In recent news, pundits have been discussing fake news and its impact on the election. President Trump’s former campaign manager, now counselor to the president, Kellyanne Conway, has famously deemed fake news as “alternative facts,” after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer misspoke on inauguration crowd sizes. For this week’s issue, the Highlander sat down with Professor Joseph Kahne...
According to a University of California undergraduate experience survey, 80.7 percent of UC students have "bought fewer books, bought cheaper used books, read books on reserve" in comparison to past years. With the high costs of education, many students must make financial compromises which include purchasing food and necessities over textbooks. For this reason, UCR faculty and academic staff...
In a recent study by UCR Professor Jan Blacher, distinguished professor of education and UC presidential chair in the Graduate School of Education, and student researchers from both UCR and the University of Massachusetts, Boston, found that teachers without positive relationships with their autism spectrum disorder (ASD) students made the transition from early childhood at home to kindergarten in...
At around 10 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, ASUCR notified senators announcing an emergency senate meeting to be held this Monday, Jan. 30, to hear cases for the impeachment of Judicial Branch’s Chief Justice Jo Gbujama and Vice Chief Justice Hayden Jackson.
According to sources close to the situation, the senate is being asked to consider impeachment of the justices on...
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The first ASUCR senate meeting of winter quarter commenced at 6:21 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, and saw the passage of amendments to a senate bill.
During public forum, second-year public policy major Julia Schemmer announced a campaign that she has been working on in the face of an impending $282 tuition increase through a campaign titled, “Fund the UC,”...
Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 17, and ending on Thursday, March 30, “The Magic of Miniature Books” exhibition will be visiting UCR in the Tomas Rivera library with about 30 miniature books on display. The exhibition is made up of two components. On the first floor of the library, the books come from the Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) section...
The University of California recently announced their new system-wide Title IX coordinator, Kathleen Salvaty. Salvaty will now be working closely with UC President Janet Napolitano as she works with chancellors and other coordinators across the UC system to ensure safety and equality for all students.
As a former Title IX coordinator at UCLA, Salvaty has extensive knowledge of the requirements...
On Tuesday, Jan. 17, Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) visited UCR to discuss the incoming Trump administration and how he believes the political landscape is going to change in 2017. During the event, titled, “Has the Game Changed? American Politics in 2017,” Takano held a one-hour Q-and-A session in HUB 355, in which he opened up the floor to address...
Following the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, community leaders all over the country and world organized women’s marches to demonstrate in solidarity against the Trump administration. In Riverside, this march began at City Hall and moved throughout the downtown Riverside area beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21.
A celebration of women, women’s rights and intersectional solidarity across...
In late 2013 former UC Riverside Chief Campus Counsel Michele Coyle filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the Regents of the University of California and former UC Riverside Executive Vice Chancellor (EVC) and Provost Dallas M. Rabenstein (2009-2014) in the Los Angeles Superior Court.
After being refiled in the Riverside Superior Court in March of 2015, the hearing began on...