On Thursday, Feb. 2 students across the UC system gathered to protest the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). At UC Riverside the demonstration took place at the Bell Tower and included both a protest and cultural gathering. Throughout the demonstration, participants stood in solidarity against the construction of the potentially dangerous pipeline and to demand that the...
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...
From 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, over 300 protesters rallied at UC Riverside’s Bell Tower for the “No Ban No Wall” protest in opposition to President Donald J. Trump’s temporary ban on immigrants and refugees entering the United States from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Protesters also demonstrated against the executive order...
Public policy is constantly being updated, changed and reformed to reflect current economic and social trends, however, California’s current state and local tax policy remains exactly the same as when it was established 80 years ago. Mark Ibele, staff director of the committee on budget and fiscal review for the California State Senate, visited UCR in INTS 1109 on...
During the Wednesday, Feb. 1 ASUCR senate meeting, the senate voted near-unanimously, 13-0-1, in favor of resolution W17-007, which calls for a ban of Sabra hummus from all campus dining services. Sabra has recently drawn scrutiny due to the company’s joint owner, the Strauss Group, reportedly holding financially supportive ties to Israeli military forces. Students in support of the...
To increase tuition or not to increase tuition
San Francisco — Wednesday, Jan. 25 and Thursday, Jan. 26 saw the assembly of the UC Board of Regents for the first meeting of the year at UCSF Mission Bay, with the potential of a 2.5 percent tuition increase being the primary point of discussion. After sparking a lengthy debate, the board...
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...
Following the trend of sanctuary cities, colleges across the United States have begun to declare their campuses to be “sanctuary campuses” for undocumented students that are threatened by deportation, especially under the new Trump administration amidst his promises to stem “the tide of lawlessness associated with illegal immigration.” The University of California was one of the first to declare...
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...