Articles by: Chris LoCascioChris LoCascio

by / on April 23, 2013 at 6:01 am / in Arts & Entertainment

Coachella 2013: A Tale of Two Weekends

It sounded simple enough. Get acts to commit to two festivals on two consecutive weekends—double the tickets, double the money. It’s a win-win for everyone involved, right? That was Goldenvoice’s idea when it shook the festival world last year and [...]

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by / on April 2, 2013 at 6:04 am / in April Fools

New technology unshreds long-lost ASUCR votes

Exactly 100 years following the controversial secret ballot votes on five pieces of legislation, ASUCR has finally released each senator’s votes. Thanks to the newly-developed Fellowes Unshredder, the destroyed paper ballots were able to be recovered and shared with the [...]

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by / on March 13, 2013 at 10:04 pm / in News

UPDATE: One victim dead after shootings near campus

Parts of University Ave. were shut down Wednesday, March 13 following shootings at a nearby apartment complex and on the I-215 offramp. Around 7:20 p.m., Daniel John Jones, a 44-year-old Hispanic male of Chino Hills shot two individuals at the [...]

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by / on January 8, 2013 at 6:01 am / in Arts & Entertainment, Music Reviews

3rd Annual Radar Jamming Best Albums of 2012

For the past few years that I’ve been doing this list, I’d been able to identify a certain theme that had permeated the particular year’s music. When taking a look back at music in 2012, the most dominant motif was [...]

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by / on May 22, 2012 at 6:04 am / in News

Students, chancellor, regents join forces to lobby in Sacramento

For the first time since 1993, the University of California Board of Regents held a meeting in Sacramento, rather than a specific UC campus. With the threat of further budget cuts and a budget deficit looming, regents hoped to join [...]

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by / on May 1, 2012 at 11:48 pm / in Arts & Entertainment, Music Reviews

Life, Death and Coachella 2012

Death is an interesting thing. We assume that once something dies, it is never coming back to life and we must accept its passing as ultimate. For a music festival to challenge this very notion is unusual if not downright [...]

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by / on April 17, 2012 at 6:04 am / in News

ASUCR Senators’ participation in conference questioned

During the public forum portion of ASUCR’s April 4 senate meeting, UCR student and UCSA external affairs committee member David Castillo read a letter which implicated ASUCR senators Esther Hwang and Albert Yum for allegedly neglecting their responsibilities as UCR [...]

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by / on March 13, 2012 at 6:02 am / in Features

Highlander Interview: UC President Mark Yudof

On March 2, Highlander Editor-in-Chief Chris LoCascio sat down with UC President Mark Yudof in Oakland to discuss his take on some of the biggest issues that face students and the UC today. The interview is the first in a [...]

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by / on February 18, 2012 at 2:19 pm / in Multimedia

Highlander Newsroom – 02/15/2012

Highlander Newsroom is a weekly radio program broadcast on KUCR 88.3 on Wednesdays at 9AM. The show, hosted by UCR’s Highlander Newspaper Editorial Board, discusses, debates and jokes about current events both on campus and off, giving listeners a glimpse [...]

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by / on February 8, 2012 at 1:47 pm / in Multimedia

Highlander Newsroom – 02/08/2012

Highlander Newsroom is a weekly radio program broadcast on KUCR 88.3 on Wednesdays at 9AM. The show, hosted by UCR’s Highlander Newspaper Editorial Board, discusses, debates and jokes about current events both on campus and off, giving listeners a glimpse [...]

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