You wouldn’t know it from Occupy Wall Street’s angry rants against America’s tight-fisted 1 percent, but a surprising number of fat cats are eager to give their money away. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is the most visible member of this club, but a poll taken in September of last year found that a full 68 percent of American millionaires...
A fair and accessible democratic process is essential to the success of any legitimate governing body. It is the only way to ensure that the individuals elected to speak for a given group are truly representative of that group’s values. This week, as students cast their votes in the ASUCR senatorial elections, we will be taking a look at...
In the town of Dayton, Tennessee, 87 years ago, John T. Scopes was charged with violating the Butler Act for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution in his classroom; the now-infamous Scopes Monkey Trial ensued. This month, Tennessee lawmakers passed HB 368 by a margin of 3-1, requiring “teachers to respond to debate and dispute that may occur when certain...
This week, the Editorial Board will be weighing in on the referenda to be voted on by the UCR student population in the upcoming senatorial elections.
ASPB Fee Referendum:
This year, ASPB is requesting a $10 increase in student funding for next year, along with two additional $10 increases in 2015 and 2018, respectively. ASPB says that the additional funds will...
Throughout history, people have looked to embrace divinity, faith and the notion of a higher power in order to make important decisions with far-reaching consequences. Most of history’s greatest and most powerful empires were started and led by men who believed that it was their destiny to rule, their so-called divine right. Some men have also committed despicable, unspeakable...
The California Association of Scholars, a division of the National Association of Scholars (NAS), took aim at the University of California in a recent report titled, “A Crisis in Competence,” claiming that “…too many college graduates have not learned to write effectively, they cannot read and comprehend any reasonably complex book, they have not learned to reason, and their...
First passed in March 2010 under a cloud of partisan bickering and populist anger, the Patient Protections and Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, has faced a great many challenges to its legitimacy.
The foremost of these is undoubtedly the 26 state Attorney Generals currently suing the federal government on the legality of the so-called individual mandate, the mechanism...
It is not yet clear why George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year old on the way back from a local convenience store in Sanford, Florida on Feb. 26. What is clear, however, is that many are not happy with the way in which local authorities have handled the case since then.
Zimmerman was never officially arrested...
In an effort to increase the number of students living on campus, UCR Assignments and Marketing adopted the following slogan: “You’re not really going to UCR unless you’re staying at UCR.” This slogan appeared on posters in the HUB and currently appears on the front page of the Housing, Dining and Residential Services’ (HDRS’s) website. The poster also claims...
In an apology he issued to Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke for calling her a “slut” and a “prostitute” on air, talk radio host Rush Limbaugh asked the question, “What happened to personal responsibility and accountability?” He was referring to a woman’s responsibility and accountability to pay for her own contraceptives, given that, according to Limbaugh, contraceptives are “related...