On Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeo’s detainment was extended. He had been arrested on Jan. 15, 2025 for his declaration of martial law. Previously, law enforcements were not able to formally arrest President Yoon on the grounds that the warrant used on Dec. 27 was not viable. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials,...
The second Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR) meeting of the winter quarter started with California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) announcing that they had set up a fundraiser for World Central Kitchen, an organization that helps those who are displaced from the Los Angeles fires. They explained that for the rest of the quarter the...
In the center of the French Quarter of New Orleans, during New Years celebrations, Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a Ford pick-up truck through a crowd-filled Bourbon Street on Jan. 1, 2025 at 3:15 a.m. According to an official Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) statement, they have identified around 14 casualties, 57 injured, two businesses damaged and a total of 136...
Following the overthrow of Bashir al-Assad on Dec. 13, 2024, Syria looks to set up a new government, inclusive to all aspects of Syrian society. Syria has set up a caretaker government that will lead the country through rebuilding efforts until March 1, when plans for a permanent government are set to be established.
Leader of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)...
A fire broke out on campus at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) and prompted immediate evacuation and disbursement of the fire investigator and Hazardous Materials Team to investigate the situation. The fire was reported at 2:20 p.m on Jan. 16, 2024 in Physics building 1159 on the northeast side of campus near Winston Chung Hall. While the cause...
Global temperatures are rising rapidly, with Earth’s surface warming by 0.11 degrees Fahrenheit per decade since 1850 accumulating to 2 degrees Fahrenheit overall. The global warming rate escalated in recent decades, with temperatures rising 0.36 degrees Fahrenheit per decade since 1982. By 2024, the world experienced the warmest year on record, with the global temperature reaching “about 2.65 degrees...
The Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR) are currently facing pressure from UCR administration to overturn the SR-W24-005. Otherwise known as ASUCR Boycott and Divestment from Israel and Corporations Complicit in the Ongoing Genocide in Gaza, this bill was passed on Feb. 23, 2024, in what ASUCR described as their “largest senate meeting in years.”
The senate...
Change in Scientific Importance for Youth (Delta SIFY), held its annual Highlander Invitational, a science Olympiad competition for K-12 students. The event was the biggest STEM competition in Inland Empire History celebrating a year’s worth of projects, studying and experiments to promote scientific engagement at the grade school level.
The event started at 7 a.m., where participants would check in...
In the first Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR) meeting of the new year budget allocations, Green Campus Action Plan (GCAP) purchases, as well as campus accessibility were discussed.
The meeting began with a statement from Makai Harrison, newly-elected vice chair of California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG), who updated the senate on their successes last quarter....
On Jan. 7, 2025, the Los Angeles (LA) fires began, and have rapidly grown encompassing over 37,000 acres as of Jan. 12, 2025. The fires have spread across LA County, leaving regions such as Pasadena, Altadena and Malibu ablaze.
These LA fires have been dubbed as the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Kenneth fires. The Palisades Fire is currently the largest...