With the rise of Uber, the taxi industry is too small to survive
Throughout the past decade, the ridesharing company Uber has established its prominence in the transportation industry worldwide. A fixture of the sharing economy that is developing among millennials, Uber’s growth has largely displaced the...
ASUCR’s lack of transparency leaves much to be desired
At a closed meeting on May 16, CHASS Senator Mariam Alkhalili’s senate bill to reduce ASUCR Executive Cabinet (ECAB) stipends by about 60 percent was decidedly rejected by the ASUCR Senate Legislative Review Committee...
In the name of diversity – except Asian-Americans
In an effort to further combat college applicant processing based on race, the Trump administration is investigating Yale University, which has received accusations of discrimination against Asian-American applicants. Around a month ago, the Justice...
After gambling with security and federal jobs, Trump has played himself into a corner
On Jan. 25, President Donald Trump surprised the nation in an unexpected decision to end the longest U.S. government shutdown in history for a period of three weeks while continuing to debate border security....
The Army and Air Force Exchange Service should be recommending more, not less news
The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, a major retailer which operates as one of the largest general convenience stores and food courts on military bases in 34 countries, recently sent out a memo...
The Amazon fires must be approached with both haste and caution
August saw social media lit up with discussion of the Amazon rainforest fires, and one month later those same fires are still burning bright. 80,000 rainforest fires have started in the region since the...
The United States should terminate its military alliance with Turkey
Over the last few years, the relationship between the United States and Turkey has steadily worsened. Despite being a nominal NATO ally meant to theoretically counter Russia’s influence in Europe, the Middle East and...
The Australian bushfires are a climate premonition, but they don’t have to be
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report in 2018 outlining the need to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). Current global concentrations of carbon dioxide roughly...
Iowa in a flurry: suspicious caucus results weaken Democrats in 2020 General Election
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Two weeks ago, the nation waited with baited breath for the caucus results that never came. Iowa holds the country’s first contests...
Voters should not have to decide between their right to vote and their health
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The COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted our way of life and has led to many changes in society, such as the imposition of social distancing...