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Movies: “Furious 7” Primarily For Fans of the Series

It appears that the crew is taking one last ride in what appears to be the final installment of the “Fast & Furious” franchise with “Furious 7.”   This time around Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his crew are being hunted down by the skilled British assassin Deckard Shaw (Jason […]

Opinion

The Fight for Equal Rights Is Not Over

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 […]

Opinion

On the Spot: What Did You Think of March Madness?

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.” […]

Opinion

Let’s Start Respecting Ourselves

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 […]

Opinion

My World: We Need More Study Spaces

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 […]

Arts

Fashion: Let It Be YOUR Style, Not THEIR Style

So we’ve reached our final issue for the semester.  It’s been a pleasure sharing my fashion advice, opinions, and experiences with you.  For this issue, I would like to leave you with a bite full of interesting facts and criticism towards certain trends and styles.  There will always be trends […]

Sports

McDonald’s All-Americans for UC?

Wednesday, April 1, marked the day of the annual McDonald’s All-American Game in Chicago.  Personally this was my fifth year making the trip up to see it.  If you have no knowledge of what the McDonald’s All-American game is, it’s the top high school seniors in the country getting together […]

Opinion

Mike Roos Retires After 39 Years

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 […]

Science & Technology

Apple Watch Arrives in Stores April 24

On April 24, Apple will be releasing a new item.  As the Apple website states, “Apple Watch is unlike any device we’ve ever made.  But we wanted interacting with it to be just as easy and intuitive as using your iPhone or working on a Mac.  So we invented all-new […]

News

Panels to Highlight Faculty Collaborative Creations

Over the next three weeks the faculty artists involved in the “Gaps and Overlaps” exhibition at the UC Blue Ash Art Gallery will participate in a series of panel discussions each Wednesday from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. at the gallery (located at Plainfield and Cooper roads in Blue Ash, OH 45236).  All of […]