On Monday, Feb. 18, ASUCR hosted an R’Vote Matters event in HUB 355 from 1 to 3 p.m. The purpose of the event was to increase voter engagement and awareness on campus as well as teach students about important upcoming dates.
At the entrance, ASUCR representatives set up flyers on a table for students...
On Wednesday, Feb. 5, ASUCR held their fifth meeting of the quarter. The meeting centered on discussion around SB-W20-009 Amendments to Chapters 10, 8, 2 & 4 of the ASUCR Bylaws. These amendments to the bylaws would propose a stipend increase for the ASUCR executive vice president (EVP).
In Chapter 8 of the ASUCR...
On Tuesday, Jan. 28, the UC Office of the President released a statement announcing tentative four-year agreements with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union that represents approximately 26,000 UC patient care and service workers statewide.
This battle had been ongoing for two years. After AFSCME’s strikes against UC...
In the fall quarter of 2019, students and members of the American Sign Language Club at UCR started an initiative to implement American Sign Language (ASL) courses at the university. They presented the initiative to ASUCR Senators Natalie Hernandez and Miguel Ramirez, who reached out to the deans and department chairs of the College of Humanities and...
Stonehaven Student Housing began implementing Wi-Fi during finals week of spring 2019. As a result, residents have expressed concerns regarding unreliable internet and untimely internet servicing.
“I remember when they installed the Wi-Fi, they installed it during finals week so they cut off the internet for three days which I thought was horrible...
On Wednesday, Jan. 22, the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education (THE) released the rankings for colleges in the U.S. Among the list that consisted of over 800 universities, UCR ranked 15th among public universities in the Western United States. UCR’s U.S. rank was tied with Westmont College in Santa Barbara and Lawrence University in Wisconsin,...
On Friday, Feb. 7, the UCR Blum Initiative hosted the Southern California Affordability Symposium at the UCR Alumni & Visitors Center.
David Brady, director of the Blum Initiative and professor for the School of Public Policy stated that the Blum Initiative at UCR focuses on global and regional issues of poverty and in...
On Tuesday, Jan. 28, Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) sent out a mass email notifying students that construction on the new parking structure, PS1, is expected to start at the end of January and anticipated to be completed by the start of the 2021 spring quarter. TAPS announced that portions of Lot 13 will be closed for construction on...
On Wednesday, Jan. 29, UCR’s University Communications team sent out a mass email to students answering questions about the novel coronavirus (“2019-nCoV”) that originated from Wuhan, Hubei Province in east-central China.
According to the email, coronaviruses come from a larger family of viruses that can cause respiratory problems. 2019-nCoV is genetically similar to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) which can...
On Monday, Sept. 30, the UCR Healthy Campus (UCRHC) signed on to the UC Healthy Beverage Initiative (HBI). The Healthy Beverage Initative’s goal at UCR is to create healthy beverage zones by providing more access to tap water and reducing the consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs). The goal of the initiative is to “increase access to water and...