Writer: Bradley Evans, Electrical Engineering major
E-mail: [email protected]
This is my first year here as a transfer to UCR, and so it was my very first exposure to the toxic atmosphere surrounding the annual ASUCR elections cycle. Most troubling to me was when I first saw a campaign volunteer soliciting a student for their UCR Central Authentication Services login information and asking...
Writer: Anonymous
With this year’s round of shameful student government elections finally over, it’s time we took a hard look at ASUCR, the elections process and Kappa Sigma. Oh, my apologies. When they’re running for elected office they go by the name Side, or Voice. They are now known as the Associated Students of UC Riverside 2016-2017, and it’s time...
Dear Editor,
We are writing in response to the Highlander editorial regarding Chancellor Wilcox and the university administration’s commitment to ending sexual violence and sexual harassment at UCR. Put simply, UCR has zero tolerance for any form of sexual violence or sexual harassment on our campus.
Over the past five years, UCR established the first Chief Compliance Office to strengthen oversight of...
Writer: Students for Justice in Palestine, UCR student organization
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In recent years, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a controversial topic at the UC system and indeed around the nation. Student activists on both sides of the issue have claimed that they feel “marginalized” on campus. However, to portray the two sides’ claims to “marginalization” as equal in...
Daniel Ruppert-Majer, History major with a European concentration
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The article “Snowflakes melt fast and so will President Obama’s legacy” postulates that “Obama’s presidency was one of the worst this country has seen in a long time.” This is quite a bold claim that the author attempts to back up with a variety of arguments, some less successful than others. The...
Writer: Anonymous
I congratulate the student senate on its Wednesday, Feb. 1 vote banning the sale of Sabra hummus! Thank God the 13 students in the senate took such a brave and consequential step against chickpea paste. I was especially pleased that the senate voted for the ban to express solidarity with the Palestinian people and to recognize their suffering....
Writer: Hayden Jackson, Political Science, ‘18
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I love my job here at UCR. I really do.I am a student first and an employee second when my boss is writing the schedule, and this is a blessing exclusive to jobs on campus. I am also blessed to work with some of the most talented staff in all of academia. I...
Writer: David Chavez, Ph.D Student, Department of History
E-mail: [email protected]
In the May 9 article, “Chancellor Wilcox discusses plans for school expansion,” the first steps of the UCR Physical Master Plan revealed as its first act, the displacement of the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students who live in Canyon Crest Student Family Housing. In over 12-24 months more than 100 homes, a...
Writer: Pasha Stone, Mechanical Engineer
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In George Washington’s farewell address at The White House, he warned attendees of a dangerous trend growing in our political system, one that would put the pursuit of power in front of the good of people. That trend stuck despite his warnings, and evolved to become the political parties that we see in our...
Writer: Daniel Ruppert-Majer, History Major with a European Concentration
E-mail: [email protected]
A great service to UCR was done on Wednesday, Feb. 15. This service was rendered by ASUCR Elections Director Marcy Kuo in the form of a bill that, if voted to pass by the student body, would eliminate the quarterly requirement of a 2.0 and raise the cumulative GPA requirements for...