Articles by: Eric Gamboa

by / on June 26, 2012 at 7:29 pm / in Opinions

The Perks of Being a Highlander

“UCR is pretty cool, but I’m probably going to transfer,” reads one of the most notable posts on the UC Riverside Meme Facebook page. Aptly attributed to the naïve college freshman meme, the aforementioned quote is one that nearly every [...]

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by / on June 26, 2012 at 6:04 am / in News

Chancellor Town Hall Meeting

During his quarterly town hall meeting on June 5, Chancellor White presented an overview of the current state of UCR, investments toward UC institutions and accompanying initiatives in the area of social reform. Chancellor White opened his meeting, which took [...]

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by / on June 26, 2012 at 6:04 am / in News

UCR Task Force Update

On June 4, the UCR Task Force on Speech and Assembly convened for their second meeting of the year to discuss the draft of the UC Protest Guidelines and statements from accompanying UC campuses. Another document that circulated throughout the [...]

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by / on June 26, 2012 at 6:04 am / in News

News in Brief

UC Board of Regents Appoint UC Provost The former dean of UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies Aimee Dorr will be serving as the next University of California provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. A special [...]

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by / on June 5, 2012 at 6:04 am / in News

UCSF sets example for open access to research

UC San Francisco (UCSF) has become the largest scientific institution in the nation and the first UC campus to allow for public access to its research publications. The university, which publishes around 4,500 scholarly papers each year, will be following [...]

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by / on June 5, 2012 at 6:04 am / in News

Berkeley chancellor opposes 10% cap on out-of-state enrollment

UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau is one of the first high-ranking officials to express his opposition to a proposal aimed at capping out-of-state UC enrollment at 10 percent. The proposal was introduced by California Senator Michael Rubio, who seeks an [...]

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by / on June 5, 2012 at 6:04 am / in News

Polls show majority in support of Gov. Brown’s tax initiative

Recent Los Angeles Times/University of Southern California poll results revealed mixed news for Governor Brown as support for his proposed tax initiative has declined in recent months, although the proposal still retains a majority backing of 59 percent. The governor’s [...]

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by / on June 5, 2012 at 6:04 am / in News, Year in Review

Year in review: news

Increased tensions in student-administrative relations and improvements to the university’s stature have dominated UC Riverside’s headlines this past year. In January, the UC Board of Regents convened for a series of meetings at UC Riverside. Groups including ASUCR, the Occupy [...]

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by / on June 5, 2012 at 6:04 am / in News

ASUCR criticizes UCOP assessment fee

During the ASUCR senate meeting on May 30, the legality of the recently implemented UCOP Funding Stream Initiative was questioned by both the senate and public alike. The Initiiative enacts a 1.69 percent assessment fee on all UC campus expenditures [...]

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by / on June 5, 2012 at 6:04 am / in News

News in brief

UCLA to begin innovative face transplantation program The upcoming UCLA Face Transplantation Program will be the first of its kind in the western part of the United States. In partnership with Operation Mend, the reconstructive surgery is meant to improve [...]

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