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 jolt. Little did he know that a 2.6-magnitude earthquake had struck Loma Linda, which was followed by two aftershocks in the 1.0 to 2.0 range,...
A total of 124 recent graduates from the University of California, Riverside have applied to the nationwide City Year program this year, making it the college with the most applicants across the nation for the fifth consecutive year. The university also tops the list for the highest number of confirmed hires with a total of 50.
City Year is one...
Move over Culinary Chameleon and Bear Tracks, there’s a new food truck in town. Starting this fall, UCR is rolling out the Moo Moo Udderly Twisted truck, which will feature ice cream and other dessert options. The truck made its debut during freshmen welcome week and Block Party, but aims to hold its official launch on Nov. 1.
UCR Executive...
On Tuesday, Jan. 5, President Obama gave a speech at the White House addressing gun violence in the U.S. The president outlined executive actions that he purports will help reduce gun violence, including improving the background check system, funding mental health facilities and developing safer gun technology.
Obama was introduced by Mark Barden, father of Daniel Barden, 7, who died...
On April 22, the ASUCR judicial council chose not to validate the 2016 ASUCR election results, citing that the guidelines they operated under resulted in “an unfair environment” that allowed for reported incidents of laptopping and campaign violations. To rectify this situation, they have recommended that a new elections cycle take place with new stipulations, such as polling stations...
The California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) will begin pledging for their statewide “Save the Bees” campaign next fall at UCR with the goal of influencing legislators to ban the use and sale of pesticides called neonicotinoids.
These pesticides, otherwise known as neonics, are detrimental to bee populations, and, given our reliance on bee pollination, bee populations declining could have...
Members of ASUCR issued apologies during last week’s senate meeting, with some expressing regret for giving late notifications to seven candidates who were found to be ineligible to run in the 2014-15 elections.
“On behalf of the elections committee, I apologize to all the candidates who were disqualified on such short notice,” said Senator Niela Darmani. “Regardless, we did put...
The University of California (UC) saw a one-percent drop, which equates to a shortfall of about 353 applicants, in international freshman undergraduate applications for the November 2016 application cycle. This is the first decline in international applications seen by the UC in over a decade after applications were rising at a rate of 21 percent every year.
The San...
Proposition 1: Proposition 1 authorizes $4 million in bonds to fund existing affordable housing programs, loans, grants and projects specifically for low-income residents, veterans, farmworkers, manufactured and mobile homes, infill and transit-oriented housing. The measure would distribute the bond revenue with $1 billion for the CalVet Home Loan Program, $1.5 billion for the Multifamily Housing Program (MHP), $150 million...
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 New York.
After earning his undergraduate degree at the City College of New York and his graduate degree at Columbia University, Magnus began teaching at UCR...