Last Wednesday, members of ASUCR approved $4,000 in Green Campus Action Plan (GCAP) committee funds to maintain a generator in UCR’s community garden for the purposes of creating electricity for campus events — one of the earliest fall initiatives to tap into funding approved by last year’s GCAP referendum. Other key topics included Senator Colette King’s update about potential...
Members of ASUCR unanimously approved the passage of the Food Pantry Planning and Implementation Committee’s bylaws, bringing UCR one step closer to implementing a program that will help feed countless hungry students.
The bylaws state that the committee has the authority to make all decisions involving the creation and implementation of the pantry. The committee must also acquire food donations...
ASUCR voted unanimously last Wednesday to put the Highlander Empowerment Referendum on the 2015 ballot, which, if passed by the student body, will increase funding for UCR’s seven ethnic and gender programs starting in fall 2015. Two new CHASS senators and one new BCOE senator were also welcomed to the student government to take the places of senators who...
The ASUCR senate convened last Wednesday in the senate chambers to pass a resolution for nutritional labeling of HUB foods as well as a resolution to allow open-source textbooks. Also during the meeting, a justice from the ASUCR judicial council read a majority opinion that ASUCR acted unconstitutionally when it appointed an interim vice president of external affairs.
On Jan....
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...
In a lecture hall packed with over 100 students, candidates from PAC: Pride, Action, Change and CR expressed discontent with the judicial decision that allowed Voice to return from disqualification and dominate this year's elections during last week’s senate meeting.
Following the discussion, the senate voted to give themselves jurisdiction to review appeal cases that were previously heard during the...
The new ASUCR elected senate held a public meeting regarding the appointment of the vice president of finance and president pro-tempore, with the votes being made through a closed ballot. During the meeting, issues regarding alleged biases towards candidates were brought forward by current Vice President of External Affairs Abraham Galvan.
During the meeting, the appointment of the elections director...
In a marathon ASUCR meeting primarily discussing potential elections violations and characterized by sharp and personal disagreements, ASUCR removed Acting Chief Justice Melina Reyes and Justice Daniel Ojo from office. As a result, the judicial branch no longer meets quorum.
Questions on the removal of Reyes centered on accusations that she had been elected into her position unfairly and that...
The Judicial Council represents the legal branch of the senate, enforcing the constitutionality of ASUCR’s bylaws and addressing reported complaints, whether in regards to elections or previous pieces of legislation. During the initial nomination process, the senate president is responsible for appointing justices as prescribed in the Judicial Procedures and Constitution — which states that one of the powers...
Intense cheers arose throughout the audience of 40 packed with supporters from the political parties Voice and PAC: Pride, Action, Change at the ASUCR presidential debates. Presidential candidates President Pro Tempore Devin Plazo from PAC and Personnel Director Ashley Harano from Voice discussed existing issues in student government, a spending cap on elections campaigns and their positions on a...