I felt compelled to write this Letter to the Editor in response to The Highlander’s front page story entitled “Cyber attack on ASUCR website decreases transparency” published on January 13, 2015. I am an avid reader of The Highlander and regularly enjoy reading through it each week to learn about relevant and noteworthy happenings on our campus. Thus, I...
You are sitting in your world history lecture hall and learn of past events involving people from years gone by and events on lands far away, all while history is unfolding in front of our own eyes. The events of the present will one day find themselves in the textbooks of our successors. This is why the decisions we...
When the editorial board sat down to discuss topics for the editorial this week, we all understood that given its importance to the press and the ideas of free speech, we needed to talk about the recent tragic shootings at Charlie Hebdo, attributed to extremists reacting to cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad. However, coming from so many different backgrounds...
In December of 2014, members of the United Auto Workers, a union which represents thousands of workers in the UC system, approved a referendum to encourage divestment from companies associated with the Israeli government. This is reminiscent of Resolution 18 which was approved by ASUCR in April of 2014. Similar resolutions have also been passed by several student governments...
Riverside has removed the cameras at many of the red lights around the city. These cameras had been running for seven years when the city council voted to turn them off after the 2013 election; they were actually deactivated in September. These cameras were installed to help catch people running red lights, as well as to help prevent crashes...
With Islamophobia continuing to rise, the recent attack on Charlie Hebdo did no favors for Muslims anywhere. However, let’s take a moment to step back from both sides of the situation, and examine the criticisms of the Muslim world instead. It’s a very difficult task to read through filthy commentaries on social media and news outlets, without losing faith...
As we enter the third week of the quarter, students are now (or have been) getting deep into their required textbooks. At least, most of us are. I was one of the unlucky ones who is part of a large class, with over 250 students, and I realized, too late, that the campus bookstore didn't order enough copies of...
A new startup company, Cambrian Genomics, has enabled the average citizen to modify or create DNA, literally inventing new life forms. Cambrian, the brainchild of Austin Heinz, has found funding from a variety of venture capitalists, raising $10 million to expand the business. Currently, most of Cambrian’s orders come from pharmaceutical companies, but anyone with the money — not...
After numerous delays and continuing opposition, work on California’s first high-speed rail finally began on Jan. 6. Actually, construction began back in June, according to the Orange County Register, but the fanfare was delayed until after Gov. Brown was re-elected. Tuesday’s groundbreaking ceremony was focused on the Fresno station, where the first portion of the track is being laid...
One week into winter quarter and the looming threat of tuition increase still hangs over the heads of current and prospective UC students. Four years of tuition, currently clocking in at $14,800 annually (for students attending UCR), weighs heavily on the mind every time FAFSA applications and private loan renewals come back up.
It is to this point that Johns...