Students, chancellor, regents join forces to lobby in Sacramento

For the first time since 1993, the University of California Board of Regents held a meeting in Sacramento, rather than a specific UC campus. With the threat of further budget cuts and a budget...

SJP walk out during Israeli soldiers’ speech

  Members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) staged a silent walkout during a question and answer session that featured two reserve Israeli soldiers on Feb. 27. A fierce debate ensued between the soldiers...

Kim Wilcox confirmed as UCR’s next chancellor

The UC Board of Regents officially confirmed the appointment and salary of UCR Chancellor Kim Wilcox during a special meeting today. “I am humbled, honored, but mostly proud and excited about this chance. The...

Admin calls for ASUCR executive director oversight

In a letter addressed to ASUCR executive cabinet officials (ECAB) on Oct.19, 2015, UCR Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox provided instruction for the student government to transfer oversight of ASUCR’s executive director from ECAB to...

UCR professor leads team in creating model explaining universe transparency

Assistant professor in UCR’s department of physics and astronomy, Naveen Reddy, has recently published two papers discussing his research explaining why the universe has the ability to become transparent. Reddy’s research was performed using a...

UC experiences surge in out-of-state admissions

As revealed by the UC Office of the President on Feb. 27, a record total of 80,289 students were offered admission to the University of California for Fall 2012. Out of that number, 61,443...

New solar farm to provide renewable energy

UCR has announced that a 10.92-acre solar farm — the largest at any UC campus — will provide three megawatts of renewable energy to the campus starting in July 2014. “It fulfills the vision of...

Senators want to save the Riverside School of the Arts

After months of discussion over the Riverside School of the Arts (RSOTA), a youth development program that provides low-cost classes in dance, music and art, members of ASUCR are planning a day of action...

ASUCR Elections: Director debates seek to improve marketing, outreach to students

Despite the windy weather conditions, unwavering support groups for the political parties Voice, CR and PAC: Pride, Action, Change were in attendance as director debates occurred last Wednesday. Candidates running for the positions of personnel...

Center for Ideas and Society hosts seminar on growing economic inequality in the U.S.

UCR’s Center for Ideas and Society hosted a seminar called “Race, Class, and Donald Trump: The Politics of Inequality Now” with speaker Walter Benn Michaels, an English professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago,...