On Thursday, Jan. 25, eight students from the University of California, Riverside (UCR) attended the University of California (UC) Regents meeting to support Regents Policy 4407: Policy on Equitable Student Employment Opportunities. During the meeting, Regents Policy 4407, which would provide equal employment opportunities for undocumented students, was suspended by the Regents Board for a year. In attendance from...
The tenth Associated Students of UCR (ASUCR) Senate meeting took place on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. All senators were present, excluding President Pro Tempore Abby Choy, who was excused, Senators Rayhan Khan, Natalie Trutalli and Grace Su, who were excused, and Senator Leila Haidar, who was absent. The meeting was called to order at 7:01 p.m.
Before the agenda was...
University of California Riverside’s (UCR) Women’s Resource Center (WRC) celebrates 50 years of history with visual displays located on the first floor of the Rivera Library. The display was available for visitors up until Jan. 19.
The exhibit stretched over time, with pieces dating back to before the creation of the WRC in 1973. It was created by a team...
This year, the state of California will decide the next United States (U.S.) Senator to permanently replace Dianne Feinstein. On Jan. 22, four candidates qualified for the Fox 11/Politico debate held at the University of Southern California. For the first time in front of a live audience, the candidates were able to express their differing values on the Israel-Gaza...
Professor Allison Adelle Hedge Coke has garnered over a dozen of awards on her work, and has enjoyed fellowships and various residencies throughout her career. As a distinguished professor in the creative writing department at the University of California Riverside (UCR), she often teaches courses such as film and writing and sends out weekly emails to creative writing students...
In 2023, the University of California, Riverside’s (UCR) Black Alumni Chapter (BAC) met a fundraising goal and established a scholarship fund for current students. In two years, they were able to raise enough money to establish their endowment fund, making over $50,000. In April of 2023, the Black Alumni Chapter Endowed Scholarship was finalized.
Keona Henderson, the past Black Alumni...
Roshan Kannan, a fourth-year psychology major, was elected to the Associated Students of University of California Riverside (ASUCR) Senate last Thursday in a Special Election during the ninth ASUCR Senate meeting of the school year. Kannan’s election filled a vacant CHASS senator seat, and came after more than an hour of deliberation by the Senate. The Senate meeting also...
The Eaton Collection of Science Fiction & Fantasies is one of the world’s largest collections of science fiction and fantasy genre materials. It has a collection of over 100,000 print books, over 300,000 periodicals, magazines and fanzines according to its librarian, Dr. Phoenix Alexander. From materials of various authors to special historical objects, one can visit Rivera Library on...
Professor Kim Yi Dionne is an associate professor here at the University of California Riverside (UCR). Graduating from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a Bachelors, Masters and doctoral degree in political science, she has since focused her research on African politics, particularly in Malawi. Current projects include vaccine hesitancy in Malawi, natural disasters in Africa and recent...
On Dec. 29, 2023, The Republic of South Africa filed proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), regarding Israel's alleged violations of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention). According to South Africa’s application instituting proceedings, an 84-page document laying out South Africa’s case and charges against Israel,...