Marcela Ramirez, director of the Middle Eastern Student Center (MESC), held up a common ground collective card, which offered a listing of UCR campus departments and services. “This is the first year that the MESC got featured,” said Ramirez. The center is a student-initiated department that outreaches to clubs and organizations with ties to the Middle East, North Africa...
The first ASUCR senate meeting on Oct. 7 witnessed the passage of a resolution to condemn a Riverside city ordinance, which may lead to the possible termination of student renters. President Sai Patadia also released a public statement opposing the final contract between the UC and the service workers’ union, AFSCME 3299, accusing the contract of offering unfair wages....
Gov. Jerry Brown recently passed a bill that will raise the minimum wage in California from $8 to $10 an hour by 2016. The law will mandate a wage increase to $9 an hour by July 1, 2014 and will then raise to $10 an hour by Jan. 1, 2016.
Brown stated that the minimum wage has not kept pace...
On Oct. 8, Chancellor Kim Wilcox hosted his first town hall meeting at the University Theatre to share his vision and plans for leading the university onwardwith the UCR community. He also engaged in open conversation with the public and humbly solicited advice from faculty, staff and students.
“As the new guy here, I need as much advice and orientation...
Gov. Jerry Brown last week signed a raft of legislation relating to undocumented immigrants, including measures that would enable undocumented immigrants to obtain licenses to drive and practice law.
“While Washington waffles on immigration, California’s forging ahead. I’m not waiting,” Brown declared.
Assembly Bill 60 enables the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to issue licenses to undocumented immigrants who provide appropriate...
UCR: Scientists identifies what makes insect repellant work
DEET is a major ingredient used in insect repellents, and entomologists have struggled to find an answer to why insects are repelled by this colorless, oily liquid and more specifically, which olfactory receptors insects use to sense DEET.
But recently, researchers at the University of California, Riverside made a groundbreaking discovery by identifying...
In early January 2012, Aon Hewitt — the former consulting and actuarial firm for the UC Student Health Insurance Plan (UC SHIP) — allegedly failed to provide accurate financial data and services to the UC system. The university claims that this led the 10 campuses to incur a deficit of $57.41 million over two years. Receiving backlash from the...
UCR, facing a $1.1 million deficit from falling textbook sales, is about to become the second UC in the system to privatize its bookstore, according to campus officials. Following in the footsteps of UC Berkeley, the university is currently in the process of selecting interested bidders to take over bookstore operations and management on January 2014.
“Forty years ago, (students)...
UCR installs electric vehicle charging stations
In collaboration with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), UCR has installed eight electric vehicle (EV) charging stations around campus. The stations are designed to make it easier for owners of EVs to commute to campus, while fulfilling a commitment to become a more environmentally-friendly campus.
The installation of the charging stations is...
With an increase in injuries and school property damages caused by skateboarding and bicycling-related incidents, UCR implemented a new fall quarter policy that bans reckless bicycling or skateboarding on campus, including sidewalks and pathways.
“We want to make very clear that this policy is not a ban on skateboarding or cycling on campus,” said Interim Vice Chancellor of Finance and...