Education shouldn’t be capitalized on
Recently, Navient Corp., the largest student loan servicer in the country, was sued for cheating its borrowers. Navient was found guilty of providing misinformation to student borrowers, ignoring complaints, incorrectly processing payments and using...
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall
After months of campaign promises threatening to tighten borders against Mexico, President Donald Trump finally announced plans to begin construction on a border wall, in conjunction with plans to boost deportations of undocumented immigrants....
UCR’s e-book program will free students of a major financial burden
Due to the high costs students have to deal with when it comes to purchasing textbooks for their courses (on average, $1,700 per student per academic year), UCR launched the Affordable Course Material Initiative...
Thanks Obama, for jeopardizing U.S.-Russia relations
I just don’t understand it. Why are so many people afraid of our new president’s relationship with Russia? Is it just because we had a cold war with them — nuclear arms pitted against...
On the lack of medical research for e-cigarettes and marijuana
Within the past decade, e-cigarettes have been marketed as the safe, economic-friendly alternative for users to get their nicotine fix instead of from cigarettes via nicotine-infused oils like peanut oil. A similar rhetoric is...
Disney California Adventure won’t drop the ball on their “Tower of Terror” replacement
As of Monday, Jan. 2, one of Disney California Adventure’s (DCA’s) oldest rides, the “Tower of Terror,” is now permanently retired. It’s set to be replaced with a ride based off the 2014 film,...
Why Regent Pattiz needs to resign from the UC Board of Regents
2016 was not the best year for the University of California’s public relations department, as each week seemed to release a new controversy surrounding the administrative transparency and accessibility of the 10 campuses. From...
Student suicides are not just about school
All over the nation, a startling number of teenagers commit suicide every year. In competitive school districts like Palo Alto, clusters of teen suicides occur at an especially alarming rate. In order to curtail...
