On the walkways surrounding the bell tower, the HUB and other areas on and near campus, leafleters, canvassers and other forms of solicitors frequently set up shop and ask for students’ time, donations, signatures or attention. Although their interactions with students are usually brief (it only takes a few seconds to take their pamphlet and move on or say,...
By: Prof. Emeritus Ivan Strenski, Department of Religious Studies
In 2015, I retired after two decades of teaching and service at UCR. I have always been proud to declare myself a member of the UCR faculty. Indeed, it has been the fulfillment of a lifetime’s ambition to be a faculty member of the greatest public university system in the world.
I...
Recently, a spate of layoffs in the UCR Information Technology Solutions (ITS) has raised questions about the support students will receive when trouble inevitably arises with technology on campus, such as in campus computer labs, with iLearn and Growl and the laptop checkout program. A smaller IT staff will no doubt hamper UCR’s ability to provide students with timely...
Modern medicine broke another barrier on Monday, Nov. 13, when scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) edited genes inside of a man’s body for the first time in human history. The operation, conducted on 44-year-old Brian Madeux at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in San Francisco, is the beginning of a field of medical practice that...
A few blocks from the National Mall in Washington, D.C., a new Bible-themed museum has kicked a hornet’s nest of irrational outrage. The aptly-named Museum of the Bible (MOTB), funded by an almost $500 million endowment from evangelical Christian billionaire Steve Green (founder of the Hobby Lobby crafts retailer) and the National Christian Foundation, presents itself as a non-sectarian...
Writer: Kenneth Rosenfield, ’89 MBA UCR
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In response to the Highlander editorial published on November 20, 2017, entitled, "California must put the brakes on new gas tax," the Highlander has its facts right about the condition of the State's infrastructure, but they are dead wrong on how we should pay for transportation infrastructure.
The recent increase in the gas...
Releasing footage to the public often gives rise to an ethical and societal dilemma, especially when it shows a violent incident. The question is not just one of who should view certain footage, but also of whether it is right to release the footage in the first place.
America is once more dealing with this dilemma due to the...