Robbery at Stonehaven apartments
On the evening of Sunday, May 19, at about 10:50 p.m., a robbery occurred at the Stonehaven apartments on Canyon Crest Drive and Blaine Street. The victim was passed by two male suspects, grabbed from behind and shoved to the ground between the G and H buildings of the apartment complex. One of the suspects threatened...
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), a labor union representing 13,000 frontline patient care employees, carried out a strike at five UC medical centers from May 21-23. The union hoped to secure improved bargaining contracts for pension reform and better patient care. UC officials estimated the cost of the strike to be $20 billion because...
The last official ASUCR Senate meeting of the academic year on Wednesday, May 22 proved to be an emotional farewell. Highlighted topics included BCOE computer lab funding, changes within the office of Campus Internal Affairs and a bylaw that was not approved within the Campus of External Affairs.
At the onset of the meeting, Senator Sean Fahmian motioned for an...
The ASUCR meeting on Wednesday, May 15 focused on the success of the Food Truck Festival, the restructuring of subcommittee reports and the introduction of new legislation by the Legislative Review Committee (LRC).
The Executive Cabinet (ECAB) delivered its reports for the week, with President Liam Dow announcing that freshman fellow Ravin Rathod would be succeeding Jane Kim as ASUCR’s...
Issuing a notice to the UC Office of the President (UCOP), the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union (AFSCME) is planning to strike on May 21 and 22 to protest against reduced pensions and poor working conditions.
UCOP considers the union’s threat of withholding medical service during the two-day strike as “grossly inappropriate,” since it would...
The UCR Task Force on Campus Safety has released a list of 40 recommendations, also known as “action items,” based on existing campus and community security measures. Released on May 8, the recommendations were made publicly available on the task force's page, found at safety.ucr.edu.
The 40 potential safety initiatives include recommendations such as eliminating unsafe parking spots, increasing the...
The release of Governor Jerry Brown’s revised budget on May 14, also known as the May Revision, supports a four-year freeze on UC tuition, allocates $2.8 billion to the UC system and discontinues a proposed 150-unit cap on state-subsidized courses for higher education.
According to UC Vice President for Budget Patrick Lenz, Brown’s prudent budget upholds a multi-year agreement to...
Highlander Audit is a series of investigative reports on the finances of campus departments. In each investigation, the Highlander obtains budgets, interviews personnel and gets to the bottom of students’ most pressing concerns.
Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS), a department that oversees the needs of a campus full of commuters, has recently found itself in a financial crisis. For the...
The UC Board of Regents meeting was held in conjunction with a two-day joint advocacy event that allowed UC students and regents to lobby Sacramento lawmakers. UC President Mark Yudof delivered a State of the University address after nearly 13 UC medical union workers were arrested by police for holding a sit-in protest at the onset of the meeting....
UC Riverside: Entomologist names new wasp species after UC Riverside
A research project in Russia has led to the discovery of a new wasp species. The entomologist behind the discovery is UC Riverside’s very own Serguei V. Triapitsyn, principal museum scientist at the Entomology Research Museum on campus. Triapitsyn has named the species Gonatocerus UCRi, after our school. The name...