UCR plans on constructing a new STEM-focused magnet high school on its campus in conjunction with the Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) which will allow about 800 high school students to utilize UC facilities and resources during their education. The project, still in its early planning phase, will be built using money obtained from Measure O.
A 2015 agreement between...
20 year-old UCR student Tyler Hilliard died on Sept. 15 after collapsing during a fraternity outing to Mt. Rubidoux. Hilliard was a pledge of Alpha Phi Alpha, an African-American cultural fraternity. Detectives are investigating the possibility that Hilliard’s death was the result of hazing.
The incident occurred at approximately 9 p.m. at Mount Rubidoux when Hilliard complained of shortness...
The United Automobile Workers Local 2865, which represents student employees, is currently in the process of contract bargaining with the University of California across campuses for more affordable housing, improvements to Title IX investigations and better wages. UAW 2865 serves both graduate and undergraduate employees, most of them teaching and research assistants.
At UCR, meetings between the bargaining unit...
The California primary elections to decide candidates for November’s contests were held Tuesday, June 5. In accordance with the “jungle primary” system in California, the top two candidates for each office, regardless of political party, will contest the general elections on Nov. 6.
The governor’s position will be determined between Democrat and Lieutenant Governor of California Gavin Newsom and Republican...
The Office of Information Technology Partnerships (OTP) at UC Riverside has partnered with Know Hub Chile, a non-profit organization that specializes in expanding awareness and attention to technology created within eight universities and three research centers in Chile. The government-funded program hopes this collaborative effort will bring more attention to their current projects and stimulate the Chilean economy.
Know Hub...
The cost of attending medical school has increased due to a rise in tuition in recent years. In a US News finding, tuition at public universities has risen by 194 percent in the past 20 years. However, the UC Riverside School of Medicine has made it easier for students to afford medical school by providing an opportunity to have...
September
On Sept. 26, 2017, freshman convocation occurred with speakers such as Chancellor Kim Wilcox, President of the UCR Alumni Association Kenneth Noeller, Executive Vice Chancellor Cynthia Larive, Chairman of the Academic Senate Dylan Rodriguez, and ASUCR President Aram Ayra. Speakers welcomed the Class of 2021 with Ayra urging freshmen to “set your sights high.”
The free speech debate...
Martin Cuenca:
Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Cuenca has opposed banning political parties and subsequently opposed a roll call vote for the political parties bill, which would make each senator’s vote public. Additionally, Cuenca voted against the ban on laptopping in ASUCR elections and supported allocating $35,000 for R’Gear sweatshirts. Cuenca ran on a platform of cooperating with Transportation...
Students gathered under the Bell Tower on Tuesday, May 29 to protest the disparity between the UCR administration’s salaries and the amount of money spent for the benefit of students, especially those of Costo Hall, as well as the lack of transparency in how the administration spends money. They also protested that the lack of student funding does not...
Last week’s ASUCR meeting kicked off by calling attention to the controversy surrounding Wajeha Mahmoud’s election to the previously unfilled CNAS senatorial seat. Mahmoud was elected to fill the CNAS senatorial seat in a special election that took place on May 22. Heidi Awada, the general advocate of the ASUCR Judicial Council, claimed that a student must have attended...