Editorial: Obama’s Immigration Act Needs Further Legislation
President Obama has issued an executive order which will temporarily halt the deportation of young undocumented immigrants. Under this policy, exemption will apply to undocumented immigrants who are high school graduates, returning war veterans...
Fact-checking is more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic
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...
Editorial: Dear First-Year Highlander: The Water’s Fine
A student’s first week on campus can be summed up as a sensory overload-induced daze. If it weren’t for some merciful professors’ generous first-day-of-class syllabus review to buffer the summer slog from the quarter...
Editorial: Students can take the initiative to create a college town
It was in every college movie. Surely all of us saw it because it was one of those “expected” perks about a university we were all looking forward to: the college town.
After arduous hours...
Editorial: The value of college in a cash-strapped economy
Last week, a study conducted at UCLA revealed that more students than ever are attending college for the express purpose of attaining a job after they graduate. When asked to list their primary reason...
“Think of the Children” has become a dangerous dog whistle for regressive ideas
Out of most developed countries, Americans are often the most supportive of regressive ideas. The slew of recent bills ranging from the “Don’t Say Gay” bill to anti-Critical Race Theory legislation and beyond are...
Trump’s “Freedom gas” might not be as full of hot air as originally assumed
Last month, the Department of Energy gave a press release announcing a further commitment to “U.S. jobs, economic growth and clean energy” in which they mention the Trump administration's efforts to spread “freedom gas”...
Wilcox’s handling of Sandoval situation is a failure of leadership
Chancellor Kim Wilcox released a statement on the resignation of James Sandoval, UCR’s Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs of 20 years on Monday, Oct. 22nd, providing the UCR community its first real insight into...
California must put the brakes on new gas tax
On Wednesday, Nov. 1 came a much-dreaded gas tax increase, which immediately inflated gasoline prices by 12 cents per gallon and diesel fuel prices by 20 cents per gallon. Naturally, that wasn’t enough; it...
Immigration reform? Trump: Hold my beer
Just a week before the midterm elections on Nov. 6, President Trump wildly declared that he would be taking steps to end birthright citizenship in the United States. While the statement appears to be...