Tag: high school
New STEM High School promises wide benefits, overlooks associated challenges
The UCR Academic Senate recently released a summary of a draft agreement reached between UCR, Riverside Unified School District and the City of Riverside...
STEM high school to be built on campus
UCR plans on constructing a new STEM-focused magnet high school on its campus in conjunction with the Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) which will...
Op-Ed: Empowering foster care individuals
Did you graduate high school? According to the National Foster Youth Institute, for 84 percent of the U.S. population, including myself, the answer is...
Anna Akana imparts her advice on surpassing limitations
On the evening of Monday, May 22 in HUB 302, Anna Akana, an American filmmaker and YouTube sensation, visited UCR to talk about her...
Our lives behind the screen
Movies portray the world from an infinite amount of perspectives, locations, settings, time periods and lives. There is a fine line between reality and...
“The Edge of Seventeen” will put you on the edge with...
Millennials and admirers of both visually stunning cinematography and physically alluring actors were lovestruck by the enchanting trailer for “The Edge of Seventeen” that...
“An end to the classic ‘five more minutes…’”
Back in high school, I became acquainted with many of the problems my classmates had with sleep; that is, they had problems with getting...
Editorial: Reshape the high school exit exam, don’t repeal it
The California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) is a test that most students at UCR are likely familiar with. During their sophomore year, students...
UCR students, Riverside police forge deal to open new boxing gym
For the past two years, Highlander Gloves at UCR, the official student boxing club on campus, has trained underneath the Amy Harrison bleachers near...
Racially insensitive mascots reinforce negative stereotypes
Coachella Valley High School made national headlines this past month after the high school was asked by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) to change...