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An Associated Collegiate Press two-time national Pacemaker award-winning newspaper, serving as the voice of the students since 1922.
VOL.XCVII,NO.6
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NOVEMBER 17, 2016
UNITED STATES ELECTS TRUMP AS PRESIDENT
Riverside community responds to Trump’s election as the 45th president of the United States Students protest at UCR clock tower LAURA M. TAPIA @LMTreporter
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Volunteer Michelle Pollard bows her head after seeing results during the election Nov. 8, at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 440 office in Riverside. MISTY SEVERI @MistySeveri
Thousands of Riverside residents tuned in as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton battled for the office of the President of the United States on Nov. 8. Trump won the election with
290 delegates to Clinton’s 232, but Clinton won the popular vote. Students at Riverside City College shared mixed opinions about the election. “Hillary should have won for sure and I stand by that,” RCC student Joanna Schwartz said. “We need someone who is strong, and that for me was Hillary.”
At a Democratic Watch Party in Riverside, congressman Mark Takano spoke about Trump’s lead after he thanked voters in attendance for his re-election. “We’ve underestimated the support he has throughout the country,” Takano said. The night began with Clinton leading as she won Connecticut
and Trump won Louisiana, neither of which was unexpected. In a poll conducted by Fox News on Nov. 7, only a day prior to the election, Clinton had a 4 point lead over Trump. However, as the polls closed on election day and the night
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Riverside students held a peaceful protest at the University of California Riverside’s clock tower Nov. 10. Students spoke about concerns over Donald Trump’s recent election with an overall message of unity. “We’re all fighting the same fight,” said Dinah Muhammad, a UCR student. “We are all battling oppression. We are all battling racism, homophobia, queerphobia (and) islamophobia. All these isms.” She also spoke to the group of students and public in attendance about creating town hall meetings to involve the greater community of Riverside. Protests like this one have been occurring all across California and in other states. Unlike other protests that have turned violent, the protest at UCR included students like Katie Marie Magnone who said she preferred peaceful protests. “People should not be violent,” she said. “People should also not allow the numbers that they’re in … to get to their heads in a way that makes them destroy property or mess with things in a way that is destructive and negative to their message.”
Former RCCD member re-elected to Congress seat
Mark Takano elected along with other California representatives during general elections LAURA M. TAPIA @LMTreporter
Mark Takano, a former Riverside Community College District Board member, was re-elected to the U.S. Congress on Nov. 8. Takano, who won his third term as a member of the U.S. Congress, spoke at a Democratic Watch Party in Riverside shortly after votes were counted. “The early returns show that we’ve
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Rep. Mark Takano, D-Riverside speaks at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 440 office in Riverside during the elections Nov. 8.
broken 60 %, which is the highest vote total that I’ve ever had in my whole political career,” Takano said at the time, during a speech to people in attendance. “It is particularly gratifying in light of what we’ve been through in the last 18 months,” he continued. “To be returned to the United States Congress by the community that I grew up in, by the community that I love, by family, friends (and) neighbors that you all are to me. That is what is going to give me strength to go back to Congress and fight the good to keep the faith.” He also spoke about Trump’s lead after he thanked voters in attendance for his re-election. “We’ve underestimated the support he has throughout the country,” Takano said. “(It’s) going to take a few weeks,
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