Alleged Los Angeles (LA) Times salesman caught several University of California, Riverside (UCR) students’ attention from May 29-30, 2024 with supposed life-long student subscriptions for various news outlets, including the LA Times, as well as the San Diego Union Tribune and Press Enterprise, who they claimed to be working in collaboration with.
Administration, after learning about the interactions taking place,...
Returning for their fourth annual food drive, the Riverside Free Clinic’s (RFC) Social Services Committee distributed over 400 basic needs packages, including 222 food bags and 231 hygiene kits to the Riverside community on Saturday, May 25 at Bordwell Park. This year, the event was hosted from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and featured a partnership with Sahaba Initiative...
As the University of California, Riverside (UCR) enters graduation season, Costo Hall prepares to celebrate the seniors who have helped enrich the various affinity spaces that support diversity on campus. Since its opening in 1954, the University of California, Riverside (UCR) has been home to a diverse student body. From spaces like the LGBT Resource Center to Chicano Student...
Multiple residents of Bannockburn Village, the oldest apartment complex on the University of California, Riverside (UCR) campus, have reported a wide variety of issues causing the student housing complex to be almost unlivable. These issues include but are not limited to asbestos, mold, roaches and rust.
Many Bannockburn residents have come forward to bring light to the issues they have...
Celebrating the achievements and accolades of various Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE) clubs, organizations and faculty, the BCOE End of Year Gala was held underneath the evening sky on May 25, 2024 at Winston Chung Hall. The BCOE community, dressed in semi-formal attire, gathered at the second floor patio. The patio itself was set up lavishly and featured long...
In the 24th meeting of the year, the Associated Students of the University of California,
Riverside (ASUCR) passed two Green Campus Action Plan (GCAP) grants to support the local R’Garden and expand upon sustainability measures through Basic Needs. Following this meeting, an emergency meeting was held by the upcoming Senate to hold Special Elections for the positions of Elections Director,...
Pro-Palestinian protestors from across the University of California (UC) system came together to advocate and demand for the UC Board of Regents to hear their calls for divestment and disclosure. A few days prior to UC Merced hosting their first Regents meeting on their campus from May 14 to May 16, UC Merced’s chapter of Students for Justice in...
In a discussion over special elections for a vacant College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) Senator seat, the Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR) Senate voted “no confidence” on the election. The vote will effectively leave the vacant position unfilled for the duration of the school year.
The discussion over vacancies comes in the wake...
The University of California, Riverside’s (UCR) Basic Needs R’Pantry program received a donation of $2,500 from Stater Bros. Markets on May 15, 2024. Located on Iowa Avenue, the supermarket held their grand reopening showcasing their remodeled supermarket and donated a grand total of $12,500 to five local nonprofit organizations.
Remi Rodriguez, the R’Pantry Coordinator, recalled the events leading up to...
76 years after the first Nakba, on May 15, 2024 ,in a display of collective resistance, alumni, workers, and students from across the University of California (UC) system gathered at the UC Merced pro-Palestine encampment to “call attention the Regents and demand they disclose and divest” from Israel and weapons manufacturing. During the three-day UC Regents meeting, from...