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Middle Eastern Student Center breaks new ground

Marcela Ramirez, director of the Middle Eastern Student Center (MESC), held up a common ground collective card, which offered a listing of UCR campus...

ASUCR condemns ‘discriminatory’ Riverside housing policy

The first ASUCR senate meeting on Oct. 7 witnessed the passage of a resolution to condemn a Riverside city ordinance, which may lead to...

Regents seek financial restitution over SHIP, sue consulting firm Aon Hewitt

In early January 2012, Aon Hewitt — the former consulting and actuarial firm for the UC Student Health Insurance Plan (UC SHIP) — allegedly...

UCR to cease self-management, privatize campus bookstore

UCR, facing a $1.1 million deficit from falling textbook sales, is about to become the second UC in the system to privatize its bookstore,...

Closing of UCR’s Honor Roll, Panda expands operations

Enrique Vasquez, a second-year biology major, jumped at the thought of creating his own sushi roll — consisting of raw salmon, carrot and avocado...

News in Brief

  University student wins million dollar lawsuit On July 31, 2013, a 23-year-old UC San Diego student was awarded $4.1 million in a lawsuit after being...

Riverside City Council enacts housing regulations

  Residential complaints about disruptive noise levels, public indecencies and trash-filled lawns caused by out-of-control parties have spurred the Riverside City Council to pass a...

Kim Wilcox confirmed as UCR’s next chancellor

The UC Board of Regents officially confirmed the appointment and salary of UCR Chancellor Kim Wilcox during a special meeting today. “I am humbled,...

Riverside County holds food truck festival

In response to growing ambitions to create a more welcoming environment for the “rolling restaurants,” Riverside County is holding a food truck festival on...

UCR named Next Generation University

The New America Foundation has bestowed the title of “Next Generation University” to UC Riverside for its expanding enrollment and high graduation rates despite...