The Veterans Resource Center celebrated the opening of their new building located in Bannockburn H-108 on Wednesday, Nov. 15. According to UCR Student Life, all registered students are welcome to use this new space to study and utilize some of the resources available which include using the free printer and computers, enjoying a cup of coffee with their Keurig...
On Nov. 15, researchers at Australia's University of Southern Queensland and UC Riverside published their finding of a newly discovered exoplanet. Funded by NASA, UCR, University of Southern Queensland and grants given by the Australian Research Council, the research team was able to find an exoplanet four times the mass of Jupiter, which revolves around a star that is...
The House of Representatives passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act through the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday, Nov. 16. The bill has drawn criticism from Democrats for proposing an expansion of the child tax credit from $1000 to $1600 per child, lowering of corporate taxes from 35 percent to 20 percent, condensing the income tax brackets...
Almost three years after UC Riverside’s Middle Eastern Student Center (MESC) moved from HUB 361 to HUB 377, it has shown interest in expanding yet again, only this time with a relocation into Costo Hall.
The MESC has been a part of UC Riverside’s campus since 2012 when it officially moved to HUB 361, a small office space on the...
William Dunlop, assistant professor in the department of psychology at UCR, recently published a paper that analyzed how Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton voters perceived the night of the 2016 election and how they recount that night in retrospect.
The Highlander sat down with Dunlop in order to get a better understanding of his research. Dunlop said that his research...
The Highlander sat down this week with Robert Newman, a former UCR Information Technology Services (ITS) employee to discuss the recent spate of layoffs of ITS staff. Newman, himself a victim of these layoffs, had almost completed 10 years of service at UCR as an IT specialist tasked with providing maintenance support to students, faculty and staff, both in...
UCR’s Center for Ideas and Society hosted a seminar called “Race, Class, and Donald Trump: The Politics of Inequality Now” with speaker Walter Benn Michaels, an English professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, on Thursday, Nov. 16 inside INTN 1113. This seminar is a part of a two-year series of seminars, lectures and films that explores interethnic and...
ASUCR senators and executive officers gathered for their third state of the association meeting of the quarter this past Wednesday, Nov. 15. Here are a few highlights from the meeting:
Seismic Improvements for Falkirk… Vice President of External Affairs Johnathan Li announced that Campus Planning (a group under the Division of Planning and Budget) will be allocating $3 million...
Starting from Nov. 27 and ending on Dec. 15, Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) will be hosting Donations for Citations. Students who have received a citation below $100 have an opportunity to have their ticket reduced by up to $20 by donating 10 new, non-perishable products per citation for a maximum of three citations. The products can range from...
On Thursday, Nov. 16 and Friday, Nov. 17, the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) held Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, an initiative focusing on assisting students with struggles in food insecurity and homelessness.
The event began on Thursday when the UCR chapter of CALPIRG tabled at Student Life’s Resource Fair and held a loose change drive, in which people...