The University of California (UC) faced a system-wide strike last week led by service and patient care workers, represented by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 3299 (AFSCME 3299). The strike is motivated by what the union describes as unfair labor practices, restrictions on employee rights and unlawful access policies.
AFSCME represents 37,000 UC workers across...
Dr. Adler Dillman, professor of parasitology and the Chair of the Department of Nematology at the University of California Riverside (UCR), researches host parasite interactions, with emphasis on nematode parasites. Nematology is the scientific study of nematodes, a type of microscopic roundworms.
He began his exploration as a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology (CalTech), where he published...
On Saturday, Feb. 8. 2025, a kayaker off the coast of Chile was briefly swallowed by a whale before being quickly released unharmed. The incident was caught on camera and has quickly gone viral.
23-year-old Chilean national Adrián Simancas was kayaking in Bahía El Águila near the San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan with his father, Dell Simancas,...
On Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, at 7:05 p.m., the Associated Students of the University of California Riverside’s (ASUCR) seventh meeting was called to order.
First to speak at public comment was Rony Garcia, a representative of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) 3299. Garcia called on the ASUCR elected officials to show their “support for those...
Returning to the White House for a second presidency, United States (U.S.) President Donald J. Trump has implemented multiple tariffs on imported goods. Ranging from universal tariffs on foreign goods to ones aimed at specific sectors.
A tariff is “a tax imposed by one country on the goods and services imported from another country to influence it, raise revenues or...
After an order from the United States (U.S.) Department of Justice (DOJ), federal prosecutors dropped corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The DOJ directive argued that the case was interfering with the mayor's ability to aid in President Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants.
Dismissal of this case marks a long deviation from DOJ norms, where public...
As of Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2025, there are 108 candidates for the Associated Students of the University of California Riverside (ASUCR) elections for the 2025-2026 academic year. Assistant Elections Director (AED) Aushee Heagney spoke during Public Comment about updates on the upcoming elections.
With the candidate form closed, the current count, as of Feb. 12, 2025, per position is as...
In the first week of the new presidential administration, United States (U.S.) immigration enforcements saw an increase in deportation operations and border enforcement measures. According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), between Jan. 20 and Jan. 26, authorities have apprehended 4,577 individuals attempting to enter the country unlawfully.
An additional 2,710 migrants were detained at ports of entry by the...
On Feb. 13, 2025, the National Park Service is reported to have removed references to transgender people from its Stonewall National Monument website. The opening of the site now reads, “Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal,” excluding its previous mentions of the transgender community. What used to be...
On Jan. 23 2025, Costco Wholesale’s shareholders—with over 98 percent voting against—rejected an internal proposal to the Costco Board of Directors put forward by a conservative think tank known as the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR). This proposal, had it been passed, would have requested the Costco Board “conduct an evaluation and publish a report” on “the...