On May Day — International Workers' Day — in response to the University of California (UC) wide hiring freeze, two unions returned to the picket line for the fourth time this academic year.
UC Riverside’s (UCR) chapters of The American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Local 3299 (AFSCME 3299) and the University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of...
Dr. Nicky Pitsavas has worked at the University of California, Riverside’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) center for almost eight years. However, after years of what they described as being overworked and mistreated, they had enough, and Dr. Pitsavas made the hard decision to quit their job as a clinical psychologist.
On International Workers Day, in solidarity with The American...
The Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside’s (ASUCR) fourth Senate meeting of spring quarter presented State of the Association (SOTA) reports. Members of the executive cabinet (ECAB) made announcements and statements condemning racism on campus, changes to the ASUCR Internship Programs and adjustment to the referendum process.
The first member of the executive cabinet to present their SOTA...
Serving the community for nearly 30 years, the Getaway Cafe across from the University of California, Riverside (UCR) is closing its doors for the last time on April 29, 2025. Leading up to its closure, various members of the community, alumni and current students came together to take part in the business’s last moments and reconnect with old friends.
With...
Following a slew of lawsuits, the federal government has moved to restore thousands of international students' legal ability to study in the United States (U.S.).The Trump administration has characterized this shift in policy as a “temporary reprieve," and are currently working on a new system to terminate the legal status of international students.
This move comes after countless lawsuits were...
On April 17, United States (U.S.) District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema ruled that Google violated antitrust laws by unlawfully maintaining monopoly power in the digital advertising market. The court found that Google's dominance in key advertising technology sectors harmed competition, advertisers and consumers.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the court alleged that Google leveraged its marketing strategies to inflate...
January 2025 has been recorded as the warmest January thus far, setting unprecedented levels of global temperatures observed by climate scientists.
According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, “January 2025 was 1.75 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level.” January 2025 was the “18th month in the last nineteen months for which...
The third Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR) Senate meeting of the year began at 7:19 p.m. after failing to meet quorum.
Makai Harris, Vice Chair of UCR’s Chapter of California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) students, announced that in the coming week, they will hold events to educate the campus on issues affecting the planet and...
The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) was a North American species of canine that went extinct approximately 13,000 years ago during the extinctions of the Late Pleistocene epoch.
Popularized by HBO’s “Game of Thrones” and George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” book series, the dire wolf has long been in the spotlight of popular culture. Recently, however, it...
On April 8, 2025, the Labor for Higher Education Union hosted the Kill the Cuts. This protest was to bring attention to the federal funding cuts that are being made and their impact on scientific research. During an interview with Shun Kobayashi, an associate instructor in the Comparative Literature and Languages Department, he explained that they have three main...