Writer: Carisha Maria Moore, ASUCR executive vice president and undergraduate representative of the UC-wide Title IX Advisory Board
Major: Third-year, cellular, molecular and developmental biology
Email: [email protected]
Recently, our very own Chancellor Kim Wilcox was alleged to have ignored claims of sexual misconduct made against William Strampel, former dean of osteopathic medicine at Michigan State University, where Wilcox served as provost prior...
Fox News TV personality Sean Hannity serves as one of the most vocal supporters of and a critical mouthpiece for the Trump administration. As the professional entertainer continued to rail against the FBI’s investigation of Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, it was revealed Monday, April 16 that Hannity was actually a client of Cohen’s — raising significant questions...
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...
It has always been the case that the enemies of the U.S. are whatever the U.S. is not. This has included Tories, Confederates, Catholics, communists, fascists and terrorists. It begs to invoke an ideological explanation. But, since the start of the Cold War, this too has changed. Following World War II, the Soviet Union did not remain allied to...
On Saturday, April 14, President Donald Trump, along with European allies, launched airstrikes targeted toward Syrian scientific research, storage and military posts. This act was committed as a means of retaliation against the recent chemical attack the Syrian government is accused of orchestrating against its own civilians, which killed more than 40 people. Trump is also characterizing this airstrike...
The #MeToo movement has brought the topics of sexual violence, assault and harassment to the forefront of public discussion in recent months. Yet, despite this movement’s prominence and the necessity for the campus community to engage in these broadening conversations, the voice of UCR Chancellor Kim Wilcox seems to have largely been absent. This silence is concerning, especially when...
American Samoan John Fitisemanu filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of State on Tuesday, April 10, alleging that the department’s policy of not granting birthright citizenship to American Samoans violates the 14th Amendment. Fitisemanu is the lead plaintiff in the case along with a number of American Samoans, who are being led by attorney Neil Weare, who...
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has been the target of media attention as the ethicality of his decisions as pilot of the agency have come into question. This scrutiny conceals a much larger issue about climate change: The differing opinions between the Republican and Democratic parties on the matter. Their polarized opinions, staples of their platforms, have paved the way...
