For the past two years, Highlander Gloves at UCR, the official student boxing club on campus, has trained underneath the Amy Harrison bleachers near Lot 24, but that’s about to change over the next few months.
Approached by Riverside Police Detective Mario Lopez, the UCR boxing club will be provided with boxing equipment, a ring and a brand-new gym to...
In the heightened spirit of the last meeting of the year, senators unanimously passed a resolution that would support the implementation of gender studies requirement courses at UCR. Dubbed Senate Resolution 25 (SR 25), this proposal will now be presented to the Academic Senate for final approval.
This resolution passed after a rousing presentation by incoming senator Summer Shafer and...
Nearly four million people in the United States have the hepatitis C viral infection with up to ten thousand dying annually across the nation. In response to this epidemic, a team of researchers has proposed combating the prevalence of the virus by treating those in the prison system; one in six prisoners are infected with the disease.
The virus, which...
The Highlander Newsroom discusses deaths on the 91, imprisonment in North Korea and women's genitalia.
After months of discussion over the Riverside School of the Arts (RSOTA), a youth development program that provides low-cost classes in dance, music and art, members of ASUCR are planning a day of action on Tuesday, May 27 at Riverside City Hall. Launching the ARTS (ACT to RESCUE and TRANSFORM the SCHOOL) campaign, senators hope to shore up support...
California senators passed a bill on May 5 which may allow high school students to use computer science to meet the general A-G requirements needed to gain admissions into a CSU or UC. If approved by the State Assembly, the computer science courses could be substituted for math courses to meet general college admissions mandates.
The bill, SB 1200, was...
Much like UCR’s current ethnic studies requirement, a new proposal by some members of the UCR community would require UCR students to take a gender studies class before they graduate. According to representatives, the proposal “is meant to raise awareness of conflicts related to gender and sexuality.”
The idea began in a gender studies course that associate professor of women’s...
A new species of orchid was discovered by UCR postdoctoral scholar Katia Silvera while she was on a field trip with her father, Gaspara Silvera, in the mountainous regions of central Panama back in 2006.
“My family has always worked with orchids, which is where my love for botany was rooted from,” Silvera explained. “It was very exciting when (me...
Last week’s UC regents meeting in Sacramento featured the presentation of a report examining improvements to the California community college-UC transfer pathway and the introduction of a focus group that will address issues of sexual harassment on all 10 campuses. Over 60 students, alumni and professors also protested at the regents meeting, demanding that the regents sell off the...
Check out the latest edition of the Highlander Newsroom on KUCR.
This week we talk ASUCR elections, a special play presented at Riverside and a visit from "Orange is the New Black's" Laverne Cox.
Stay tuned for the final remarks from our graduating seniors at the end!