Award-winning journalist to lecture on Jan. 21
Award-winning freelance journalist and former investigative reporter Seth Rosenfeld will discuss his book “Subversives: The FBI’s War on Student Radicals, and Reagan’s Rise to Power” on Wednesday at noon in Room 240 of Orbach...
Cell phone robbery on Rustin Avenue
Two males allegedly committed a cell phone robbery on the south side of Rustin Avenue on Jan. 11, about four blocks from campus.
The suspects, one of whom was holding a baseball bat, approached the...
Regents to discuss mental health, sexual assault at meeting
The UC Board of Regents and their committees are scheduled to meet this Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 21-22, at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center.
Discussion topics will include the implementation of Phase II of...
ASUCR discusses textbook sales, bylaw changes
At their first meeting of the winter quarter, ASUCR discussed topics such as professors assigning their own books to their classes, as well as proposed changes to bylaws that would decrease the amount of...
FAFSA application to be simplified, may include only two questions
The free application for federal student aid (FAFSA) may become more user-friendly if a bill called the Financial Aid Simplification and Transparency (FAST) Act goes into effect. If approved by the Senate, it may...
UCR sees 9.8 percent increase in applications for 2015-16 school year
The UC has received a record number of applicants for the 2015-2016 school year, with the UC receiving 5.8 percent more, and UCR receiving 9.8 percent more applications than last year.
A breakdown of UCR’s...
President Obama proposes college ratings system
President Barack Obama has announced plans for a college ratings system with the end goal of tying federal funding to it. While a piece of legislation has yet to be announced, the president is...
President Obama offers free community college
On Jan. 8, President Barack Obama announced a proposal that offers two years of free community college tuition to students who meet certain requirements. This could affect up to 9 million students across the...
Highlander Newsroom 01/14/15
This week on the Highlander Newsroom, we tackle the issue of paying for a college education. We open with how UCR students are paying for school, before discussing whether or not Gov. Jerry Brown's...
Two, including one student, arrested in attempted pharmacy burglary
Two suspects, one of whom is a UCR student, have been arrested in an attempted robbery at Student Health Services.
At around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 6, the two individuals entered Student Health Services....