Massive Highlander protest prompted by UC tuition plan
Nearly 150 to 250 UCR students turned out for a protest on Nov. 18 as part of a systemwide “Day of Action” in response to UC President Janet Napolitano’s proposed tuition plan, which was...
UCR in solidarity with missing students in Mexico
Multiple campus student organizations led by Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (M.E.Ch.A) of UCR organized a demonstration and candlelight vigil to stand in solidarity with 43 college students families who went missing on Sept....
UCR philosopher professor and Holocaust survivor Bernd Magnus, dies
Bernd Magnus, UCR professor emeritus of philosophy and Holocaust survivor, died Nov. 3. Magnus was born in Danzig, Germany where he and his family escaped the Nazi concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen and moved to...
Sit-in strikes Hinderaker Hall: UCR students protest tuition proposal
A coalition of UCR students protested UC President Janet Napolitano’s proposed tuition increases Tuesday. The demonstration began at the Bell Tower but moved outside Hinderaker Hall before finally resulting in a sit-in outside Chancellor...
Founding member of UC Riverside passes away
Professor Emeritus of Zoology Wilbur “Bill” Mayhew, founding faculty member of both UC Riverside’s biology department and the UC Natural Reserve System (NRS) — the world’s largest university-administered natural reserve system — passed away...
Co-founder of UCR’s Eaton Collection dies
George Slusser, a co-founder of UCR’s Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy, died Nov. 4 in his house in Highland, Calif. As a professor emeritus in comparative literature and the curator emeritus of...
ASUCR: More backlash following proposed UC tuition plan
The issue of rising tuition within the UC system was the main focus of last Wednesday’s senate meeting. Both President Nafi Karim and Vice President of External Affairs Abraham Galvan were vocal opponents of...
$350,000 spent to build largest UC solar farm
An opening ceremony was held last Thursday to celebrate the grand opening of UCR’s solar farm, the largest of its kind in the UC system. Located near the UCR community garden behind Lot 30,...
Interfraternity Council brings forth Yik Yak resolution
On Nov. 5, members of ASUCR postponed voting on a resolution that sought to ban the campuswide use of Yik Yak, the social media app which allows users to anonymously develop and view posts...
Nearby earthquake shakes up Riverside
On the night of Nov. 7 at 7:35 p.m, fourth-year sociology and ethnic studies major Terry Liu was studying for a quiz in his Oban apartment near UC Riverside when he felt a sudden...