In 1998, Rodney Reed was convicted of raping and murdering a woman named Stacey Stites two years prior. Almost all of the evidence against him came from DNA tests, but his lawyers said Reed had been having a secret affair with Stites, which explained why DNA was found on her body. However, new evidence has…
Correction: This article has had various inaccuracies corrected and clarifications made from its original state, courtesy of input from Native Students Programs. For centuries, the Serrano (also known as “Yuhaaviatam”) and Cahuilla (Kah-wee ya) people lived on the land of what is now Redlands and San Bernardino. However, by the late eighteenth century, settlers came…
First it was: “Vaping is a safer and healthier alternative to smoking.” Now, it’s: “Vaping leads to lung disease and death.” The dramatic change of view on vaping in the past year has caught people off guard and left many feeling that the truth about vaping is shrouded in a cloud of smoke, or better…
Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is about remembering and celebrating the lives of family members who have passed on. Traditionally, families leave food and flowers as offerings for the spirits of ancestors, but since the 1980s, sand art from Oaxaca, Mexico has become a growing part of the celebrations in the…
Dr. Dan Welcher, a professor of composition at the University of Texas Butler School of Music, was accused of making multiple inappropriate sexual remarks and advances toward his students over the past two decades. The School of Music at the University of Redlands found out about these allegations on September 27th 2019. They had previously…
A large, auditorium-style classroom in the Hall of Letters was filled with just over a hundred students from the University of Redlands on September 26th who came to listen to the poems and stories of their professors and several guest authors. These writers commanded the attention of the entire room; voices fell silent when they…
In 2017, the homeless population in the city of Redlands was listed as the second highest in San Bernardino County. The Family Services Association of Redlands is an organization that aims to address this crisis by helping the food and housing insecure in the Redlands area. It offers free clothing and dinners on Tuesday and Thursday…