The Editorial Board
The Highlander editorials reflect the majority view of the Highlander Editorial Board. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Associated Students of UCR or the University of California system.
The role of Kappa Sigma in ASUCR needs to continue being addressed
ASUCR President, Mufida Assaf, along with only ⅚ of the Executive Cabinet, released an official statement at the beginning of the month condemning the...
America’s youth shouldn’t have to endure stigma around mental health
The pandemic took a toll on morale from everyone with most people feeling the adverse effects of despair these past three years. Mental health...
The banning of TikTok on public college campuses reeks of censorship
Following a bipartisan bill proposed by the House and Senate to ban TikTok federally on Dec. 13, several public universities have followed suit instituting...
The Monterey Park shooting should be the final straw for American gun control
Americans are once again facing the grim aftermath of another mass shooting, with one of the deadliest incidents in recent months taking place during...
Hamline University’s firing of Erika Lopez Prater is unethical and encroaches on academic freedom
Hamline University, in St. Paul, Minnesota, has made headlines this month after firing a former art history professor, Erika Lopez Prater, over issues of...
California’s unhoused population should not be left to die in the ongoing winter storms
The first two weeks of the new year have brought strong winter rain storms to California. The bomb cyclone, that caused mass destruction across...
Negotiations between UAW and the University of California have ended, but many feel that...
After almost six weeks of striking, the University of California graduate students and academic workers have agreed to negotiations with the UC system and...
Academic student workers deserve better treatment from the University of California
Across all nine University of California campuses, the academic student worker union, UAW 2865, has now been on strike for a week as contract...
Misinformation and hate speech run rampant on Twitter after Musk’s acquisition of the platform
After months of negotiations, billionaire Elon Musk has finally purchased Twitter, appointing himself as the chief moderator of the social media site. Upon his...
Endorsements by the media should not be blindly followed, instead they should be used...
Alden Global Capital, the second-largest newspaper publisher in the United States, has announced this election season that it will no longer endorse political candidates...