Why we need to get over elections
Whenever I meet a non-first-year student, our conversations typically cover the four following topics: 1) my major (political science and international affairs), 2) where I live on campus (AI!), 3) how I enjoy the...
R’Perspective: Fireworks, smoke and family
During our New Year’s Eve party in 2014, my father announced that we were going to move from San Francisco to Sacramento in the summer. I yelled at him, demanding answers as to why....
Back in my day, student loan rates were higher
Congress has until July 1 to figure out how it is going to deal with the impending increase in student loan rates. If a proposal is not drawn up and the politicians on Capitol...
Editorial: The campus bookstore must modernize itself to stay afloat
During the first few weeks of school a line forms outside the UCR Campus Store. Students patiently await to stow away their bags and collect a ticket to enter a room of shelves holding...
Breaking the cycle of sexual assault
Swarms of anxious and feisty freshman and transfer students are entering our UCR campus with so much anticipation of what these four-plus years will bring. As a transfer student, I was in the same...
Even with Cruz out, Trump must step it up in order to beat the...
Now that Senator Ted Cruz has thrown in the towel, Donald Trump has completely eliminated his Republican competition and is the presumptive Republican nominee.
A lot of Trump’s popularity comes from his position in...
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall
After months of campaign promises threatening to tighten borders against Mexico, President Donald Trump finally announced plans to begin construction on a border wall, in conjunction with plans to boost deportations of undocumented immigrants....
There’s no badge for thinking for yourself
On Oct. 9, a group of Cub Scouts in Broomfield, Colorado met with Colorado State Senator Vicki Marble (R-Fort Collins) in a meeting organized by the Boy Scouts. The young scouts were instructed by...
Turn off all electronic devices: does a cell phone really pose a risk to...
I am one of those typical college students who just so happens to come from a city about 400 miles north of Riverside. So, just like many other students also from distant locations, I...