Winter quarter’s second state of the association meeting took place on Wednesday, Feb. 15 in the senate chambers, with the call to order being made at 6:17 p.m with nine senators present.
Senate resolution W17-010 was read aloud by Interim Acting President Arturo Gomez. The resolution stated ASUCR’s call for the city of Riverside to become a safe haven...
ASUCR’s fourth senate meeting of the quarter occurred on Wednesday, Feb. 8 in the senate chambers. The meeting introduced numerous changes to the elections code, such as GPA requirements for officials, and measures to increase senate transparency.
During ex-officio reports, Vice Chief Justice Hayden Jackson arrived at the podium and announced that the five justices sent Justice Kathryn Yip a...
ASUCR began their second senate meeting of the quarter at 6:35 p.m. in the Tartan and Tweed Room in the Student Special Services Building on Wednesday, Feb. 1, with the room change to accommodate the dozens of students expected to attend. Once again, resolution W17-007 calling for the removal of Sabra hummus from being sold around campus — due...
On Monday, Jan. 30, an“emergency” ASUCR senate meeting officially began at 10:14 p.m. in a senate chamber holding approximately 60 UC Riverside students and staff beyond capacity.
The call for the meeting was primarily to hear the case for two charges filed against judicial branch’s Chief Justice Jo Gbujama and Vice Chief Justice Hayden Jackson, alleging that they acted unilaterally...
ASUCR’s first state of the association meeting of the quarter began at 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18 in the Tartan and Tweed Room in the Student Services Building. The room change was made to accommodate a larger-than-usual audience that was expected to discuss senate resolution W17-007. If passed, the resolution would call upon UCR to discontinue the sale...
An initiative first started by 2014-15 ASUCR President Nafi Karim to “increase campus pride,” R’Gear, now considered a UC Riverside tradition, has continued into its third consecutive year. Students hoping to “get this symbolic R’Gear to rep Highlander Pride” were required to follow ASUCR on Instagram and like their page on Facebook, make a post on a social media...
At around 10 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, ASUCR notified senators announcing an emergency senate meeting to be held this Monday, Jan. 30, to hear cases for the impeachment of Judicial Branch’s Chief Justice Jo Gbujama and Vice Chief Justice Hayden Jackson.
According to sources close to the situation, the senate is being asked to consider impeachment of the justices on...
On Monday, Jan. 9 and Wednesday, Jan. 11, members of the Green Campus Action Plan (GCAP) committee handed out free tote bags to students at the campus bookstore. The program was initiated by ASUCR CHASS Senator and GCAP Committee Member Semi Cole after the passage of Proposition 67 in the November election, banning stores from freely handing out single-use...
After a quarter-long delay, the university’s new bike share program has been launched and will provide students, faculty and staff the opportunity to rent a bike for free or little cost for up to a day.
The bike share program, hosted by Zagster, allows UCR community members to access its bikes through the download of its mobile application on...
The last ASUCR senate meeting of the quarter was held on Tuesday, Nov. 22 and featured the passage of one senate resolution and three senate bills.
A resolution entitled, “Resolution in Mandating Family Housing Transitional Committee (FHTC) Meetings to be made Public on a Quarterly Basis,” was presented and authored by CHASS Senator Jose Cortez-Hernandez. The resolution asks that...