The first official food distribution of the mobile R’Food Pantry, an initiative started by affiliated organizations of the Chicano Student programs: Providing Opportunities Dreams Education in Riverside (PODER) and Undocumented Student Programs, began on Wednesday May 27. The initiative seeks to provide free, accessible food and other essentials to UCR students, staff and faculty who have difficulty attaining these...
The new ASUCR elected senate held a public meeting regarding the appointment of the vice president of finance and president pro-tempore, with the votes being made through a closed ballot. In addition, issues regarding alleged biases toward candidates were brought forward by current Vice President of External Affairs Abraham Galvan.
During the meeting, the appointment of the elections director was...
UCR history professor Catherine Gudis spoke to the BBC Persian television station to discuss the impact of McDonald's on American culture. As a 20th century U.S. cultural scholar who specializes in consumer culture, Gudis focused on the labor industry and practices which allowed the company to succeed and influence the food market in California’s Central Valley.
McDonalds, which began as...
The new ASUCR elected senate held a public meeting regarding the appointment of the vice president of finance and president pro-tempore, with the votes being made through a closed ballot. During the meeting, issues regarding alleged biases towards candidates were brought forward by current Vice President of External Affairs Abraham Galvan.
During the meeting, the appointment of the elections director...
UC Regents appoint new chair, re-elect vice chair
The UC Board of Regents appointed longtime UC regent Monica Lozano as new chair, and re-elected Fred Ruiz as vice chair last week.
Lozano is currently vice chair for the Committee on Compensation and is a member of several other committees, including educational policy, finance and long range planning. She was initially appointed...
UCR anthropology professor Susan Ossman recently received a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for her research project series entitled “On the Line.” The project started as a solo art exhibition in February 2013 and has evolved through subsequent shows with collaboration from various artists, writers, choreographers and anthropology graduate students from campus.
“It all started...
The ASUCR Elections Committee spent over $10,000 to promote campaigning and events regarding elections. In addition, party finances — funds individual parties used to promote their campaigns — from Voice, PAC: Pride, Action, Change and CR, have been made public, totaling over $3,700 spent solely on promotional items.
While the amount of money this year was far less than the...
UC Davis Professor of Enology Andrew Waterhouse presented a lecture about wine grapes entitled Vinifera: A Responsive Source of Secondary Products in the UCR Genomics auditorium last Wednesday, May 20. The hour-long lecture attracted a crowd that consisted primarily of graduate and botany students.
Waterhouse began his talk with a brief introduction on some of the variables that can have...
Wednesday’s ASUCR meeting brought forth the unanimous passage of a resolution to recognize the Sikh Genocide of 1984 and the election of a new justice to replace former ASUCR Justice Melina Reyes, who was recently removed.
With Sikhism being the fifth-largest religion in the world, the California State Assembly passed a similar resolution that recognizes the systematic and organized murder...
UCR held a grand opening for the Transfer and Commuter lounge at the HUB on Wednesday, May 20. Over 100 students attended the event hosted by the ASUCR Transfer & Nontraditional Student Task Force, which organizes events and programs for students who do not follow the traditional four-year university route from high school.
The lounge is located in the former...