Editorials

The year is 2014. You’re getting ready for your first day of school. You look into the mirror to see your black-and-white striped t-shirt, a pair of black Hollister skinny jeans and your favorite dirty, high-top converse. Of course, you top off the look with your favorite denim jacket. As you walk out the door, you throw in your earbuds, and “Robbers” by The 1975 blasts in your ears.

The shooter’s ethnicity shouldn’t have any impact on the perceived severity of his attack. 

Its abilities are astounding, but at present, it has the potential to be a major threat to society’s well-being. 

The year is 1965 and 900 of UCI’s 1,589 students are attending a water polo game against Cal Poly Pomona, UCI’s first ever on-campus athletic event. Roll-out party favors are handed out to the crowd and cheerleaders yell, “Give ‘em a tongue!” UCI wins the game by a landslide, and soon after, the Anteater is voted in as the school’s official mascot.

McCarthy’s lack of transparency with Americans further proves that he is more interested in the Speakership than he is in serving the common good.

Even without climate change intensifying California’s storms and floods, the California government needs to make changes such as constructing new places to hold floodwater in order to better control floods and using such water more efficiently during periods of drought. 

It’s hard to remember when my inability to understand and speak Japanese really affected me. However, I do remember the dreadful promise I made to myself after my grandmother passed away and I saw my mother crying: “I have to learn Japanese, or else I will be a disappointment to my family.” I was 10 years old when I told myself this. 

The state of the Middle East today is almost unrecognizable compared to that of only 20 years prior. It’s a region that’s been destabilized by American influence and bombarded with a foreign military presence that’s done much more harm than good. It’s also a region that has somehow been forgotten in history — or at least in the American history syllabus — leaving students unable to grasp the reality of America’s place in the War on Terror.

The fight in ending the damaging effects of the student debt crisis was almost in sight after President Joe Biden and his administration went forward with their student debt relief plan. However, on Nov. 14, a federal appeals court blocked the plan after a coalition of six Republican-led states asked the court to stop any debt cancellation amid its litigation. 

Last month Trump announced his re-run for president, but his fiasco after a failed election in 2020 has left many apprehensive about the call.  The most noteworthy being Rupert Murdoch, founder of News Corporation Ltd. and owner of Fox Corp.

Ultimately, it’s up to the United States government to correct these wrongs, but considering their track record with incarceration policy, they cannot be trusted to make the changes necessary for a better, safer America.

These politicians may not be the ones holding the gun, but they hide their hatred behind religion and motivate the ones who do.