Tag: Claudia Rivera
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Black Death lives on in Madagascar
By CLAUDIA RIVERA Fever, chills, fatigue, a bloody cough and swollen, painful lymph nodes are all symptoms of the plague ravishing the southeast African island of Madagascar, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The plague that looms over the people of Madagascar is the same one responsible for one of the deadliest epidemics in […]
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Equality rising: Saudi women allowed to drive
By CLAUDIA RIVERA Confined by the harsh restrictions implemented by the government, Saudi Arabian women are seeing some progress on the women’s right front. This past September, the “ultraconservative kingdom” decided to lift the ban on female drivers, a measure that will take effect June 2018. It is the simple things that women in Saudi […]
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Climate Change: the cause of our hurricanes
by CLAUDIA RIVERA Just three months into this hurricane season, we have already had seven storm systems develop into hurricanes that have devastated the Caribbean and mainland United States. You can’t flip through cable channels without seeing a storm map; if it’s not CNN, it’s NBC or Fox News — for this past month hurricanes […]
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OrgSync: A useful yet underused service
by CLAUDIA RIVERA With over 200 organizations and clubs, UT is doing a pretty good job at representing the interests of its student population. OrgSync is a software service built to facilitate communication between the communities on campus. UT uses OrgSync to keep students involved and informed with what campus organizations are doing. Unfortunately, the […]
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Personal experience: The Sunday night ritual
By CLAUDIA RIVERA It gets loud, really loud. It is in my house at around 7:30 that my world comes together to talk about Fidel Castro, Puerto Rico’s financial crisis and the latest family gossip. As my mother rummages through the cabinets, the dishes clatter like wind chimes getting blown by the breeze. She sets […]