Student workers shouldn’t have to sell their plasma to survive
Academic workers at the University of California aren’t unique in feeling the pain of the housing market in the state. This is an issue that any renter, unhoused person or first time buyer knows...
Women, Life, Freedom: The story of Mahsa Amini
On September 13, 2022, Mahsa Zhina Amini was arrested by the “morality police” of Iran due to the fact that she was “improperly” wearing her hijab. The young 22 year old was on vacation...
Israeli soldiers murder iconic Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, in cold blood
On May 10, 2022, Shireen Abu Akleh and her team of reporters were covering the Israeli Occupation Force’s raid of a Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin, a city in the West Bank, Palestine. Though...
UC Riverside’s oldest building deserves honor and upkeep
“Guadeamus igitur (Let Us Rejoice.)” So begins the medieval song about undergraduate life, and that song comes naturally to students and alumni when they glimpse their school's oldest building, which testifies to its antiquity.
At...
The UCs and the Asian Expectation of Success
Two new students arrive on UC Riverside’s campus and are excited to attend an Asian American and Pacific Islander (AANAPISI) and Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). They know that UCR should support minority students and...
OpEd: No, not everyone who supports Palestine is an anti-Semite
In late February, "Saturday Night Live" cast member Michael Che came under fire for a joke where he alluded to the alleged apartheid occurring in Palestine. He said, “Israel is reporting they vaccinated half...
It’s time to pursue a reinvestment in systemwide student-based advocacy that has secured profound...
Over the past fifty years, the UC Student Association has represented students across the University of California to the Board of Regents, the UC Office of the President, the Governor and state elected officials...
Open textbooks open doors
A college education undeniably serves as a road to social mobility, but particularly in the landscape of COVID-19, expensive course materials are a roadblock. As students of the University of California system, which considers...
Congress needs to care about students: a response to coronavirus aid
Samir Al-Alami is a fourth year in Political Science with a concentration in International Affairs, and a minor in theater, and serves as the Federal Relations Director for the UCR Lobby Corps....
Highlanders must support California Proposition 13 on March 3 for critical seismic infrastructure investment...
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As a rapidly growing campus community with nearly 21,000 undergraduates, the students attending the University of California, Riverside recognize the utter importance of finding...