In anticipation of fall quarter, UCR has established a brand new diagnostic laboratory dedicated to the ongoing COVID-19 testing program on campus, located in the Multidisciplinary Research Building. Student Health Services and UCR Health have since been utilizing the facility in order to keep up with COVID-19 diagnoses and maintain campus health.
The lab opened up towards the beginning of...
UCR administration has decided to allow only a small portion of university students live and learn while on campus, largely keeping the campus closed and continuing with remote learning in response to COVID-19. In preparation, UCR has created a corresponding training module for all incoming students, regardless of living situation or proximity to the school campus.
The mandatory tutorial is...
UCR is transitioning its learning management system from iLearn (powered by Blackboard) to Canvas, a cloud-based, learning management software. In preparation for the 2020-2021 academic year, UCR’s Exploration Center for Innovative Teaching and Engagement (XCITE) has teamed up with Information Technology Solutions (ITS) as well as other campus organizations in order to create a multitude of new services and...
Grappling with steep budget cuts, UCR’s Budget Advisory Committee (BAC) has suggested the elimination of the athletics department and the School of Public Policy (SPP) in a summary of recommendations to UCR Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox. UCR is facing approximately a $70 to $108 million permanent budget shortfall over the next two to three years.
The recommendations from the BAC...
The 2019-2020 year began with newly-elected President Julian Gonzalez eager to transform ASUCR and strengthen student voices on campus. Ultimately, the year was marked by a myriad of resignations, debates over legislation and significant changes posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement.
The first significant challenge posed to the ASUCR senate was the Office of...
Let’s Take Action (LTA) is a collective group of students pushing for the equal treatment of marginalized and underserved students at UCR, demanding that transformative action be taken by campus administration.
Towards the end of spring quarter, UCR student leaders and activists Kalin-Pont “KP” Tate, Evelyn Kennedy, Ariana Turner, Samia Alkham, Vincent Rasso and Roman Gomez came together to draft...
Reportedly inspired by a previous Twitter thread highlighting the locations of sexual predators in another part of California, Erin Spates, a UCR alumnus, decided to take similar action. On Tuesday, June 2 she created her own thread in direct response to a tweet regarding abuse committed by UCR fraternity members. Spates declared that if anyone had a sexual assault...
Editor's note: As ASUCR did not record the Zoom meeting, The Highlander is providing an audio recording of the meeting. The audio recordings can be found on The Highlander Youtube channel and can be accessed through this link. The audio recordings are posted in three separate videos due to the longevity of the meeting.
ASUCR held its last meeting of...
Roughly 5,000 protestors took to the streets of Downtown Riverside on Monday June 1, to mourn the death of George Floyd and march against police brutality.
George Floyd, 46, was a black man from Minneapolis who was suffocated by four Minneapolis police officers who held him down for several minutes after an arrest. One officer, Derek Chauvin, had his knee...
The University of California Board of Regents unanimously voted, on Thursday, May 21, to suspend the standardized testing requirement for all freshmen applicants until fall 2024. The decision comes two months after the UC temporarily suspended the requirement as the coronavirus pandemic has mandated school closures across California and College Board has had to cancel and postpone testing dates.
“Today’s...