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 Science Library.
The book, published in 2012, is a New York Times bestseller and is the recipient of several awards, including a National Society of Professional...
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 victim as he was walking on the sidewalk. They struck him in the leg with a basketball and took his cell phone from his sweatshirt...
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 UC President Janet Napolitano’s task force on preventing and responding to sexual violence and sexual assault. This discussion will focus on the execution of four...
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 time senators have to review legislation.
Senator Akeem Brown sees the practice of professors assigning their own books as unfair to students, who are already paying...
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 redefine the financial aid process for UCR students, 87 percent of whom received financial aid in 2013.
Currently, the application hosts 108 questions — such as...
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 applicants reveals a high degree of diversity — just over half of the 47,699 applicants come from families with incomes less than $45,000 per year,...
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 asking for input from government stakeholders on the proposal by Feb. 17.
While the proposal will continue to undergo revisions, an outline by the White House...
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 nation if legislation is passed in Congress.
According to the statement, students are required to maintain at least a 2.5 GPA and must be enrolled at...
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 4 percent increase in funding for the UC and President Barack Obama's plan to make community college free for the first two years are improvements...
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. According to witnesses, the student served as a distraction while the other individual attempted to steal cough syrup from the pharmacy. Employees managed to detain...