Election Day 2016 will certainly be a memorable day for Americans, and for all the wrong reasons. Most people, this editorial board included, probably did not expect Donald Trump to win the presidency. Nevertheless, Trump is now the president-elect, and this fact carries tremendous weight in both political and social realms, which is a strong reason for this country...
We rarely think of daylight savings time when thinking of American culture but it’s actually a significant facet of American life. Because we forget the impact of daylight savings time and its origins, it leads some of us to ponder the utility of daylight savings time and come to the conclusion that it is useless, but that simply isn’t...
Well, the elections are over at long last. Regardless of our various reactions to the outcome, we can’t ignore how millions were frustrated by the excruciatingly long lines they endured last Tuesday before they had the chance to vote. Even with mail-in ballots and early voting giving people a chance to avoid the wait, many counties saw unprecedented voter...
The range of male birth control options is rather abysmal when compared to birth control options for females. Women can choose between pills, intrauterine devices (IUDs), implants, diaphragms, shots, rings, sponges and patches — all of which are temporary and possess their own benefits and side effects. Meanwhile, men can either run to the store for a box of...
Glamour Magazine’s Woman of the Year Award was given to a man this year. His name is Bono — lead singer of the well-known rock band U2 and major advocate for feminism and women’s equal rights worldwide. On the surface this decision may seem like a step backward for women’s empowerment, but in reality it’s not. Glamour Magazine’s decision...
In 1960, the democratic state of Cuba was overtaken by communist radicals and nuclear payloads were delivered from Russia to be based there — just miles away from Florida. There’s a reason we embargoed Cuba, and it was a good one: To combat the threat of nuclear attack. By doing so, the U.S. announced to the world that the...
UC Riverside has earned a respectable place at number 113 in the U.S. News and World Report 2017 Best Global University Rankings, which lists what U.S. News considers the top 1,000 universities in the world. This puts UCR at ninth place out of all 10 UCs on this ranking, above only UC Merced, which came in at number 687....
Life can be tough as a politically moderate student on a comparatively liberal campus; you hear a lot of things you disagree with, and anything political that you try to say is going to be blasted by your peers into oblivion. It’s even tougher, then, when you’re this politically moderate student who decides it’s a good idea to work...
Every elections cycle, media coverage tends to work out the same way: As the election year looms, elections discourse begins to trickle into the news. Then, as the primaries and caucuses hit full swing and the election is under way, media coverage becomes completely oversaturated with campaign rhetoric, talking points and pundit analysis. While elections are important, and deserve...
