The HUB Governing Board voted on Oct. 17 to make two different recommendations regarding the continuation of the Heat music festival; one of which simply states their support for continuing Heat, and one which recommends allocating 60 percent of the the funds set aside for Heat to go to the concert, with the rest going toward the expansion of...
Every Wednesday and Thursday, students and student-parents line up outside of the Bears’ Den in anticipation of the R’Pantry opening its doors. However, on Oct. 19 and 20, the doors to the R’Pantry remained closed, as it had been cleaned out of food the previous week.
Evidently, the demand for the R’Pantry’s services has exceeded beyond what it can provide....
While campaigning for the upcoming presidential election, Republican nominee Donald Trump’s anti-China rhetoric raises questions of whether an unconscious bias has developed against Chinese people due to China’s rising influence in American trade. This is especially shown through the growing number of Chinese international students in colleges and how their wealth is seemingly endless in comparison to local students....
Don’t we all just hate inconveniences? Forgetting your laptop on your way to lecture and having to double back to get it. Someone letting their six friends cut right in front of you in line at Subway. And the cruelest and most demeaning of inconveniences: The quarterly, unannounced, fire drill.
Why for the love of Scotty must we endure this...
What would UCR students do if a group of pro-Trump students built a large wall in order to demonstrate their support of Trump’s stance on immigration? While some might consider an act like this to be nonsensical or unlikely, this was the exact situation witnessed by students at Washington State University (WSU) on Oct. 19. The College Republicans at...
Prop 51:
The Highlander Editorial Board endorses Proposition 51 on the California ballot.
Proposition 51 would allow California to issue $9 billion in bonds for physical repairs, construction and upgrades for public K-12 schools and community colleges. The Highlander Editorial Board endorses this bill because there is a desperate need for improvements in schools across the state. The importance of California’s...
If you’ve already picked your preferred presidential candidate, congratulations; I won’t try to persuade you one way or another. However, if you have decided to not vote this year because both of the likely winners are repulsive to you: Vote! Your vote will absolutely matter, even if you think it won’t. The only way your voice won’t be heard...
As of this year, the Early Childhood Services (ECS) at UC Riverside has been running at a deficit of about $1 million dollars. While some solutions have been discussed — reducing staff, increasing class sizes, raising prices for services and lowering teachers’ salaries — the possibility of permanent closure looms heavily on the horizon.
Although the fate of the...
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently voiced support for countries that choose to place a tax on sugary food and drinks in a report released on Tuesday, Oct. 18. In addition to taxation, WHO encourages countries to increase subsidies for fruits and vegetables. This report was released alongside another evaluation earlier this year, which suggested methods for combating obesity,...