The Eaton Collection of Science Fiction & Fantasies

The Eaton Collection of Science Fiction & Fantasies is one of the world’s largest collections of science fiction and fantasy genre materials. It has a collection of over 100,000 print books, over 300,000 periodicals,...

Professor Spotlight: Kim Yi Dionne

Professor Kim Yi Dionne is an associate professor here at the University of California Riverside (UCR). Graduating from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a Bachelors, Masters and doctoral degree in political science,...

Israel tried for violating the Genocide Convention

On Dec. 29, 2023, The Republic of South Africa filed proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), regarding Israel's alleged violations of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of...

New MONOPOLY game referencing Riverside

  On Jan. 10, 2024, Top Trumps USA, the American division of Winning Moves International, announced the debut of MONOPOLY: Riverside edition. The game will include local businesses and landmarks across the city. An interview...

Teach for America: an education nonprofit

Teach for America (TFA) is a nonprofit organization which recruits fellows and potential teachers to be trained and have them work in communities in need of better education. According to their website, TFA’s mission...

UCR Professor is awarded the 2023 National Medal of Science

Barry Barish was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1936. However, he grew up in the LA area and excelled in the public education system. He earned his undergraduate degree and Ph.D in physics at...

ASUCR senate meeting number seven

The seventh Associated Students of UCR (ASUCR) Senate meeting took place on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. All senators were present, excluding Senators Alex Lu and Kevin Nguyen, who were excused. The meeting began with...

Israel-Hamas humanitarian pause ends

Following a seven-day humanitarian pause, which began on Nov.24 between Israel and Hamas, bombing re-ensued in the Gaza Strip and parts of Israel. According to an Al Jazeera article, the truce was initially supposed...

North District Phase 2 breaks ground

On Wednesday, Nov. 4, ground was broken for North District Phase 2, a new student housing complex located north of the original North District project. Gusty winds marked the occasion, as did speeches from...
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Four-day humanitarian pause between Hamas and Israel

On Friday morning, Nov. 17, 2023, Gaza Time, according to an article by Reuters, Hamas and Israel started a four-day ceasefire where both sides released civilians, and aid was allowed to enter Gaza for...