ASUCR’s Student Voice Committee conducted their second case study following the success of their first one conducted in March. The committee's overall goal is to amplify student voices at UCR and to ensure that they see their concerns are listened to and heard by faculty, staff and administrators.
Mark Hanin, director and vice chair of the Student Voice Committee, explained...
On Wednesday, June 2, ASUCR held their final meeting of the spring quarter and of the school year. Due to a walkout protest, the meeting was extended to three hours. CHASS senators Christopher Kent and Sarah Dhou, as well as President Pro-Tempore Orlando Cabalo, staged an unannounced walkout that prevented the passage of legislation.
The senate board began a motion...
UCR’s 2020-2021 school year has been anything but uneventful. From continuous COVID-19 restrictions to extreme budget cuts, the university community has had to face many new changes and challenges this year. Here is the past year in review.
September 2020
In September of 2020, grappling with steep budget cuts, UCR’s Budget Advisory Committee suggested the elimination of the athletics department and...
A federal court in Riverside, CA has dismissed parts of a case involving two UCR professors, non-profit company S.T.R.O.N.G Edutainment and the Regents of the University of California. On June 7, the court announced that both parties’ have agreed to an alternative dispute resolution before a magistrate judge to resolve a copyright infringement claim. A jury trial had been...
On Wednesday, May 26, ASUCR held their ninth meeting of the quarter.
The California Public Interest Group kicked off the meeting by providing their year in review presentation. This year, the student-run and student-funded advocacy group has worked to create positive social change through campaigns and activism. CALPIRG has chapters across the UC system, and this year, CALPIRG at UCR...
When Jazmin Garcia first got accepted to UCR as a transfer student from Mount San Antonio College, she was unable to attend due to housing insecurity and transportation issues. She reapplied a year later, and that is where her journey with UCR’s Underground Scholars Initiative began. She was surprised to find out that the terms “formerly incarcerated students” and...
Spring quarter is rapidly drawing to a close, prompting UCR to inform incoming and continuing students about vaccination requirements for the fall. In an email sent en masse to the student population, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Brian Haynes affirmed that the university is highly encouraging all students to get vaccinated before coming back to the campus for the...
On Monday, May 17, ASUCR released a statement affirming their support for Palestinian students, faculty and staff at UCR in addition to all those affected by the violence taking place in Gaza as a result of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian unrest. The statement received over 300 comments from students, alumni and others showing appreciation for ASUCR taking a stand and...
UC Riverside ecologists are working alongside researchers from San Diego State University and the Climate Science Alliance's Tribal Working Group in the California Strategic Growth Council's Climate Change Research Program’s project, dedicated to aiding Southern California’s Native American tribal nations as they adapt to climate change.
The overarching goal of this project is to help tribal nations develop better knowledge...
On Wednesday, May 12, ASUCR held their weekly senate meeting. President Pro Tempore Orlando Cabalo presented SR-S21-009 UC Riverside Fair Trade & Labor Resolution. Members of the Fair Trade Club at UCR authored the resolution to call upon the incorporation and promotion of fair trade products in campus dining services in an effort to support environmentally sustainable principles and...