Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the White House on Monday, Feb. 13 to meet with President Donald Trump. Among the topics discussed at this meeting was the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
During his campaign, Trump said on Twitter that he was going to “tear it up” if he couldn’t renegotiate it in favor of the U.S....
As students across the university anxiously await the end of quarter and a new year, UC Riverside psychology professor Dr. Kate Sweeny has helped determine which time periods and for whom periods of waiting are difficult for. This research, in turn, may help determine appropriate coping strategies for those who are waiting for uncertain news.
The project involved 50 law...
After a month filled with a laptopping scandal, the controversial removal of two justices, censure of two ECAB officials and allegations of bias by the elections committee, ASUCR — under the alleged pressure of administration — has allowed the elected senate to take their seats for the 2015-16 school year.
The majority of the ASUCR senate is dominated by the...
Approximately 60 students gathered at the Bell Tower on Wednesday, Nov.18 in a march expressing solidarity with the students from the University of Missouri and to improve the lack of representation of African-American students, faculty and staff members at UCR.
The march, which ended at Hinderaker Hall, attracted the attention of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Jim Sandoval, Executive...
Assistant Professor of Psychology Rachel Wu's research investigating perceptual narrowing at the neural level disproves the prevalent idea that we lose certain abilities from underuse.
Perceptual narrowing is a behavioral and neurological theory that states that our brain's sensitivity to distinguish between foreign stimuli declines as we become more acclimated to our current environment. This is because during our early...
UC Riverside student Anton Shirokov, 29, has been taken into custody after admitting to posting a threat of violence on the popular social media app Yik Yak last night between the hours of 9 p.m. and 10 p.m.
According to a widely shared post, the threat read “UCR shooting spree coming! Mark my words, you cattle,” but Assistant Vice Chancellor...
UC President Janet Napolitano is blazing a trail for several initiatives, which includes, but is not limited to: reducing the UC Office of the President’s (UCOP) budget by 6.5 percent, finalizing contract agreements with UC labor unions and reaching a carbon neutral standard by 2025. The president’s announcement occurred during the UC Board of Regents meeting at the UC...
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Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton will both hold campaign rallies in the Inland Empire on Tuesday, May 24. Sanders will hold two rallies, one at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium which will open its doors at noon and one at the National Orange Show Events Center at 7 p.m. in San Bernardino. Clinton’s event will...
Written by Mark Bertumen, CW with contributions by Aidan Rutten, CW and Amani Mahmoud, CW
The Highlander Empowerment Student Services Referendum (HESSR) failed to pass in this year’s elections, and around 35 students and staff came to voice their concerns at the ASUCR senate meeting on Wednesday, May 2. Both the over-packed audience and ASUCR senators expressed their frustrations with...
UC San Francisco (UCSF) has become the largest scientific institution in the nation and the first UC campus to allow for public access to its research publications. The university, which publishes around 4,500 scholarly papers each year, will be following in the footsteps of other notable universities such as Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
“Our primary motivation...