Write Off: Viewers are here for the issues, not the candidates
Now that campaigning for the 2016 presidential nominations is well under way, recent reports are suggesting that more viewers are tuning in and following the developments in the 2016 presidential campaign. Given the low...
Los Angeles has a promising opportunity to tackle homelessness
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Southern California’s homelessness crisis has once again been thrust into the spotlight when the Los Angeles City Council chose a parking structure in LA’s Koreatown as the city’s first new temporary homeless shelter....
Editorial: Letter to Chancellor Kim Wilcox
Dear Chancellor Wilcox,
The University of California, Riverside welcomes you to your new position as chancellor, keenly awaiting the positive transformations you promise to bring to our university at the foot of the Box Springs...
Letter to the Editor: Correcting the Timeline
Dear Editorial Board,
My name is Logan Fraigun (He/Him). I am a third year political science student. I am associated with Hillel, the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, AEPi, the largest Jewish fraternity,...
Facebook doesn’t care about user privacy
Facebook doesn’t have a strong reputation for respecting privacy — in fact, the company thrives on being as invasive as possible. It collects as much personal data on users as possible across all of...
Magic mushroom medicine: a potential new method for treating depression and addiction
Denver recently passed legislation decriminalizing psilocybin mushrooms and the rest of the United States might do well to follow the Coloradoan city’s example. It isn’t surprising Denver voted to decriminalize the substance, seeing as...
R’Perspective: How to treat yo’self wisely
It is 3 a.m and you walk into your dorm room. Your roommate is up, dark circles under her eyes, and she is mumbling about Karl Marx. There is another person passed out on...
Your vote is your voice, and it says far more than you think
Issues ranging from systemic discrimination, healthcare, pandemic management, the nomination for the SCOTUS, among many more create a tense environment surrounding this election, making it ever more important for each eligible American to cast...
Trump’s visit to Iraq is a distraction from America’s shaky foreign policy
On Wednesday, Dec. 26, President Donald Trump made an unannounced visit to al-Asad Air Base in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump stayed in the base near Iraq’s...
Foreign languages, jus sanguinis and American xenophobia
While American society claims to be proud of its multicultural heritage, in reality it probably unnerves many Americans. Donald Trump's rise as the 45th United States president certainly highlights this clear inability to accept...