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UCR undergoing major housing expansion with Dundee-Glasgow and North District Development
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The Dundee Student Housing and Glasgow Dining Project (Dundee-Glasgow Project) and the North District Project are two major new undertakings that UCR is planning in its move to keep up with a rapidly growing student population.
According to UCR Real Estate Services, the North District Project is intended to provide residence hall housing for first year students and apartment...
According to Chapter 20 of the Senate Accessibility and Transparency Act, ASUCR is required to table every Wednesday at the Bell Tower. ASUCR, however, has not tabled every Wednesday. The ASUCR bylaw states that each senator is supposed to table at least once per quarter from 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Justin Domecillo, a fourth-year English major, mentioned ASUCR’s tabling issues in relation...
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ASUCR passes UCLA Bribery Scandal Resolution and UCR Glen Mor WiFi Reimbursement Resolution
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The third ASUCR meeting of the spring quarter took place on April 17 and was called to order at 6:40 p.m.
The meeting then moved onto committee reports. CHASS Senator Julian Gonzalez discussed the Green Campus Action Plan (GCAP) meeting minutes from April 10 and April 17. On April 10 GCAP passed an allocation of $4,000 to provide food...
The passage between Interdisciplinary North and the Arts Building has recently been fenced-off. An art sculpture is being built by artist Roy McMakin, overseen by the department of Architects and Engineers and spearheaded by the Advisory Committee on Campus Art (ACCA).
The piece will include concrete bench seating and a turbine with the message “Change Things” or “Things Change,”...
The second ASUCR meeting of the quarter took place on Wednesday, April 10 and began at 6:36 p.m.
During the approval of the agenda, CHASS Senator Julian Gonzalez voted to add a judicial council amendment discussion to the agenda. The amendment which was discussed at last week’s ASUCR meeting would allow the senate to, with a two-thirds majority vote,...
On Wednesday, April 10, UCR student candidates debated each other for positions on the ASUCR Executive Cabinet. The debate was held at the HUB Plaza. Candidates tackled issues such as food insecurity, undocumented student resources and funding for Costo Hall resource centers.
The first debate of the afternoon was for vice president of internal affairs. Third-year business major Jocelyn Ortiz...
On Thursday, April 11 UCR Chancellor Kim Wilcox held a one hour town hall with members of the university community in HUB 302 to discuss the progress made towards the Year 2054 goals for sustainable development that focus on assessing community needs as well as other ideas that attendees wanted to share to improve current programs and services on...
On April 10 from 12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m., service workers across all 10 UC campuses and medical centers once again took to the streets to stand up against the University of California.
The strike was organized by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299 with the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) in...
The University of California (UC) announced that they will not raise tuition for California students this fall. However, UC President Janet Napolitano stated that she expects tuition increases for out-of-state and international students.
The regents’ finance committee passed a proposal on March 6 that would require non-resident undergraduate students to pay about $762 more in tuition for the 2019-2020...
Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams won on the road against non-conference opponents on Friday, April 12. The men’s team travelled to Santa Barbara to take on Westmont College while the women’s team went to San Rafael to face off against the Dominican University of California.
The men’s team (19-11, 1-1) played Westmont (7-11, 5-5) on the nine-point system...