Last Wednesday Planned Parenthood Generation Action (PPGA) at UCR installed UCR’s first operational safe-sex vending machine at the Student Recreation Center (SRC). It is located at the SRC North building next to the racquetball courts and holds a number of safe-sex items including pregnancy tests, lubricants, condoms, tampons, pads, pain and allergy relief, Monistat and other sexual health products.
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A measles outbreak has spread throughout 22 states in the United States, with over 700 reported cases thus far. The Highlander reached out to Professor Richard Carpiano of public policy and sociology at UC Riverside to discuss vaccine-related issues and misinformation regarding vaccines.
Carpiano highlighted the intricacies of vaccine misinformation. He pointed out the difference between anti-vaxxers and vaccine-hesitant individuals:...
The fourth ASUCR meeting of the quarter took place on Wednesday, April 24. The meeting was called to order at 6:35 p.m.
The meeting then moved on to officer reports. Connie Wi, the marketing director reported that she has been working closely with Elections Director Laura Pullen to market for voting week. She also stated that her committee recently conducted...
The 2019 ASUCR elections, which officially began on Monday, April 22 and was supposed to end on Friday, April 26, currently stand with approximately 10 percent voter turnout as of Thursday, April 25, lower than the 20 percent target set by the elections committee. However, an emergency vote was called on Saturday, April 27 at 6:15 p.m. to extend...
On Saturday, April 27, local community organizers, led by the “28ers”, a progressive political activist coalition, hosted a kickoff event supporting Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential primary campaign for the Democratic Party. The organization seeks to legislate a 28th amendment that would overturn Citizens United and formally take money out of politics by moving directly to publicly funded...
On April 26, the UC Riverside Green Campus Action Plan (GCAP) Committee co-hosted the Sustainability Fair at noon at the Bell Tower in collaboration with the Office of Sustainability. The event featured almost a dozen different organizations and exhibits, each portraying various ways the university is tackling the challenges of climate change and energy efficiency.
According to Christopher Cebanas,...
During Elections Week at UCR this year, there was an issue with the ballot as the Highlander Abroad Referendum appeared on it despite not appearing on the elections guide sent out by the Elections Committee and Chancellor Kim Wilcox. This referendum, if passed, will give more funding to the Education Abroad Office in the form of $2 in student...
In an interview with the Highlander, Andy Plumley, the assistant vice chancellor of auxiliary services, stated that beginning next school year the extra charge for suite-style residence halls such as Pentland Hills will be eliminated and they will instead only have price differences based on room occupancy and dining plans.
Plumley stated that currently for residence halls, price differs...
Due to reports of technical difficulties with their voting system, ASUCR announced on Thursday night, April 25 via an Instagram story that the Senate would hold an emergency vote on Saturday, April 27 at 6:15 p.m. to extend the deadline of elections by one day. A day after this announcement on Friday afternoon, April 26, ASUCR President Semi Cole...
Following an April 9 Instagram post detailing a series of changes to the format and rules of the annual Spring Splash festival, the Associated Students Program Board (ASPB) received considerable backlash. This reaction was due to students’ frustration at these changes which included an elimination of guest tickets (meaning only UCR students can attend the event), mandatory completion of...