According to the most recent campaign finance reports, over $15,000 was spent during this year’s ASUCR elections, more than a full year’s worth of tuition. Most of the money, over $14,000, was spent by ASUCR’s elections committee, with the individual parties contributing to the remainder.
The committee spent about $0.75 per undergraduate at UCR (there are 18,621 undergraduates on campus)...
On May 1, UCR welcomed a new Scotty’s near the UCR School of Medicine. The fifth of its kind around campus, Scotty’s is UCR’s personalized convenience store with multiple locations around campus. Unlike the other locations, this store will offer healthier options than the usual convenience store fare.
“We want to promote a healthy lifestyle,” said Kim Horbinger, the manager...
A senate resolution which calls for support of the Bangladesh Accord for Fire and Building Safety — an independent agreement designed to make safer working conditions for garment factories in Bangladesh — was unanimously passed by the ASUCR senate by a vote of 12-0; four senators were absent. The resolution demands the university and the entire UC system to...
UC Riverside Chancellor Kim Wilcox encouraged students, faculty and staff on campus to count pollinators as part of a statewide crowdsourcing event on Thursday, May 8. The event was coordinated by the UC Cooperative Extension to commemorate their 100th year anniversary.
On May 8, 1914, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signed the Smith-Lever Act, which created the Cooperative Extension, a nationwide...
Fresh new faces painted last week’s ASUCR special senate meeting as newly elected candidates carried out one of their first acts in the senate by selecting Senator Devin Plazo as the new president pro tempore, a role that oversees the legislative processes within ASUCR. Contentions arose when senators considered and ultimately approved the selection of Stephanie Rose, a walk-in...
ASUCR justices reported that 67 elections violations took place during this year’s ASUCR elections and over 30 strikes were handed out, according to Chief Justice of the Judicial Branch Davion Rowles. Most violations and strikes that occurred were regarding campaign posters.
"There are 67 violations that have been submitted and it is still possible that that number can increase,” said...
The unplugging of a freezer in the Genomics Building that occurred on May 1 is the latest incident in a series of events that have taken place in the research building since last month. Another incident occurred on April 3, when the Genomics Building was evacuated due to a low-level radioactive spill.
Estimated damage of the research material in the...
About 400 trees are being planted throughout UC Riverside with the help of a grant provided by the Green Trees for the Golden State Grant Program, a statewide initiative to support sustainable urban and community forests in California. The two-year-long project seeks to reduce the university’s carbon footprint in the midst of ongoing campus construction and expansion.
“We want to...
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...
After a week of voting, a record-breaking 38 percent undergraduate turnout ushered the SIDE party into office during the 2014 ASUCR elections, with SIDE presidential candidate and current CHASS senator Nafi Karim besting two other presidential contenders to succeed outgoing ASUCR President Sai Patadia. Students also voted down two referendums in close votes, while endorsing the GCAP referendum by...