On Jan. 10, 2024, Top Trumps USA, the American division of Winning Moves International, announced the debut of MONOPOLY: Riverside edition. The game will include local businesses and landmarks across the city. An interview with Jennifer Tripsea, a senior sales executive, revealed more information about the developing project.
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Teach for America (TFA) is a nonprofit organization which recruits fellows and potential teachers to be trained and have them work in communities in need of better education. According to their website, TFA’s mission is to “find, develop and support equity-oriented leaders — individually and in teams — so they can transform education and expand opportunity with children, starting...
Barry Barish was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1936. However, he grew up in the LA area and excelled in the public education system. He earned his undergraduate degree and Ph.D in physics at the University of California, Berkeley. After obtaining his doctorate, he spent a year as a postdoctoral at Berkeley before starting his career at the California...
The seventh Associated Students of UCR (ASUCR) Senate meeting took place on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. All senators were present, excluding Senators Alex Lu and Kevin Nguyen, who were excused. The meeting began with a land acknowledgment to the local indigenous tribes who lived on the land before and was called to order at 7:06 p.m.
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Following a seven-day humanitarian pause, which began on Nov.24 between Israel and Hamas, bombing re-ensued in the Gaza Strip and parts of Israel. According to an Al Jazeera article, the truce was initially supposed to be four days and was extended twice before ending on Friday, Dec. 1. Under the terms of the truce, humanitarian aid was allowed to...
On Wednesday, Nov. 4, ground was broken for North District Phase 2, a new student housing complex located north of the original North District project. Gusty winds marked the occasion, as did speeches from the mayor of Riverside, the Riverside Community College District (RCCD) Chancellor Wolde Ab-Isaac, UCR Chancellor Kim Wilcox and others. The groundbreaking kicked off the beginning...
On Friday morning, Nov. 17, 2023, Gaza Time, according to an article by Reuters, Hamas and Israel started a four-day ceasefire where both sides released civilians, and aid was allowed to enter Gaza for the first time since Oct. 7. Under this deal, 50 Israeli hostages detained on Oct. 7 by Hamas are expected to be released alongside 150...
On Sept. 30, 2022, Assembly Bill No. 2881 was approved by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. “This bill would require the California State University and each community college district, and request the University of California, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, to grant priority in that system for registration for enrollment...
The sixth Associated Students of UCR (ASUCR) Senate meeting took place on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. All senators were present, excluding Senators Teesha Sreeram, Alex Lu, Rayhan Khan, Kevin Nguyen, Anjana Narasimhan and Naia Pizzaro, who were excused. The meeting began with a land acknowledgment to the local indigenous tribes who lived on the land before and was called...
The University of California, Riverside’s (UCR) School of Public Policy (SPP) hosted an event in its Student Spotlight series, titled Creating Common Ground and Breaking Filter Bubbles, on Thursday Nov. 16. SPP’s Student Spotlight series aims to highlight students’ work. UCR students Divya Bharadwaj, Andrew Shannon and Samuel Shroff presented on the various tasks and responsibilities they took on...