America on Friday, September 25. In a one-on-one chat with the Pope, “he put his arm around me and pulled […]

I’m sure by now most people have heard about the recent shooting in South Carolina regarding a police officer and an African American man.  There is a lot of controversy over why the cop lied about how the incident happened, why police are targeting black males in this way, and […]

For this issue we asked UCBA students how they felt about the 2015 March Madness overall, with Duke emerging as champion.   Fatoumata Kante  “I didn’t care much for it.”     Ana Salas  “I didn’t watch it.”     Sami Abraham “I was too busy studying to watch it.” […]

Sometimes I question if black Lives even matter to black people.  Although the reasoning behind the #BlackLivesMatter movement are 100 percent valid, I have a hard time believing that fair treatment from police will cure the ills of the African American community in this country.  There is no relationship amongst […]

UCBA has a few areas that are for students to be able to sit in a quiet setting and study, catch up on homework, etc.  There’s the library, computer lab, the area by the cafe, and the area by OneStop. But none of those areas are fully quiet.  As students […]

All UCBA students join me in wishing Professor Michael Roos a happy, and healthy retirement.  He has served 39 years as an English professor here, and most of those years he was the Faculty Advisor of The Activist, our student newspaper.  His resume includes not only the outstanding job he’s […]

I’m sure by now everyone has seen the video from the Oklahoma fraternity with their racist chant.  It’s racism in the truest form, but that wasn’t the issue I had with it.  The issue I had was that there is no way I believe that was the first time that […]

Maybe you haven’t been paying attention, but just last week Indiana Republican Governor Mike Pence signed a bill allowing businesses in the state to deny service to the LGBT community for “religious beliefs.”  A similar bill was signed in the State of Arkansas.  Laws of this nature scream discrimination, but […]

Saturday, March 7, marked the 50-year anniversary of Bloody Sunday.  March 7, 1965, was supposed to mark the start of a peaceful march for civil rights but the day ended in violence at the hands of the police and people of the surrounding communities at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in […]

This issue we asked UCBA students what they are doing for Spring Break. Nichelle Woolfolk  “Spring cleaning and spending time with family.”     Megan Mitsch  “I’m going to Chicago!”     Terry Ruff “Relax and a little studying.”     Mikey Ivenso “Definitely clean up the house and hopefully […]