Dear Editor,
Students are too preoccupied with assignments, work and life to figure out school resources.
UCR relies on students to do their job. At a CALPIRG meeting, I found out about the existence of the Grocery Support Program the school offers. What’s the point of having these resources when the students are unaware of their existence?
This is a recurring issue...
When the UC system announced that in-person classes would be offered only if students got vaccinated, there were exemption options that followed. These included accommodations for those who have medical reason not to take the vaccine, or those who have a religious opposition to it. The former has obvious reason to exist; some immunocompromised people may not be able...
Over the past year, it’s been hard to avoid discourse surrounding a new phenomenon: NFTs, short for “non-fungible tokens.” Seemingly coming out of nowhere and exploding into the mainstream, many celebrities have endorsed NFTs, including the likes of Eminem, Paris Hilton and even Melania Trump. There’s also a strange NFT-centered television show streaming on Apple TV, called “The Red...
The threat of wildfire season is not something California residents are unfamiliar with, but it’s certainly become even more worrisome as the state has undergone its second driest year on record. California already experiences extensive wildfire seasons due to the effects of climate change, but drawn-out dry spells are expected to continue until summer. This will mean that fuel...
The leaked draft opinion on the overturning of Roe v. Wade has already sparked panic across the country, with thousands protesting in different states. Consequently, the ban on contraceptives in states such as Louisiana incited another level of uncertainty for those who look to birth control for alternate reasons such as period regulation or acne treatment. An interesting chain...
This September, eight Venezuelan migrants were flown from Texas to California. They did not have prior knowledge of their destination and had intended to go to other parts of the country with Venezuelean communities. Instead, the migrants were confused on why they were sent to Sacramento, where they had no connections. Without money or food, they were directed to...
Telling someone to, “just go to therapy” seems to be a common refrain these days. After all, therapy no longer has the extreme social stigma it used to for many communities, and more people are now accepting it as a helpful tool to better one’s mental health. There is a tendency to treat therapy as a cure-all for one’s...
The idea of a four day work week might feel bizarre to Americans considering the United States has only ever participated in a five day work week, but the results of a U.K. trial might be strong enough to change minds. Dozens of companies took part in “the world’s largest trial of a four-day workweek” according to The Washington...
California State Senator from Irvine, Dave Min, was pulled over in Sacramento after driving without his headlights on and running a red light. A blood alcohol test revealed he had exceeded the legal limit after he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. Senator Min is the front-running Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives in the California 47th....
Enrollment of Latine students at colleges has made leaps and bounds in the last 20 years, with numbers doubling. However, Latine and African-American students remain the least likely to be enrolled or obtain a bachelor’s degree, listing financial constraints as the main reason. A D.C.-based nonprofit, Excelencia in Education, recently released a report noting that despite these increases in...