Letter to the Editor: Victory for Students for Justice in Palestine
Students of all races, ethnicities, and religions came together in celebration, on March 6th, in which a historic moment for the University of California Riverside took place. This marked the night that ASUCR Senate...
The accidental HIV cure may not be a cure
Over the past few days, news agencies and medical personnel have reveled in the limelight after a newborn has been said to be cured of the HIV virus. People who have only caught a...
The benefits of technology in medical school curriculum
If any show prepared our generation for the future, Nickelodeon’s show Jimmy Neutron surely did. Flash back to your childhood for a moment and recall the metal box Jimmy brought on his adventures: the...
Editorial: The quest for free and accessible research
Now that Heat has concluded, we UCR students are coming down from our Porter Robinson-induced highs and settling back down into the mundane realities of UCR life. For us, this means that it is...
Lowering capacity of overcrowded state prisons and fitting the punishment to the crime
California has the most overcrowded prisons in the entire country. These prisons are so beyond capacity the Supreme Court deemed the state in violation of the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, or...
Gov. Brown’s proposal and its hidden consequences
It is a sad but true statement that money is what makes things happen when it comes to the education of students and the quality of instruction. With 112 community colleges reporting that revenues...
Editorial: To protect students, UCR Hookups must pull out of Facebook
The secret is out. Or at least, everybody’s sex secrets are.
Thanks to UCR Hookups, a Facebook page that allows people to anonymously submit their private sexual escapades and voyeuristic yearnings, everybody is getting a...
Gov. Brown’s proposal to change community college funding for the better
When have you gone to a restaurant and had to pay before you even got to taste your meal? You don’t show up to work and leave after an hour but still get paid...
Cities must ensure graffiti does not take beauty away from Mother Nature’s own art
Graffiti is an art form like any other. The art of spraying a wall with paint is just another outlet for one to express themselves, like drawing a picture or writing a poem. Graffiti...
I am an Eagle Scout and I know the ban on gay members is...
When a boy turns seven years old, he can officially join the Cub Scouts, an organization designed to prepare kids for the Boy Scouts. I was a part of the Cub Scouts until I...