In a lecture hall packed with over 100 students, candidates from PAC: Pride, Action, Change and CR expressed discontent with the judicial decision that allowed Voice to return from disqualification and dominate this year's elections during last week’s senate meeting.
Following the discussion, the senate voted to give themselves jurisdiction to review appeal cases that were previously heard during the...
Chancellor Kim Wilcox held a town hall meeting on May 12 to continue discussions about the plan to hire 300 new faculty by 2020. UCR Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Paul D’Anieri also spoke on the importance of receiving the best hires while improving faculty diversity.
While UCR has a diverse undergraduate population, faculty diversity across the campus lags behind....
Ongoing negotiations between UC President Janet Napolitano and Gov. Jerry Brown have resulted in an agreement that will cap UC resident tuition for the next two years and increase state allocations by 4 percent, or $120 million, over the next four years. In addition, out-of-state tuition will increase by 8 percent each year.
The agreement will also provide a one-time...
UC President Janet Napolitano announced another step in the UC’s effort to bolster sexual assault response and prevention last Wednesday. The new “toolkit,” developed by the UC in partnership with police departments and district attorney offices, will be provided to law enforcement to improve both transparency and cooperation with universities in handling sexual assault cases.
The toolkit is a result...
A potential $1.5 million in funding from Riverside County, initially dedicated to the UC Riverside School of Medicine, could be used instead toward the replacement of equipment at the Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley.
According to a 2014-15 county report, budget shortfalls are expected in various county departments, including the sheriff, district attorney and assessor. The Riverside...
Ongoing negotiations between UC President Janet Napolitano and Gov. Jerry Brown have resulted in an agreement that will cap UC resident tuition for the next two years and increase state allocations by 4 percent, or $120 million, over the next four years. In addition, out-of-state tuition will increase by 8 percent each year.
The agreement will also provide a one-time...
A recent vote by the ASUCR senate will give them the jurisdiction to review appeal cases that were previously heard during a justices’ meeting on May 8, which was deemed “unconstitutional.” As a result, the Voice party will be retroactively disqualified from the positions they have won unless the senate approves their appeals.
“They are in limbo until appeal cases...
It's a special senior-only edition of the Highlander Newsroom! We reminisce over our time at The Highlander and at UCR as we hand the torch over to a new staff for next year. Stay tuned next week for fresh faces and new ideas — but the same Highlander Newsroom, broadcasting every Wednesday at 9 a.m. and Sunday at 6:30...
After a bruising month of elections filled with controversial campaigning and accusations of partisan bias, Voice will take office later this year in a crushing victory, seizing control of all executive and director positions as well as 13 out of 16 senate seats. Students also voted on several referendums that are set to take effect next academic year.
Voice presidential...
Former UCR researcher Richard Vetter has published a book entitled “The Brown Recluse Spider” to correct misinformation associated with the arachnid. The book was released to the general public in March by Cornell Press.
Vetter, who retired from UCR in 2012, began writing the book seven years ago during flights to pest control associations on the East Coast. It wasn’t...