On Wednesday, May 31, UCR’s Center for Sustainable Suburban Development (CSSD) hosted a seminar titled, “Where Have All the Women Gone?: Exploring the Causes for a Decline in Female City Council Members of Riverside County.” This seminar was one in many of CSSD’s Randall Lewis Seminar Series program, which started in 2005 as a free public program to discuss...
The sixth and final ASUCR senate meeting of spring quarter convened at approximately 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31 in the senate chambers. The meeting was largely devoted to a series of bylaw amendments proposed by senators, most of which passed with little resistance.
After motioning to move two Green Campus Action Plan (GCAP) funding requests to the top of...
In a faculty lecture held Friday, June 2, UCR Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Carl Cranor presented his views on toxic contaminants and the law. During the event, Cranor was presented the UCR Faculty Research Lecturer Award by Chancellor Wilcox, and gave a talk highlighting important issues pertaining to toxic contaminant regulation and consumer protection in modern society.
Cranor’s presentation, titled...
On Friday, June 2, at 1:30 p.m., the Riverside Board of Ethics held a panel in order to see if Riverside Mayor William “Rusty” Bailey violated resolution no. 22318 II (D), specifically the Brown Act, on September 22, 2014. The hearing was held in the Art Pick Council Chamber.
The ethics violations came after Jason Hunter, a Riverside resident, submitted...
UC Riverside and Korea Institute of Materials Science partner to form new research center
By: Evan Ismail, Senior Staff Writer
UC Riverside and the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) in Changwon, South Korea have partnered to establish a new research center to develop new, environmentally friendly materials such as plastics and ceramics.
KIMS is a research institute funded by the Korean...
Myles and Evan are joined in studio by fourth-year political science major Summer Shafer to discuss the potential implementation of a Gender Studies requirement at UC Riverside. The requirement is currently pending review by the academic senate and Shafer, who has been spearheading the initiative to get it passed, provides insight on the process and fields questions about the...
At a meeting for the Citizens University Committee on Wednesday, May 24, Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox discussed the current plans for the expansion of the UCR campus. According to the Press-Enterprise, Wilcox was asked about the possibility of creating a sports arena or entertainment center for UCR in the future. Despite continued plans to demolish Canyon Crest Family Student...
The Highlander sat down with fourth-year political science, law and society major Summer Shafer this week to talk about the proposed gender studies requirement currently being reviewed by the UCR Academic Senate. The requirement is Shafer’s idea and getting it passed has been her main project during her time at UCR.
The requirement, which would be in place for all...
Local school districts in Riverside County have recently undergone cost-cutting strategies, which include reducing staff and decreasing the number of services offered by after-school programs to accommodate rising minimum wage levels and flat state funding.
After-school programs receive funding from both state and federal sources; however, the state funding, which comes from the After School Education and Safety program,...
The First Congregational Church of Riverside, located on Lemon Street in Downtown Riverside, near the Mission Inn, has stated that it plans to offer protection to undocumented immigrants at risk of being deported.
With Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arresting and deporting around 35 percent more undocumented immigrants since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, this course of action could potentially...