Tag: protest
Protester stepping on flag stirs emotion, controversy among students
Emotions are running high around campus after a student protested police killings of minority youth last Thursday by stepping on an American flag. One...
Student protester assaulted at police brutality demonstration
About five students protested the killing of unarmed minority youth by police in front of the HUB at 10:30 a.m. this Thursday, while one...
Highlander Newsroom 04/22/15
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we gush over the Food Truck Festival, explore the travesty of the stolen towels from the Student Recreation...
Editorial: Student-Regent relations can be fixed with better communication
Everybody within arm’s reach of college knows about the issues surrounding the looming increase of UC tuition. The administration is trying its best to...
Highlander Newsroom 04/01/15
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we lament the last throes of Spring Break, debate what comments made by UC President Janet Napolitano regarding...
Global studies lecture provides insight on social media protests
On Dec. 3, renowned activist and author Todd Gitlin gave a lecture on the effects of the Occupy Wall Street movement and the future...
Ferguson protest fans out in Downtown Riverside
Nearly 40 community members came out to condemn the non-indictment ruling of Darren Wilson, a white police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown, an...
Editorial: The new age of social media protests
It’s been true for a long time that the spread of social media has changed what we do and how we do it. We...
Massive Highlander protest prompted by UC tuition plan
Nearly 150 to 250 UCR students turned out for a protest on Nov. 18 as part of a systemwide “Day of Action” in response...
Letter to the Editor: Chancellor Wilcox is wrong to support the...
On Tuesday, November 18, many graduate and undergraduate students here at UCR participated in a UC-wide day of action on the eve of an...