The third state of the association meeting for ASUCR occurred Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m.
Due to failure to meet quorum, no voting occurred.
During public forum, the senate was encouraged to advocate the institution of sanctuary campuses for all UC locations. Sanctuary campus status would limit the collaboration between UC and government agencies to deport undocumented students. Vice...
ASUCR’s fourth senate meeting of the year saw the passage of two resolutions and the announcement that HEAT Music Festival will be continued in the winter quarter 2017.
During ex-officio reports, ASUCR President Shafi Karim announced that HEAT will continue this year. Later in the meeting, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs James Sandoval declared that he had adhered to the...
When UC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox issued an edict to the Associated Students of UC Riverside (ASUCR) in September ordering that the ASUCR executive director (ED) fall under the complete oversight of Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs (VCSA) James Sandoval with a “dotted line” reporting duty to the ASUCR president, there was no immediate pushback from the Associated Students.
Though, just...
ASUCR held its second state of the association meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 28, in which they passed two resolutions — one in support of Proposition 55, and the other encouraging transparency throughout the process of the demolition and relocation of Canyon Crest Family Student Housing. An outline of the 2017 elections timeline was also approved.
During the Green Campus Action...
The second senate meeting of the year, held on Wednesday, Oct. 19, continued the debate over President Shafi Karim’s executive order that has suspended and nullified the appointment of justice nominee Samanta Fuentes.
Justices Hayden Jackson and Jo Gbujama spoke during ex-officio reports to provide context for the situation leading up to the executive order, denouncing Fuentes’ judicial appointment,...
On Monday, Sept. 19, UC Riverside Chancellor Kim WIlcox informed Associated Students of UC Riverside (ASUCR) President Shafi Karim, Executive Director (ED) Laurie Sinclair and Financial Operations Manager (FOM) Theresa Perez that Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs (VCSA) James Sandoval will assume complete oversight of ASUCR’s ED position, effective immediately. In addition to the change in reporting structure, the...
The school year’s first ASUCR State of the Association meeting saw the appointment and approval of both the ASPB Board of Directors, as well as Marcy Kuo as the new elections director. An emergency meeting held by last year’s senate, which involved the appointment of a justice, was also disputed in terms of its officiality, with President Shafi Karim...
In the final ASUCR meeting of the year, the senate did not appoint prospective judicial justice candidate Sung Kim and voted on proposed changes to ASUCR’s 2016-2017 budget.
At the beginning of the meeting, during ex-officio reports, Justice Hayden Jackson voiced his concerns over an Op-Ed that was published in last week’s issue of the Highlander Newspaper entitled, “BSUCR, you’re...
In an hour-long special elections meeting held in the senate chambers at 5 p.m. on Monday, May 23, ASUCR convened to hold its inaugural meeting with the newly elected senators, directors and executive cabinet members, and to appoint next year’s representatives for the positions of vice president of finance, elections director, Green Campus Action Plan (GCAP) director and president...
ASUCR’s meeting on Wednesday, May 18 consisted of multiple presentations concerning sustainability and a summary of the work done by University of California’s Student Association (UCSA). The senate then debated over whether they should move forward in replacing a justice who will be graduating at the end of the quarter.
Kevin Sabo, president of the UCSA, spoke about the success...