Amy Zahn
From jobless to journalist: How I found myself post-graduation
On June 10, 2015, I was victorious. A university graduate. Successful. Erudite. Learned.
On June 11, I was 21 years old, jobless and living with...
Students shut down congressman’s office in response to budget cuts
Around 20 UCR and UCSB students trekked to Bakersfield, CA, last Wednesday to demand a meeting with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and to...
News in Brief
UC Regents appoint new chair, re-elect vice chair
The UC Board of Regents appointed longtime UC regent Monica Lozano as new chair, and re-elected Fred...
Workers and students unite in call for workers’ rights
About 25 UCR workers and students gathered last Tuesday to march across campus in protest of UCR’s alleged unfair labor practices, including low wages,...
Workers and students protest for fair labor practices
About 25 students and UCR workers gathered to march across campus this Tuesday to protest alleged unfair UC labor practices, including laying off employees...
Israeli hummus brand spreads tension at UCR
UCR officials have decided to continue selling Sabra brand hummus on campus after initially complying with a pro-Palestinian student organization’s request to recall the...
UCR professor named a Pulitzer finalist
UC Riverside creative writing professor Laila Lalami was recently named a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in fiction — an award given to...
Congressman encourages education reform in UCR lecture
U.S. Congressman Mark Takano spoke to UCR students and faculty last Wednesday about the struggles minority communities face and what can be done to...
ASUCR: Election conflicts boil over, result in censure
This week’s more than six-hour-long ASUCR senate meeting was rife with controversy as spectators overflowing from the room expressed both support for and opposition...
Student who posted Yik Yak threat released on bail, charged with felony
Anton Shirokov, 29, a UCR student who posted a threat of violence against the campus on the popular social media app Yik Yak last...