Nearly 23 percent of UC students, faculty and staff experienced exclusionary, hostile or offensive conduct, according to a new UC campus climate report. Commissioned by former UC President Mark Yudof in 2012, the three-year report is thought to be one of the most comprehensive surveys ever conducted on a systemwide level.
“This survey was unique because of its massive scale,”...
A pair of artificial legs at the Adult Swim inflatable fun house, set up at UCR last week, was removed after university officials received complaints that the displayed limbs were "offensive." Organized by ASPB, the fun house featured a maze that led to three exits, one of which allowed students to crawl through a narrow exit hole and emerge...
The trial for James Holmes, a UC Riverside alumni charged in a mass shooting at the opening night showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colo., is scheduled for Oct. 14, 2014, over two years after the massacre took place.
Judge Carlos Samour noted that the trial date for Holmes might be further delayed as Holmes’ defense attorney is...
The fourth annual Celebration for a Day of Appreciation and Recognition of Women Students’ Celebration event was held last Thursday as one of the many ways in which the UC Riverside community is commemorating March’s National Women’s History Month. The celebration honored six undergraduate and graduate female students in the areas of leadership and civic engagement, social justice and...
The UC announced the expansion of its systemwide policy against sexual and domestic violence, stalking and harassment, in order to meet the March 7 deadline to comply with the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The federal law, renewed by President Barack Obama, allocates $660 million over the next five years for programs for transitional housing counseling, support hotlines for...
$570,000 — that’s the reported amount that was spent on the cancelled Heat Music Festival this year. Of that amount, about $330,000 was paid to headliners such as Childish Gambino, Madeon, Ciara and other artists that UC Riverside students never got a chance to see perform.
Worrisome weather forecasts were what led to the cancellation of the March 1 festival, despite...
Senators unanimously passed a bylaw chapter (XXVI) to establish a 12-member diversity council under the oversight of ASUCR to advance UCR’s Principles of Community — guiding campus principles that seek to create a safe and respectful environment that nurture intellectual and personal growth of UCR students. Holding their last meeting of winter quarter, senators also debated over a resolution...
UCR Highlanders held up signs that read "Reform the Ordinance," "Listen," and "Stop Treating Us Like Children," during the 100 Student March event at Riverside City Hall on Feb. 25. Demonstrating opposition to the 2013-14 city housing ordinances, protesters say the rules discriminate against students living off-campus. The event was organized by members of ASUCR, who delivered an alternative...
After months of countless contract conversations and multiple strikes, UC union AFSCME 3299 has finally reached a tentative contract deal with the university system, avoiding another strike that would have taken place this week.
The four-year contract will cover 8,300 workers around the UC. According to a press release from the union, the contract would consist of a 13.5 percent...
UCR endows new chancellor research fellowship to support undergraduate research
Chancellor Kim Wilcox and his wife Diane Del Buono will endow a new Chancellor’s Research Fellowship of $100,000 to UC Riverside. Establishing the 13th fellowship of its kind at UCR, Wilcox and Buono requested that the funds go to support a first-generation college student. The winner of the fellowship will...