ASUCR: Election conflicts boil over, result in censure

This week’s more than six-hour-long ASUCR senate meeting was rife with controversy as spectators overflowing from the room expressed both support for and opposition to recent actions taken by ASUCR, including the disqualification of...

[OUR]Voice candidates banned; Elections results postponed

The ASUCR Elections Committee has disqualified the Voice party after receiving multiple violations. Following a Monday meeting between ASUCR representatives and campus administration, elections results will be postponed until May 8 to grant candidates...

Highlander Newsroom 05/06/15

This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we chat about our experiences at this year's Spring Splash, debate the issues of standing on an American flag and talk about what it's like to live below...

ASUCR kicks off Feminism Awareness Week

Four ASUCR senators have launched a series of events from May 4 to 8, which are aimed at creating awareness and dispelling myths about feminism. Participants will be able to watch a late-night movie,...

Student who posted Yik Yak threat released on bail, charged with felony

Anton Shirokov, 29, a UCR student who posted a threat of violence against the campus on the popular social media app Yik Yak last Sunday between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., has been released...

Swipes for the Homeless launched at UCR

A program dedicated to relieving hunger for the homeless delivered approximately 4,322 pounds of food, equivalent to the weight of an average mid-size car, last Thursday to Feeding America, a network of food banks...

UCR joins hands with Nepal

Over 150 members of the UCR community attended a candlelight vigil last Thursday to show support for the people of Nepal after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Asian country and other surrounding areas,...

Protester stepping on flag stirs emotion, controversy among students

Emotions are running high around campus after a student protested police killings of minority youth last Thursday by stepping on an American flag. One protester, a political science graduate student who helped organize the...

Speaker argues Native American mascots damaging to youth

Associate Director for the Center for American Progress Erik Stegman spoke at UCR last Friday about the negative impact Native American mascots have on American Indian and Alaska Native Youth, as well as policy...

Elections controversies flare up in ASUCR

Tensions have spiked in ASUCR after two senate meetings, during which the removal of a laptopping bylaw and an attempt to overturn an executive order to reinstate two justices, displayed a divide between members...