At around 10 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, ASUCR notified senators announcing an emergency senate meeting to be held this Monday, Jan. 30, to hear cases for the impeachment of Judicial Branch’s Chief Justice Jo Gbujama and Vice Chief Justice Hayden Jackson.
According to sources close to the situation, the senate is being asked to consider impeachment of the justices on...
At the beginning of the Winter 2019 quarter, the Student Voice Committee (SVC) conducted a survey regarding UCR student interest in transferring or leaving UCR; 281 student responses highlighted an interest in leaving or transferring out of UCR.
According to the Student Voice Committee Chair Denis Turan, the Student Voice Committee sought a total of 392 student responses in...
On June 9, twenty universities announced the formation of the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities which is dedicated to increasing opportunities for those historically underserved by higher education. These universities – including UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Riverside – were categorized as R1 or – very high research activity – by the Carnegie...
Spring quarter’s third senate meeting took place in the senate chambers on Wednesday, April 26. A majority of the meeting centered on the appeal of censure on CHASS senators Semi Cole and Jose Cortez-Hernandez and BCOE Senator Arneil Liban, as well as a request from fourth-year political science student Summer Shafer for the senate to assist her in her...
On Nov. 2 University of California President Janet Napolitano and all 10 UC chancellors, including UCR chancellor Kim Wilcox, indicated their support for affirmative action through an amicus brief submitted to the United States Supreme Court in support of the University of Texas in the Fisher v. University of Texas case. Any third party in support of a faction...
On May 1, UCR welcomed a new Scotty’s near the UCR School of Medicine. The fifth of its kind around campus, Scotty’s is UCR’s personalized convenience store with multiple locations around campus. Unlike the other locations, this store will offer healthier options than the usual convenience store fare.
“We want to promote a healthy lifestyle,” said Kim Horbinger, the manager...
On Wednesday, June 15, the California Legislature approved $5 million in funding to be used toward a University of California research center on firearm violence, making it the first in the nation of its kind. The proposal, initially a standalone piece of legislation, was approved as part of a $170.9 billion dollar spending plan. Funding for the center was...
Researchers from UC Riverside plan on exploring the possibility of placing solar farms on agricultural land in California’s Central Valley, according to a recent press release. The release also speculated on the possibility of placing solar panels away from these farms in order to end the growing competition between the agriculture industry and solar energy industry.
UC Riverside Professor of...
Young people are more prone to bad financial decisions than older people, according to a recent study conducted by Assistant Professor Ye Li and his colleagues at UC Riverside’s School of Business Administration (SoBA).
Conducted over the course of about a year, the study involved asking 336 people — ranging from ages 18-82 — about their financial decisions.
“What the research...
During an ASUCR meeting in May 2017, David Henry, executive director of Dining, Hospitality and Retail Services (Dining) announced a full renovation for The Barn restaurant.
The timeline of this project, which is being undertaken by Berkeley, California-based Fernau and Hartman Architects, calls for the closing of The Barn in June 2018 shortly after finals week, a soft opening...