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General endorsement statement
The Highlander Editorial Board has elected to make no endorsements of any candidates running for any position in ASUCR in the 2017 elections. This is not a decision based on the assumption that candidates will laptop during this election. Rather, we refuse to endorse any candidate when the rules in place make it possible for one or...
On Wednesday, April 5, Pepsi pulled its controversial “Jump In” ad just a day after its release due to a gargantuan amount of public backlash. The ad features Kendall Jenner (model and reality TV star), and a group of protesters marching through the street, culminating in a scene featuring a police officer accepting a can of Pepsi from Jenner,...
On April 3, 2017, the California State Senate passed a bill (SB54) that started the process of making California a statewide sanctuary for the millions of undocumented immigrants residing in the state.
The bill also enables state and local law enforcement to notify Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) federal agents before convicted violent or serious felons are released from...
Having been born during the dot-com bubble, more likely than not, a millennial will refer to media when reflecting on an important moment in their life, such as when they made their first Myspace account or transitioned from a flip phone to a touch screen. But what has managed to escape the mainstream attention of this fast-paced, text-crazed generation?...
On February 13, 2017, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published a compilation video which revealed that Disney’s Maker Studios decided to end their partnership with mega-YouTuber, Felix Kjellberg (more widely known as “PewDiePie”), after the WSJ inquired how they felt about the prevalence of Nazi and anti-Semitic themes in his videos. The compilation video contains various clips from Kjellberg’s...
There’s an inherited right we have as Americans that we take for granted and misuse often: Freedom of speech. We like freedom of speech. This country was founded on the principles of freedom while also having a strong central government. But something is changing, and I don’t like it.
Ever since the election of Donald Trump, many college students find...
Recent data has shown that while crime has been steadily increasing, puzzlingly, the number of arrests being made has decreased nationwide. From 2013 to 2015, the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) arrest rate dropped by 25 percent, resulting in the lowest number of arrests in nearly 50 years. This raises two concerning questions: What could be the reason for...
Back when he was a candidate, Donald Trump emphasized the need for secrecy and unpredictability in dealing with America’s foreign enemies, most notably, the Islamic State group (IS). So, it’s no surprise that the Trump administration has decided to stop announcing certain details about military deployments in Iraq and Syria. These details include “capabilities, force numbers, locations or movement...