Heading into an election year, Senate Democrats face an uphill battle to keep their majority. They barely held on to the Senate in the 2022 midterms when Democrats outperformed polling expectations. Even then, the party barely maintained Senate control, with Catherine Cortez Masto defeating Adam Laxalt in Nevada by fewer than 8,000 votes. The Senate map in 2022 was...
This past spring, University of California students voiced their concerns about the UC system’s shortcomings related to disability services. The UC Student Association has put out statements showing the need to spend exponentially more on university disability services as students face unreasonable wait times and their accommodations go unmet. At UC Riverside, the problem expands beyond the capabilities of...
The state of tipping in the United States has become a recent issue, with many customers complaining about higher demands to tip. According to new data from the Pew Research Center, 72% of consumers oppose the added service fees tacked on by businesses, which are being used to substitute higher labor costs. Dubbed “tipflation,” this phenomenon ultimately increases the...
On Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, another company’s trial run of the four-day workweek was reported to be successful. Advanced RV, a motorhome manufacturer, participated in a six-month trial led by 4-Day Week Global. The idea of a four-day workweek is not new but has gained more traction since the pandemic, which changed the way people view how work is...
According to the Cleveland Clinic, Western medicine can be understood as the traditional health care that is received in the U.S. Whether a visit to urgent care due to a fever or a yearly wellness check, almost everyone in the U.S. has come in contact with Western medicine. The techniques are based on empirical scientific work, and thus, there...
Thanksgiving is days away, and as people head home for the holidays, they’ll find themselves in the kitchen cooking a family meal. Thanksgiving meals are a pretty set menu with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and other staples. To some, this may be repetitive and boring. However, there are ways to have unique dishes without experimenting and going off the...
As the popularity of Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms like ChatGPT skyrockets, its role has been under scrutiny in conversations about academic integrity. Personal statements are a standard part of the college admissions process, once thought to be the only medium of showing off an applicant’s unique qualifications. Administrators are concerned that AI will negatively impact the integrity of these...
A new bill, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last month, will require higher education institutions to adopt a common set of student educational progress standards by the 2024-2025 academic year in an effort to make financial aid more accessible for students. Although the changes in AB 789 are intended to help underrepresented and marginalized students remove barriers that limit...
The answer to an age-old question — is it ever okay to date your friend’s ex? — would generally be no. If the threat of possible friendship damage isn’t enough to deter people, there are various demonstrations of what this "trope" decision might look like down the road in popular contemporary entertainment. Across the timeline of traditional and modern...
In light of recent events in the Gaza Strip, along with numerous other consequential developments around the world, many Americans have become disinvested from the debate surrounding American involvement in countries abroad. Looking at the traditional American political spectrum, it is safe to associate American isolationism with those on the right and American liberalism with those on the left....