Editorials
Ableism is one of the hallmarks of higher education, and UC Riverside is no exception
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This past spring, University of California students voiced their concerns about the UC system’s shortcomings related to disability services. The UC Student Association has put out statements showing the need to spend exponentially more on university disability services as students face unreasonable wait times and their accommodations go unmet. At UC Riverside, the problem expands beyond the capabilities of...
In the aftermath of the most recent midterm elections and the swearing in of the 116th Congress, there has been one standout taking the media by storm: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Brought into the spotlight after a shocking upset when she won the Democratic primary for New York’s 14th District back in June 2018, 29-year-old Ocasio-Cortez is now the youngest woman...
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Riverside Mayor Rusty Bailey is setting the standard for helping the homeless
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Riverside Mayor Rusty Bailey has spent somewhere between 10 and 15 nights in an aluminum homeless shelter since the beginning of October in an effort to raise awareness for the city’s homeless crisis. The shelters, designed by Pallet, are 8 feet wide by 8 feet long, and while Bailey’s shelter was not equipped with a heater or an air...
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If Los Angeles finally plans to help the homeless, the effect will be felt nationwide
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Home to the third-largest homeless crisis in America, Los Angeles has reached a reckoning to finally help the affected population. In order to prompt the city to do something, a judge is withholding the $1 billion worth of homeless relief that has piled up over the years and placed it in escrow for 60 days. These 60 days will...
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Countries and participants cannot be blamed for the 2022 Beijing Olympics when the International Olympic Committee is fully responsible
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The 2022 Winter Olympics being in Beijing, China have caused a host of controversies because of the ongoing human rights violations in the country. It’s easy to point fault at the Olympic athletes and individual countries for going to the event despite the knowledge of concentration camps for Uyghur Muslims and journalists and dissenters of the Chinese government disappearing,...
UC Riverside is facing criticism from students and faculty over a research center that uses the UC name but is not operated by the university. The UC Riverside School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting and Development is instead run by Beacon Economics, a private consulting company that pays the campus royalty fees to use UC Riverside’s name on...
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The lifting of degree requirements for state jobs is so minimal as to border on ineffective
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The State of California is working to make state jobs more accessible by lifting some degree requirements. Many programs have also been trying to bridge the gap by uplifting career education for those who cannot afford college. While these programs are essential and could help, the state is failing to address the significant issues that make California as a...
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Wikileaks’ struggle with the government highlights the balance between transparency and privacy in a healthy democracy
Highlander Staff -
It feels like people have forgotten the events of 2010-11 when an international outcry was sparked by the release of top secret American government documents through Wikileaks, a platform which hackers all over the world contributed to. These documents and secret footage revealed troubling behavior on the part of the American military including the bombing of civilians during the...
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Fact-checking is more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic
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NBC News published a story earlier this month with a troubling headline: “African Americans may be dying from COVID-19 at a higher rate. Better data is essential, experts say.” From the first sentence the headline immediately inspires worry, but what it fails to emphasize is that it is impossible to draw this conclusion as of right now....
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It’s time for California to assume a firm stance on climate change readiness
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All too often, countless stories are published that highlight the extreme dangers of climate change. In California, residents have experienced the harmful side effects of global warming in the form of intense wildfires and persistent droughts. As the environment worsens, we must take a more robust approach to handling and educating citizens on the repercussions of climate change. And...