Highlander Audit is a series of investigative reports on the finances of campus departments. In each investigation, the Highlander obtains budgets, interviews personnel and gets to the bottom of students’ most pressing concerns. Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS), a department [...]
The UC Board of Regents meeting was held in conjunction with a two-day joint advocacy event that allowed UC students and regents to lobby Sacramento lawmakers. UC President Mark Yudof delivered a State of the University address after nearly 13 [...]
At the beginning of each year, we must determine the way we will live as UCR students. To live on campus or to commute is one of the most financially impactful decisions we face, due to the high price of [...]
The first annual Media and Cultural Studies Student Film Festival and Competition proves that UCR is making strides in its attempt to fill the crippling need for a true film major. But while the evening seemed successful because HUB 302 [...]
For most of its nearly hour and 15 minute length, Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories,” sounds like a revolution. Despite the few moments the album doesn’t quite reach its soaring heights, Daft Punk’s record remains the most exciting and unique [...]
With the food truck trend taking the restaurant scene by storm, UCR had the privilege of hosting its first-ever Food Truck Festival last Wednesday, May 15. Unique culinary options were provided, from The Viking Truck, Garlic Scrapes, Goodwin’s Organics and [...]
UCR biochemistry professor asked to resign mid-quarter, students respond with protest Students in Biochemistry 100 (BCH 100) received a rude awakening on April 24 when they discovered that their lecturer, Assistant Biochemistry Professor Laura Zanello Schoepf, was not present. Briefly [...]
Now that the course offerings for fall have been posted online, the scramble for classes has begun. In the quarterly ritual of class selection, students weigh class times, breadth and major requirements, difficulty and more in the hope of completing [...]
The ASUCR meeting on Wednesday, May 15 focused on the success of the Food Truck Festival, the restructuring of subcommittee reports and the introduction of new legislation by the Legislative Review Committee (LRC). The Executive Cabinet (ECAB) delivered its reports [...]
With the multiple recent shootings that have occurred around the United States, the controversial lack of restrictions on gun ownership needs to be addressed. The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. begs the question: Should it be [...]
A Weekend in Amsterdam May 9-15 One of the greatest things about Germany would have to be its location. With its position smack-dab in the middle of Europe, you are only some hours away from a multitude of other cultures [...]
After last week’s lull, “Game of Thrones” bounces back full force without a single dull moment. At its core, “Second Sons” is still a character-driven episode, centering on interrelationships rather than battles or the bigger thematic picture, but it’s a [...]
On a sunny, bright day in Riverside, the sidewalks of UCR were filled with jovial children and adults alike all filing into the Student Recreation Center Arena. With the arena near capacity, the occasion was monumental for the university as [...]
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