If you’re a red-blooded American your two favorite holidays, in order of importance, are probably the Fourth of July and the Super Bowl. However, only one of these days is nationally recognized as a true holiday and that is just not fair. After all, one of these days is the day when we celebrate our truest American values, like...
President Donald Trump’s political career has been under a great deal of media scrutiny, beginning from when he announced his intention to run for the presidency. Faced with the overwhelming negative coverage of his lewd and misogynistic conversations about women, ridicule of a disabled reporter, the dismal attendance at his inauguration, as well as the backlash elicited by his...
There has been a spike in purchases of the George Orwell political dystopian novel, “1984.” Due to the controversy surrounding the president and his executive orders, many believe Trump will bring about the governmental model presented in 1984 and make Big Brother a thing of reality. Let me be clear: Trump will not implement the same, or similar, government...
Did you hear the good news about the drought in California being over? Neither did I, because there is still a drought in California. If you are one of the people who want to end Governor Brown’s mandate stating that cities should consume 25 percent less water, I kindly ask you to reconsider. Nearly 60 percent of California is...
Critics of rising tuition costs love to use countries like Sweden and Denmark as examples that a free, quality college education is possible. However, it is important to note that these countries and other countries that offer a free college education also tax their citizens an obscene amount of money to fund that education. Denmark, in particular, has a...
Sometimes our job as journalists is challenging and laborious. Other times, it involves looking at memes for a couple hours. What you’ll find below is entirely a result of the latter. We discussed, we debated and we fought, but emerged with this comprehensive and thoughtful list of 10 memes that deserve their place in history among the best (or...
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 tactics that encouraged borrowers to take on higher-cost repayment options.
Navient’s unethical practices in collecting payments from students pursuing an education should be widely frowned upon,...
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. Moreover, Trump doubled down on his initial promise to force Mexico to pay for this wall — a proposition immediately shot down by President of...
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 (ACMI) in fall 2015. ACMI, which is a program that encourages the use of either free or low-cost online materials (including e-books) for courses, is...