Deck: With the ASUCR elections right around the corner, UCR students will decide the fate of three referendum items surrounding ASUCR, campus diversity and the environment.
Last Wednesday, senators unanimously voted in favor of placing the Green Campus Action Plan (GCAP), Highlander Empowerment Student Services and the ASUCR fee referendums on the 2014 elections ballot during their meeting on Wednesday,...
The fourth Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR) meeting of the year kicked off with Executive Fellowship Director (EFD) Chris Garcia describing plans to combat a lack of leadership seen in his department by proposing three initiatives. The initiatives are as follows: basic needs, the Native American Graves and Protection Act (NAGPRA) and campus safety.
The Basic...
On Nov. 19, 2025, the University of California (UC) Board of Regents voted 13-3 to approve the renewal of the modified Tuition Stability Plan, effectively continuing their annual tuition hike as well as implementing newly proposed changes starting in 2026-27 school year until further revision in seven years.
According to the UC, this plan, which was initially approved on July...
Budding writers may be eligible for a new award established in the name of former College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS) dean and economics professor Stephen Cullenberg. The Cullenberg Award will be awarded for the best essay in the areas of science fiction, technoculture, or science and technology studies, and is offered by the Science Fiction and Technoculture...
On Friday, Jan. 31, The Highlander received a tip from a source who requested anonymity; the source provided an email that stated SB-W20-007: Enacting Chapter XXXIII: Basis for Removal from Office was vetoed by the executive cabinet after a discussion regarding the constitution and the bylaws. The email also said that the executive cabinet moved to veto SB-W20-007 in...
The Career Center and International Affairs hosted Negotiating Your Salary & The Gender Pay Gap in celebration of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, Feb. 25 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., in the Career Center. The workshop was focused on helping students grow their negotiation skills, evaluate job offers and included information about the gender pay gap.
USHIP fraud targets students throughout the UC
On Thursday, April 20, the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) released a statement announcing the discovery of a fraud incident through its university-wide health care program, Undergraduate Student Health Insurance Plan (USHIP).
The fraud allegedly stole almost $12 million from the UC by writing counterfeit medical prescriptions in students’ names....
Lauren Michael Flores, a former UC Riverside employee, is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 27, after admitting to embezzling money from UCR’s Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well-Being (UCR Brain Game Center), allegedly to support his financially struggling father.
Flores pleaded no contest on Nov. 28, 2018 to misdemeanor charges of grand theft from an employer and...
The city of Riverside is considering imposing a ban on vaping in and near the outside of buildings and in public parks. Current regulations already disallow smoking tobacco cigarettes in these places.
On Monday, Dec. 12, the ban, proposed by current Riverside Councilman Chris MacArthur, was given a vote of support by the city’s land use committee. This proposal...
This week on the Highlander Newsroom, we tackle the issue of paying for a college education. We open with how UCR students are paying for school, before discussing whether or not Gov. Jerry Brown's 4 percent increase in funding for the UC and President Barack Obama's plan to make community college free for the first two years are improvements...