R’Perspective: April Fools’ Day is becoming a ‘thank you, next’ holiday
From celebrity death hoaxes to fake product announcements, April Fools’ is the perfect holiday for pranksters hoping to trick a few unassuming minds. Personally, I find the overall effort of tricking the gullible at...
Starbucks faces righteous class action for milk surcharges
Starbucks has recently been under fire for rampant abuses of power. The corporation has specifically been targeting a historically heavily marginalized group: the lactose-intolerant. Three Californians are suing the company for $5 million due...
Banning TikTok will save American prestige
On March 13, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill that would force the social media site TikTok to cut ties with its Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, and sell the app to an...
Beloved candies and snacks like M&Ms and Sour Patch Kids might not be such...
California natives have many options for food and snacks — a convenience store can be found nearly every two miles, if not less, selling brands such as Frito Lay's best Flamin Hot products. However,...
Legacy admissions deny students a truly holistic process
The California legislature is considering Assembly Bill 1780, which would withhold CalGrant funding to universities that favor legacy applicants. Donor and alumni connections present a hard-to-tamp issue for California legislators and universities as legacy...
Op-Ed: UC Riverside claims the resolution to divest from Israel doesn’t reflect the university;...
On Friday, March 1, the University of California, Riverside (UCR) released a vague, short and uncharacteristically cold statement. The statement, titled “University statement on ASUCR’s divestment resolution,” did not name an author, nor was...
Op-Ed: UCR Faculty for Justice in Palestine response to University statement on ASUCR Divestment...
The UCR Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FJP) is a local chapter of the Faculty for Justice in Palestine. FJP is a decentralized national network of affiliated campus chapters whose faculty and staff members...
Alabama clinic resumes IVF treatments under new law shielding providers from liability
The experience of giving birth and raising a child is priceless, and thanks to advancements in assisted reproductive technologies, more couples facing infertility are now able to do so. According to a recent ruling...
The price of convenience: the burden of extra delivery fees
Grubhub, a food delivery app, has recently been accused of including false promotions and excessive fees on its orders. Los Angeles County filed a lawsuit against Grubhub on Feb. 21 for its bait-and-switch pricing,...
The lifting of degree requirements for state jobs is so minimal as to border...
The State of California is working to make state jobs more accessible by lifting some degree requirements. Many programs have also been trying to bridge the gap by uplifting career education for those who...