On Thursday Oct. 9 along East Tahquitz Canyon Way in Palm Springs, police arrested a trio of suspects involved in a series of convenience store scams spanning across the country. The suspects are 40-year-old Jerry Davis, 18-year-old Sean Acree and 28-year-old Katherine Fernedine.
In Riverside, a scam occurred when the suspects visited a convenience store, claiming to be job applicants...
Undocumented students just got a huge lift in their ability to pay for college. On Sept. 28, Gov. Jerry Brown approved the DREAM Loan Act, which sets aside $9.2 billion in loan funding for California students without legal residency in the United States. Under this program, approximately 2,000 undocumented UC and CSU students will be able to borrow up...
Considered to be one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities, UCR was recently recognized with a $208,000 grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a private organization dedicated to supporting institutions of higher education and culture. The grant will support a two-year seminar series to further humanities studies in diversity at UCR’s Center for Ideas and Society.
“The...
Students interested in graduate work in public policy may now pursue a master’s degree at UCR as the School of Public Policy (SPP) announced that it would be accepting students for the 2014-15 school year. The school aims to admit 20 students in its inaugural year and admit 50 to 60 students every year afterward.
Public policy began at UCR...
Members of ASUCR held their first senate meeting of the new academic year last Wednesday in the Senate Chambers at 6:30 p.m. to deliver past summer reports with specific focus falling on the topic of increasing student voter registration — an ongoing initiative led by Vice President of External Affairs Abraham Galvan. Other notable topics involved the approval of...
Chancellor Kim Wilcox held the first town hall meeting of the new school year on Wednesday, Oct. 8 to discuss future goals to expand UCR and to air out current student issues such as outcry over the increase in Student Recreation Center (SRC) fees.
In the meeting, Wilcox reinforced his interest in the UCR 2020 strategic plan, a university blueprint...
Bundled up on a cool night, first-year biology student Amin Sadat Khansari looked up at the full moon gleaming above and said, “This is the kind of experience that makes college fun.” Khansari was one of more than 100 attendees who gathered at the UCR Bell Tower from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. on Oct. 8 for a public...
Back in February 2012, the 32-foot Culinary Chameleon food truck was unveiled, receiving mostly positive feedback from the student population. For many students, the truck provided another alternative to grab a quick bite to eat as they rushed to class.
“Using a delicious mixture of your input and the expertise of our dining staff, we bring the food you crave to...
Dr. Cixin Wang, a UCR professor at the Graduate School of Education, recently helped complete a study to determine the effects of punitive parenting, also known as “tiger parenting,” on Chinese youths. The study showed that while strict parenting can help with the success of children, supportive parenting is very important in adolescent development.
The study, which began in 2006,...
Last year, the California legislature approved the Middle Class Scholarship (MCS) program, which provides stipends to undergraduates in UCs and CSUs with family incomes that are less than $150,000. Now in its first year of implementation, the program will impact thousands of students during the 2014-15 academic year; financial aid will vary based on family income.
As a long-time advocate...