Tag: opinions
Joining the UIA a step forward to improve graduation rates
Among students who have attended UCR, only 65 percent of first-generation collegiates have graduated within a six-year span of taking classes. This number is...
Editorial: UC should seek student guidance to develop its policies
For many people, the thought of using a restroom in public doesn’t cause much consternation. There may be a few germaphobes among us who...
United Community of Riverside: 4 Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad...
Pop quiz: What’s an event with national importance happening in November? If you’re like most people, you’re probably thinking of turkey and mashed potatoes....
Can book censorship save our children and their innocence?
Book banning is one of the most sensitive and controversial subjects in the realm of education. From the protection of youth to disagreements on...
Editorial: Playing the game to beat it: UCR’s battle to change...
What is it, exactly, that makes a college, in the eyes of the public and students, prestigious? Most of us know the name of...
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...
Letter to the Editor: Regarding the Student Recreation Center expansion
To the Graduate Student Community,
I’m upset about increased mandatory recreation fees for graduate students, and I think you should be too. As you all...
Editorial: Ready, set, college: Learn to push your boundaries
October second. It looms. It’s hanging there like an unwanted relative staying at your house too long, reminding you why you don’t live with...
Editorial: Experience your summer with vigor
Dear UCR students,
First off, congratulations on finishing that last final. It was brutal, wasn’t it? Trust us, we know exactly how you felt. Or,...
Hidden cash scavenger hunts: More than meets the eye
As the old saying goes, money makes the world go ‘round. Ever since human society first engaged in barter, minted the first coin, or...