What does it mean to be a public university?
It’s not just pursuit of knowledge. Although it plays a crucial role, desire of knowledge is something that all colleges seek to foster, be they public or private. Research isn’t a necessary condition either. For some public universities, it’s part of their mandate (like the UC), yet others don’t necessarily do...
This week, UCR students will choose their future.
Elections to select those who will make up the 2014-2015 ASUCR senate are now underway. Over 60 candidates are running for eight positions. Three parties have jockeyed for votes, met with students and proclaimed platforms. It all comes down to five days of voting, where 18,000 undergraduate students have the power to...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times — at least, for the University of California, it is.
For the 10th consecutive year, the UC has received more applications than ever before, and is also admitting students at a rapid pace, giving more students than ever access to a higher education. State funding has also increased,...
The average temperature at UC Santa Barbara in the month of April is exactly 69 degrees Fahrenheit — not too hot, and not too cold, but just right. The mild temperature matches the school’s placid demeanor, whose students party late at night but also relax to the lapping of the waves and enjoy the quiet calmness of coastal California....
When Heat was cancelled last weekend, it would be an understatement to say that students were upset.
The Heat Facebook page quickly filled up with comments noting that Heat tickets were emblazoned with the words “rain or shine.” Now-useless tickets to the event were crumpled and discarded on the ground.
And though a lot of the whining seemed petulant, to a...
As the tail end of class registration nears and students await the arrival of second pass, too many students are being reminded that they won’t graduate on time. Sometimes, it’s due to a course conflict, with students forced to choose between two classes that take place at the same time. Others are stymied by the unit cap, a blockade...
This Presidents’ Day, Groupon tried out its humor and released a coupon that portrayed Alexander Hamilton as president of the United States. Ha ha, very funny. But wait: Do you know who Alexander Hamilton is?
It’s okay — it’s facts like these that tend to slip out of our minds and far as way as possible after exams and tedious...
President Obama recently announced that the White House was forming a task force to protect college women from what he called “the crime and the outrage of sexual violence.”
“I want every young man in America to know that real men do not hurt women,” proclaimed a passionate Obama in his weekly Internet address.
The changes Obama presented are helpful, but...
Crowds, bodies pressed together, loud bass, and the next rising artist is always the situation you meet when you enter a UC Riverside concert — the concerts, famously known to draw in a large crowd, increase in popularity annually.
UC Riverside is able provide to more than one concert throughout the year, including Block Party, HEAT, Winter Solstice and Spring...
There is a time for passivity and a time for action.
The Highlander incorrectly included the following information in the article below:
The article incorrectly stated that a new policy was established to shift the academic calendar of the UCs to accommodate two religious holidays. The article should have read: “The policy will require appropriate adjustments be made to accommodate...