RUNNING ON EMPTY: The TAPS budget crisis

Highlander Audit is a series of investigative reports on the finances of campus departments. In each investigation, the Highlander obtains budgets, interviews personnel and gets to the bottom of students’ most pressing concerns. Transportation and...

Thirteen medical workers arrested during UC Regents meeting

The UC Board of Regents meeting was held in conjunction with a two-day joint advocacy event that allowed UC students and regents to lobby Sacramento lawmakers. UC President Mark Yudof delivered a State of...

The Lab: research from UCR and the UC system

UC Riverside: Entomologist names new wasp species after UC Riverside A research project in Russia has led to the discovery of a new wasp species. The entomologist behind the discovery is UC Riverside’s very own...

U.S. implements stricter regulations for international students

In response to the Boston Marathon Bombings that occurred April 15, the U.S. government has decided to increase security for international students with U.S. visas. The move follows the Boston attacks where Azamat Tazhayakov,...

ASUCR holds special elections

Senators-elect choose new officers After the end of a three-hour-long session on May 6, senators-elect performed one of their first official duties by filling the final three positions in next year’s ASUCR. Senator Aaron Johnson...

UCR prepares first ever food truck festival

After months of planning and preparation for the event, the first annual Food Truck Festival will take place Wednesday May 15. Proposed by Ambassador of Student United Way (SUW) Elliot Thompson in late October...

UCR expands School of Medicine to Palm Desert campus

UC Riverside is pursuing the acquisition of an 11-acre land in the city of Palm Desert as a residency location for medical students. The Oversight Board of the Palm Desert Successor Agency and California Department...

UC Riverside undergrads to part with UC SHIP

The Council of the Chancellors has supported the recommendations made by the UC Student Insurance Program (SHIP) Advisory Council in making the decisions regarding whether each campus will opt out or stay in the...

Lawsuit filed against UCR by former business dean

David Stewart, the former dean of UC Riverside’s School of Business Administration recently filed a lawsuit against the university, accusing UCR and of “misallocating and misusing the professional degree fees” of students. According to Stewart,...

Rap Sheet

Attempted sexual assault near West Linden Street A woman reported an attempted rape in the laundry room at her apartment on Tripoli Street to the Riverside Police Department (RPD). Located near the Grace Methodist Church...