Alabama clinic resumes IVF treatments under new law shielding providers from liability

The experience of giving birth and raising a child is priceless, and thanks to advancements in assisted reproductive technologies, more couples facing infertility are now able to do so. According to a recent ruling...

Letter to the Editor: Chancellor Wilcox is wrong to support the new UC tuition...

On Tuesday, November 18, many graduate and undergraduate students here at UCR participated in a UC-wide day of action on the eve of an important vote by the UC Board of Regents to approve...

Sexism in the NCAA has gone on for too long, and there seems to...

After a whirlwind of outrage on social media over the clear disparity between men and women basketball players within the NCAA, the organization made a half-hearted apology full of ignorance and lies. They claimed...

America needs permanent military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan

The Iraq War has spawned many unintended consequences. The rise of ISIS spread into Syria, in part causing the Syrian Migration Crisis, which has thrown the world into a state of armageddon. The influx...

R’Perspective: Being a crazy person in college

Here I am, at the end of my career as the Highlander’s opinions editor, and rapidly approaching the finish line for my college career — all the while my man-boobs are flopping and my...

Universities need to do a better job of equally protecting their speakers

On Wednesday, April 19, UC Berkeley canceled a planned speaking event by conservative commentator Ann Coulter, citing security concerns. Due to Coulter’s determination to speak, the event was later rescheduled, only to be canceled...

Write off: Don’t build a wall around your heart

Donald Trump is a garbage person. I don’t mean he is one of the hardworking Americans that collect refuse from various households; I mean that he is a person, only made of garbage. He...

Racing to normalcy won’t make students happy

Even as we move toward the midyear mark of 2021, the world cannot shake the crushing effects of 2020. The number of vaccinations and announcements of reopenings are not a cure-all to the sense...

UC sanctuary campuses are needed to shield undocumented students

In response to the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, UC President Janet Napolitano promised last November not to comply with federal agencies who may seek to deport undocumented students on UC campuses. This move...

The $2 trillion in US relief funds is an economic effort, not a humanitarian...

On Friday, March 27, President Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act into law, thereby allocating $2 trillion to address the damaging effects of the now-pandemic threat...