A crowd of over 1,000 people attended a campaign rally for U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton held in UCR Athletics’ Johnson Family Practice Center on Tuesday, May 20. The former secretary of state spoke on the significance of the UCR community, advocated for women’s rights, discussed the risks of electing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and promoted her...
UCR library receives $100,000 grant to work toward diversifying U.S. digital history
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded the UCR Library with a National Leadership Grant totaling $100,000 that the library will use to fund a project entitled “Diversifying the Digital Historical Record: Integrating Community Archives in National Strategies for Access to Cultural Heritage.” The library...
ASUCR elections director and fourth-year political science major Melina Reyes went on a 115-hour hunger strike for five days to raise awareness about UC-wide food and basic needs insecurity. She started her hunger strike on May 23 and ended it on the 27th at an R’Garden potluck.
Food security, as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture, is “access...
U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton brought her campaign to UCR on Tuesday, May 24 to promote her policies regarding education, wealth inequality and mental health issues.
Over 1,000 students and community members outside of the Johnson Family Practice Center before the event and formed a line that extended from the athletic center to the humanities buildings.
At the front of...
U.S. democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium on Tuesday, May 24 to around 2,300 people. Sanders touched on many issues regarding people of color, climate change, low-income families, undocumented workers and the LGBT community.
The Vermont senator was introduced by several individuals including a local event organizer and actor Kendrick Sampson. Sanders was met with...
A crowd of over 1000 people attended a campaign rally for U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton held in UCR Athletics’ Johnson Family Practice Center on Tuesday, May 24. The former secretary of state spoke on the significance of the UCR community, advocated for women’s rights, discussed the risks of electing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and promoted her...
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...
Courtesy of NAEP
Inland colleges are working toward increasing the enrollment of Native American students into local colleges. Officials at UC Riverside, California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) and the University of Redlands want to demolish barriers that prevent Native Americans from obtaining a college education.
Around the nation, Native Americans represent only one percent of U.S. college students, while...
In a survey conducted via email invitation in the fall of 2015, mistrust of campus administration and bullying were reported as prominent problems on the California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) campus. Input from 756 current faculty, administrators, staff and former employees were included in the survey and was compiled into a 113-page report. The report was presented at...
Courtesy of Washington College
Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton will both hold campaign rallies in the Inland Empire on Tuesday, May 24. Sanders will hold two rallies, one at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium which will open its doors at noon and one at the National Orange Show Events Center at 7 p.m. in San Bernardino. Clinton’s event will...