[OUR]Voice sweeps ASUCR elections amid controversy
After a bruising month of elections filled with controversial campaigning and accusations of partisan bias, Voice will take office later this year in a crushing victory, seizing control of all executive and director positions...
TAPS implements Undergraduate Carpool Program
Starting this fall quarter, Transportation and Parking Services will be offering undergraduates a carpool program that will allow groups of three that travel along the same route to purchase and split the price of...
“Our kind of power!”: UCR union members protest unfair working conditions
On Thursday, Feb. 1, UC employees and students assembled by the UCR Bell Tower to protest unfair working conditions in a demonstration organized by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)...
UC Students petition against 95% in-person winter program
During the Associated Students of UCR’s seventh meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2021, CHASS Senator Victoria Nguyen announced that she, along with First Time College Student Director Lily Romero and CNAS Senator Rachel Paredes,...
The Lab: research news from UCR and the UC system
Tobacco Control Program
A new study at UC San Francisco has set out to examine the impact of the California Tobacco Control Program (CTCP) from 1989 to 2008. The main goal of this tobacco control...
UC offers breakdown of proposed state budget
On Jan. 18, UC Vice President of Budget and Capital Resources Patrick Lenz participated in a one-hour webinar, discussing Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed 2013-2014 state budget, which allocates an additional $125 million to the...
UCR’s waste-to-energy system reduces harmful pollutants
UCR engineers showcased an energy conversion system at the UC’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), which can turn agricultural or human waste into a form of clean energy. The system uses a...
Riverside naming new Vietnamese sister city causes outrage
Around 200 protesters from Westminster and Garden Grove, Calif. met at Riverside City Hall on Thursday to join against naming Can Tho, Vietnam, a sister city of Riverside. The partnership is considered controversial due...
Riverside organization hosts peace walk for Syrian refugees
On Sunday morning Sept. 20, around 20 community members gathered to take part in a peace walk held by the newly formed organization, Glocally Connected, to bring awareness to the Syrian refugee crisis.
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Seven ASUCR candidates disqualified days before elections
After several months of planning, postering and advertising, seven candidates for elected positions within ASUCR were revealed to be disqualified — a mere four days prior to the beginning of the the 2014-15 ASUCR...