As of Monday, Jan. 2, one of Disney California Adventure’s (DCA’s) oldest rides, the “Tower of Terror,” is now permanently retired. It’s set to be replaced with a ride based off the 2014 film, “Guardians of the Galaxy.” The new ride is called “Mission: BREAKOUT!,” and will open around summer alongside the release of the film’s sequel, “Guardians of...
New York state has recently unveiled the Excelsior Scholarship, a program that essentially covers tuition for students enrolled in the State University of New York system. As the first of its kind in the United States and definitely a promising step toward free college education, it is then worth questioning if something like this could be applied in California,...
In 2012, the permanent secretary of the Nobel Committee, Horace Engdahl, made a controversial statement that “American literature is too isolated, too insular,” prompting fears that the Swedish Academy had ruled out American writers for the prize in the foreseeable future. With this statement, and the recent trajectory of Nobel prize winners being authors not very well known in...
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...
Today, only two percent of the clothing we wear is actually made in the United States. Only two percent of the clothing we wear is held to the labor standards we have secured in the United States after years of labor rights movements, strikes, unionization and slow progress. Only two percent of our clothing is dependable for having decent...
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...
In the wake of the Florida shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead and 14 wounded, Walmart released a statement on Wednesday, Feb. 28 announcing that the age restriction on purchasing firearms has been raised from 18 to 21 in all stores. In that same statement, Walmart has also announced that items “resembling assault-style rifles,...
In the town of Dayton, Tennessee, 87 years ago, John T. Scopes was charged with violating the Butler Act for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution in his classroom; the now-infamous Scopes Monkey Trial ensued. This month, Tennessee lawmakers passed HB 368 by a margin of 3-1, requiring “teachers to respond to debate and dispute that may occur when certain...
A new phrase has been created in the constantly evolving world of technology—it involves two words and is called “Facebook stalking.” It’s funny, right? You add a girl or guy onto your friends list and start learning all about them. You find out where they go to school, when they were born, where they live. It becomes a hobby....