Cristina Rosetti, a doctoral student specializing in religious studies who graduated from UCR in June 2019 has recently been interviewed by news organizations, including CNN, ABC and CBS News in regards to the massacre of nine American fundamentalist Mormons in Sonora, Mexico approximately two weeks ago by a Mexican drug cartel. Rosetti has been studying fundamentalist Mormonism for several...
On Wednesday, Jan. 29, ASUCR held their fourth meeting of winter quarter. The meeting was the first State of the Association meeting of the quarter.
Before the agenda was approved, CHASS Senator and President Pro Tempore Miguel Ramirez moved to amend the agenda to add SB-W20-007: Enacting Chapter XXXIII: Removal and Vacancy Procedures. This senate bill was identical to SB-W20-001:...
On Thursday, Feb. 27 at approximately 2:15 p.m., students in support of the cost-of-living adjustment movement (COLA) gathered in front of Hinderaker Hall with boxes of pizza, preparing to sit in the hallway of Hinderaker Hall’s fourth floor, the location of the chancellor’s office.
According to UAW 2865, the average salary of UC-employed graduate...
The ASUCR Office of External Affairs is encouraging students to email their congressional representatives to pass a federal COVID-19 student relief stimulus package for students being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A link to the email format and text was posted on their Instagram account. The email states that the student is emailing their...
Roughly 5,000 protestors took to the streets of Downtown Riverside on Monday June 1, to mourn the death of George Floyd and march against police brutality.
George Floyd, 46, was a black man from Minneapolis who was suffocated by four Minneapolis police officers who held him down for several minutes after an arrest. One officer, Derek Chauvin, had his knee...
On Friday, Nov. 13 ASUCR held their second State of the Association (SOTA) meeting of the year, where ex-officios are able to share their reports for the past month.
Vice President of External Affairs, Vincent Rasso, shared that this month, his office met with UC President Michael Drake and received commitments from the UC Office of the President (UCOP) to...
At the ASUCR meeting held on Wednesday, Feb. 3, the Vice Chair of the Student Voice Committee Mark Hanin, shared the results of the Classroom Etiquette and Academic Experiences Survey conducted last November. The purpose of the survey was to gather feedback on UCR students’ academic experiences and on topics such as inclusivity and classroom etiquette; its goal is...
A new UCR study published in March of this year indicates that in spite of evolving differences in design aesthetics, fourth generation electronic cigarettes pod atomizers are actually similar to those from previous generations and can leak harmful substances that lead to potentially serious health and environmental issues.
These aforementioned pod atomizers allow the electronic cigarette device to turn the...
The Riverside Free Clinic held their first Clinic Day on Oct. 6th, 2021 after transitioning to full operations following the COVID-19 pandemic. The clinic’s services are available for all ages free of charge and a variety of valuable services are provided, from wound care, addiction treatment, chronic care and infection. Jose Garcia, Clinic Monitor and 4th year Bioengineering major,...
Following a rally that took place in October and an intent to strike, as of Dec. 9, 2021, the Student Researchers United-United Auto Workers union is now being formally recognized by the University of California. The UAW union, created on May 24, 2021, supports 17,000 graduate student researchers and student teachers across the UC system. The SRs and teaching...