Fall 2015 admissions cycle reignites out vs. in-state controversy
A hot-button topic for the past couple of years has been the increasing population of out-of-state and international students admitted in the University of California system. The commencement of the fall 2015 admissions cycle...
Obama’s binders full of men: is there a lack of women in the White...
Plenty of critics, reporters and columnists believe that President Barack Obama has surrounded himself with too many white men in his cabinet. Ruth Marcus, opinions writer for the Washington Post and one of Obama’s...
Highlander Showdown: Keystone XL Pipeline would’ve created much needed jobs
A few weeks ago the Obama administration announced that they had rejected a previous agreement to begin work on the Keystone Pipeline project. The project was to run from Northeast Canada to Texas and...
Let’s legalize marijuana, but not now
Laws that allow the medical use of marijuana have expanded to include 18 states, including California. And two states—Washington and Colorado—have now taken the next step and declared recreational use of marijuana legal. Before...
R’Gear Initiative: Effective yet imperfect
College students love free stuff. Fact.
College students practically live in sweaters and sweatpants. Also fact.
In relation to these two truths, the R’Gear initiative seems like a stroke of genius. It caters to college...
Editorial: An open letter to Chancellor Jane Conoley
Dear Chancellor Conoley,
We at the Highlander would like to warmly welcome you to the University of California, Riverside. Adjusting from the cool seaside breezes of Santa Barbara to the dry Santa Ana gusts of...
We’re not just workers, we’re students
In comparison to other on-campus jobs, a unique benefit that student workers of UCR Dining Services receive is a meal perk, which allows student workers to receive a meal at any campus restaurant. Prior...
No on Prop 32: a conservative control of campaign contributions
When I first sat down and read about Proposition 32 I wondered why so many people were telling me to vote no on it. It bans both union and corporate contributions to state and...