ASUCR debates over bill that would reduce the number of students required to vote...
On Wednesday, Oct. 7, ASUCR held their first meeting of the quarter. The new Senate voted to clarify items in the ASUCR Constitution and to add a constitutional amendment to the 2021 ASUCR Election...
Senators discuss possibility of delaying elections
Members of the public called for a change to the elections code, which involved lowering the minimum number of candidates required to form a political party during last Wednesday’s ASUCR senate meeting. The senate...
ASUCR near unanimously votes to ban laptopping from 2018 elections
On Wednesday, Jan. 24, ASUCR senators voted to officially ban laptopping from the 2018 elections with a vote of 9-1-0. This decision comes after senators banned political parties Wednesday, Jan. 17 after a contentious...
ASUCR discusses future of UCR food security, moves to reduce meal plan cost
The sixth ASUCR meeting of the Fall quarter occurred Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 6:36 p.m. to discuss current efforts made by student organizations to increase student voter turnout, approve bylaw resolutions drafted to improve...
Newly elected ASUCR transfer and nontraditional student director finds her place
During a special elections meeting, the ASUCR senate elected Kaitylyn Hall to fill the recently vacated transfer and nontraditional student director position on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Hall is a fourth-year education and history major.
In...
ASUCR holds special elections to fill undergraduate sustainability director vacancy
On Wednesday, Nov. 13, ASUCR held a special election to fill the undergraduate sustainability director vacancy. Olenka Graham-Castaneda, the previous undergraduate sustainability director, stepped down for reasons unknown.
During Public Forum, BCOE Senator Maurice Armstrong,...
ASUCR removes laptopping bylaw
At last week’s senate meeting, amendments were made to the standing ASUCR election bylaws. Major changes were made to remove the ban on laptopping in addition to beginning exclusive voting at polling sites, limiting...
Senate passes Sikh Genocide Resolution; elects new justice
Wednesday’s ASUCR meeting brought forth the unanimous passage of a resolution to recognize the Sikh Genocide of 1984 and the election of a new justice to replace former ASUCR Justice Melina Reyes, who was...
Judicial council holds continuation of hearings on cases filed by former interim president
The ASUCR Judicial Council met for the second time this spring quarter on Wednesday, April 12 in the senate chambers, with the meeting beginning at 9:18 a.m.
Chief Justice Jo Gbujama began the meeting with...
Iris Jiang tapped as 2014-15 vice president of finance
The ASUCR senate of 2014-15 has selected Iris Jiang as the new vice president of finance to oversee the senate’s budget allocations and delegation of student funds for the upcoming academic year. Despite initial...