A student’s first week on campus can be summed up as a sensory overload-induced daze. If it weren’t for some merciful professors’ generous first-day-of-class syllabus review to buffer the summer slog from the quarter system’s staccato assault of midterms and papers, you’d find a pile of overwhelmed, exhausted first-years on the HUB lawn stacked as high as the Box...
President Obama has issued an executive order which will temporarily halt the deportation of young undocumented immigrants. Under this policy, exemption will apply to undocumented immigrants who are high school graduates, returning war veterans and law-abiding members of society. Eligibility requirements are restricted to current U.S. residents of five years who are under the age of 30 and immigrated...
UCR Athletic Director Brian Wickstrom recently announced the athletic department’s decision to push back the proposal to replace the men’s tennis team with women’s sand volleyball to 2013. The postponement of the proposal came after Wickstrom sought public opinion from the UCR community, where the fielding of a men’s tennis team for one more year will allow seniors to...
It’s that time of year again—spring quarter is coming to a close and commencement is only a few weeks away. Soon students will sit alongside their peers under the Riverside sun in one of their last days as UCR undergraduates. But commencement is much more than just a ceremony to receive your diploma. It’s one of the last impressions...
University officials recently announced their intentions to build an 8,000-seat arena where Bannockburn Village currently resides. The purpose of the C-Center, as officials are tentatively calling the arena, would be to serve as a venue for large university events like concerts, athletic competitions and commencements. Student response to the proposal has been largely mixed, due in part to fears...
In an effort to instill a greater sense of school spirit in the UCR student body and encourage an increased interest in the arts, we at the Highlander Editorial Board have put together a simple proposal designed to get students more energized about the artistic endeavors of their peers as well as UCR’s campus itself without breaking the administration’s...
Last week, the UCR community learned that several representatives of the ASUCR political party CR were caught using their laptops to campaign outside of the University Village Theater during elections week. The discovery, which arose from a YouTube video that shows candidates from CR holding laptops while they talk to students on the steps leading up to the theater,...
It was recently revealed that two ASUCR senators, Albert Yum and Esther Hwang, failed to fulfill their responsibilities at a United States Students Association (USSA) conference earlier this quarter. The senators were not present at the majority of the workshops held at the conference, and, what’s more, they missed their opportunity to lobby for UCR. Now that the dust...
A fair and accessible democratic process is essential to the success of any legitimate governing body. It is the only way to ensure that the individuals elected to speak for a given group are truly representative of that group’s values. This week, as students cast their votes in the ASUCR senatorial elections, we will be taking a look at...
This week, the Editorial Board will be weighing in on the referenda to be voted on by the UCR student population in the upcoming senatorial elections.
ASPB Fee Referendum:
This year, ASPB is requesting a $10 increase in student funding for next year, along with two additional $10 increases in 2015 and 2018, respectively. ASPB says that the additional funds will...