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The Highlander Editorial Board has elected not to endorse either candidate for president, as the Board could not come to a unanimous agreement on an endorsement. Regardless, in the case of either candidate’s victory, The Highlander looks forward to working with ASUCR’s next president to ensure the accountability of our student government representatives and providing accurate, up-to-date news for...
UC San Diego student Daniel Chong, who nearly died after being left in a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) holding cell for almost five days without food and water, has filed a $20 million claim against the agency, CBS News reported. The incident has sparked nationwide media attention due to the event’s extreme circumstances, which involved Chong drinking his own...
The School of Public Policy will be hosting a series of lectures throughout the month of May. These lectures will focus on varying topics such as advances in modern medicine, the global climate and the threat of terrorism within our borders.
Speakers include Congressman Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert), Harvard professor Michael Reich and Erroll G. Southers, who was a...
This week's editorial took a look at the recent incidents of sexual assault near UCR's campus and saw them as a springboard to have stronger and more serious discussions about preventing sexual assault and harassment. Myles, Evan, Jaspery and Andreas discuss the increasing prevalence of these incidents and what actions can be taken and programs implemented to help prevent...
The status of UC Riverside Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs (VCSA) James Sandoval’s future is in question after numerous sources reveal that, as of Friday, Nov. 10, he is on leave from the university.
The leave, sources say, comes in the wake of a pending investigation of Sandoval.
This is the second time this academic year that questions have been raised...
Critics of ASUCR’s decision to spend nearly $35,000 on R’Gear sweaters were left perplexed this week as ASUCR announced its decision to instead use these funds to buy puppies. In a plan catchily named “R’Dogs,” the ASUCR Senate plans to buy around 70 puppies to help students deal with stress and associated mental health issues, and has set up...
UCR Professor Dr. Maurizio Pellecchia and his research team have discovered a way of tracking cancer cells with the chemotherapy drug Paclitaxel. The drug tracks cells that cause tumor metastases when secondary malignant growths form at a location separate from a primary site of cancer.
Paclitaxel is typically used to locate rapidly dividing cancer cells in order to target...
New student position added to UC Board of Regents
Efforts led by student regent Avi Oved have ensured the addition of a new nonvoting student adviser position on the UC Board of Regents after the regents unanimously voted to approve the position during their Jan. 21 meeting at UC San Francisco. The position will allow the student adviser to sit...
R’Gear earned a victory in the ASUCR Judicial Council late Tuesday afternoon as the justices overturned an executive veto, allowing the project to continue, according to the majority opinion delivered by Justice Peter Haddad. The case entitled Cortez-Hernandez, Cuenca v. Ayra, Moore, Li challenged the executive cabinet veto blocking the senate allocation for the R’Gear program.
The veto, signed...
In his first appearance, assistant Arts and Entertainment editor Adrian Garcia joins myself and Evan for spring quarter's first Highlander Newsroom. We talk not only about the tragedy at San Bernardino's North Park Elementary School but the role of media publications in reporting such tragedies, also considering the United Airlines incident for context.
Of course, though,...