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Interview with Governor Brown

On Oct. 16, Highlander Editor-in-Chief Chris LoCascio and News Editor Sandy Van joined student newspapers from seven University of California campuses for an interview...

Recent power outage leads to $100,000 in building damage

In response to a high-voltage switch failure that occurred near the Genomics building last Saturday, Oct. 13, the UCR Facilities Management team was forced...

Local electoral forum focuses on higher education

Hosted by ASUCR and ASPB, the “Meet the Candidates” forum took place on Oct. 17. As part one of three events in the “Before...

News In Brief

UCR RESEARCHERS DEVELOP APP FOR MALWARE DETECTION  With the help of engineering professors and graduate students, the UCR department of computer science has developed the...

Supreme Court hears affirmative action case

Issue 5 Correction: UCR Assistant Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost (EVCP) WIlliam Kidder did not co-author the AERA brief. Kidder is part of the writing...

ASUCR pushes for greater voter registration; one senator resigns

Voter registration was a major area of focus in the Oct. 11 ASUCR Senate meeting as an overwhelming number of senators discussed their plans...

UCSA elects Morales as new president following resignation of Salceda

Board members of the University of California Student Association (UCSA) recently announced that President Angelica Salceda has resigned from her position. Citing personal and private...

Jerry Brown passes higher education legislation

This month, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that will affect California's college and university students and faculty on multiple levels. The bills passed during...

ACTA study identifies needed reform in UC and CSU system

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5jNK0IKdfg The California Master Plan for Higher Education promised all Californian college students access to a high-quality and affordable education. 50 years later, that promise...

UC will pay nearly $1 million to pepper-sprayed protesters in settlement

In the aftermath of last November's pepper-spraying incident at UC Davis, the University of California has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle...