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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE
FOR THE WEEK OF TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2025
VOL. 73, ISSUE 23
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Still Serving: The Dragalicious Drag Ball XXI dazzles with iconic performances THE LEGACY OF DRAGALICIOUS DRAG BALL SHINES ON, CONTINUING TO CELEBRATE VALUES OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND INCLUSION. ter’s “Outspoken” poetry night fundraiser. The check-in process ran Dragalicious Drag Ball smoothly, with students manturned 21 on Thursday, April aging a table close to the inside 10, celebrating with the local entry. The event was free for evcommunity. Doors opened at eryone, so tabling only served 7:30 p.m. outside of HUB 302, to greet incoming guests and with tables from organizers— R൵HU WKH RSSRUWXQLW\ WR JLYH D the Queer Alliance of the Unigratuity. Moving further along, versity of California, Riverside a nearby table displayed two (UCR), Drag Club of UCR, and options to choose from, either the LGBT Resource Center— acquiring an LED foam stick or R൵HULQJ 45 FRGHV WR WKHLU VRFLDO mini hand clappers... PHGLD DFFRXQWV DQG À\HUV IRU upcoming events, such as the Ź SEE DRAG BALL PAGE 16 Inland Empire’s LGBTQ+ cenMARIBEL GAMEZ-REYES 9HKHY ,KP[VY
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Student visas terminated at UCR
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MORE THAN 80 VISAS HAVE BEEN TERMINATED ACROSS THE STATE, WITH NO EXPLANATION PROVIDED BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. the terms of the individuals’ visa programs.” An article from Inside Higher Ed tracks the visa revocations of colleges and univerIn a scene familiar to many schools in sities across the nation. As of 9:00 p.m. EDT the University of California (UC) system, on April 12, over 170 colleges and universtudents at UC Riverside (UCR) received VLWLHV DFURVV WKH QDWLRQ KDYH LGHQWL¿HG an email on April 7, 2025 from Chancellor students and recent graduates who have had Kim A. Wilcox which announced that “the their legal status changed by the nation. federal government terminated the eligibilAccording to the article, the database was ity of six student visas for members of the originally published on April 8, and will be UC Riverside community.” Across the state updated at least twice a day. of California’s UC system, California State As of Fall of 2024, UCR reported having University (CSU) system and community 1,749 international students on tuition basis colleges, more than 80 current and former DWWHQGLQJ WKH XQLYHUVLW\ 7KLV LV SHUFHQW students have been reported to have their of the school population. Currently, the viF-1 visas terminated. sas at UCR which have been terminated inOn April 8, 2025, a statement was reclude two for current students and four for OHDVHG E\ WKH 8& 2൶FH RI WKH 3UHVLGHQW recent graduates. sharing that they are aware of the increased Michelle Wang, the International Stuterminations of student visas, and that they dent Director at the Associated Students of are currently “aware of approximately 50 UCR (ASUCR) explained that they were students and recent graduates across several informed of the terminated visas on April UC campuses who have been impacted.” 7, 2025. Following this communication, They share that “The government has not VKH FRQYHQHG ZLWK $68&5 3UHVLGHQW $EE\ coordinated with UC leaders on their deci&KR\ WR ¿QG PRUH LQIRUPDWLRQ sions or provided advance notice to us, but has indicated in government databases that Ź SEE STUDENT VISAS PAGE 5 the terminations were due to violations of MATA ELANGOVAN 4HUHNPUN ,KP[VY
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Highlander Hot Take: How the media fails women in sports FEMALE ATHLETES CONTINUE TO BE SIDELINED BY THE MEDIA AND DENIED EQUAL PAY, EXPOSURE, AND RESPECT. ELENA VERSAGE :[H 7OV[VNYHWOLY
Throughout human history, women have been treated as the lesser gender. This mistreatment is present even in the world of sports, where female athletes face challenges that male athletes have never seen. Female athletes face a double standard in which they are expected to be feminine, which doesn’t coincide with being an athlete. So female athletes have to balance abiding by society’s norms, while also thriving in a stereotypically masculine
activity. When girls aren’t as feminine as society thinks they should be, they often have to deal with backlash and hurtful comments. When they become too “masculine,” they aren’t seen as real women, and when they are too feminine they aren’t seen as real athletes. Women in sports also deal with limited media exposure compared to their male counterparts. While men’s sports leagues receive coverage, women’s sports receive slim to none. Ź SEE HOT TAKE PAGE 22
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