U.S. journalist, Evan Gershkovich, was simply doing his job and should be released by...
Wall Street Journalist, Evan Gershkovich, was arrested in Russia on March 30 with charges of espionage. Gershkovich was on assignment through The Journal and denies the implications that simply claim he was, “caught red-handed.”...
Editorial: Occupy UCR’s demands fall short
Last week, after over a month on campus, representatives of Occupy UCR released their demands. The list, which is designed to “make UCR a place of greater integrity and equity,” is as ambitious as...
Pass SB-320: Students deserve access to medication abortion
Senate Bill 320 (SB-320), introduced by Senator Connie Leyva in February last year, would mandate that California public universities’ health centers provide medication abortion, which would supplement the contraceptives that many already offer for...
Editorial: Be wary of world events that ultimately affect the UC
This Presidents’ Day, Groupon tried out its humor and released a coupon that portrayed Alexander Hamilton as president of the United States. Ha ha, very funny. But wait: Do you know who Alexander Hamilton...
Editorial: Standardized testing has created standardized students with useless skills
In the last decade, we have become obsessed with evaluating and reevaluating the success of our students. With the United States slipping further and further behind the rest of the world, politicians have decided...
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is unjust and could be...
Following the leaked information that the right to an abortion may be challenged, on June 24 the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade; a 1973 court ruling that protected abortions under the...
Editorial: Smartphone privacy regulations in dire need of reform
The smartphone revolution marked a fundamental shift in the ways in which the average consumer communicates and shares information on a day-to-day basis. One no longer need stay home to reap the benefits of...
UC sexual assault cases expose university’s apathy toward victims
A scathing report published Feb. 28 by UC Berkeley’s Daily Cal reveals at least 124 cases filed over the past three years involving University of California employees’ violations of the UC sexual violence and...
UCI’s police department should not be disbanded, but reformed
Around late January, UC Irvine’s Black Student Union (UCIBSU) published a list of demands on both the Afrikan Black Coalition website and Change.org directed toward members of the UCI administration, such as UCI Chancellor...
Trump’s national emergency sets a dangerous precedent for partisan politics
Unsatisfied with the bipartisan agreement to allocate roughly $1.4 billion towards new barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in order to get the full amount of funding that...