UCR researchers are working to detect extraterrestrial life in the solar system. The paper “Atmospheric Seasonality as an Exoplanet Biosignature” presents a new method of detecting life on exoplanets, planets outside the solar system, through the identification of certain gases in that planet’s atmosphere. Stephanie L. Olson, a UC Riverside fifth-year doctoral candidate, is moving a step forward toward...
UCR alumnus Tony Kim, 59, was among three U.S. citizens who returned on Wednesday, May 9 after being being imprisoned in North Korea during April 2017.
Kim was detained at Pyongyang airport on April 22 of last year after being accused of committing what reports claim were “criminal acts of hostility aimed to overturn” North Korea. However, the release...
ASUCR held its weekly meeting last Wednesday, May 16. Here are the highlights:
Budget for next year approved … Vice President of Finance Jose Cortez-Hernandez presented a spreadsheet of the budget plan proposed by the Finance Committee, which was passed unanimously with a vote of 9-0-0. The addition of a “campaign reimbursement” to next year’s ASUCR election was made...
The California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) will begin pledging for their statewide “Save the Bees” campaign next fall at UCR with the goal of influencing legislators to ban the use and sale of pesticides called neonicotinoids.
These pesticides, otherwise known as neonics, are detrimental to bee populations, and, given our reliance on bee pollination, bee populations declining could have...
By Aidan Rutten, Amani Mahmoud, Mark Bertumen
Stalled contract negotiations and allegations of wage inequality prompted the largest UC employee union, which represents around 25,000 service personnel across all campuses and medical centers, to stage a three-day strike from Monday, May 7 to Wednesday, May 9.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees chapter 3299, or AFSCME 3299, called...
Following the Highlander Empowerment Referendum’s (HESSR) failure to meet the minimum 20 percent voter turnout required to pass increased funding for Costo Hall programs, concerned students met with administrators to express their frustrations with UCR’s handling of ethnic and gender programs.
On Tuesday, May 8 at 3 p.m., about 80 students and staff involved with Costo Hall attended a nearly...
As the UCR student body increases in number, the Student Voice Committee (SVC) sees feedback as vital in assuring the quality of campus services and create new ones that convenience the students further. The SVC is a group that chiefly devotes its time to the collection of student opinion via surveys for all UCR services. Upon compiling the data,...
Last Wednesday’s ASUCR meeting happened in the wake of an ASUCR elections season mired by low voter turnout. Here are some highlights:
Keep the 20 percent … In light of the 2018 ASUCR elections where referenda failed because of very low voter turnout, ASUCR Judicial Council Chief Justice Jo Gbujama addressed comments made during last week’s ASUCR meeting...
Written by Mark Bertumen, CW with contributions by Aidan Rutten, CW and Amani Mahmoud, CW
The Highlander Empowerment Student Services Referendum (HESSR) failed to pass in this year’s elections, and around 35 students and staff came to voice their concerns at the ASUCR senate meeting on Wednesday, May 2. Both the over-packed audience and ASUCR senators expressed their frustrations with...
ASUCR’s 2018 elections garnered controversy last week when the turnout rate was drastically overestimated in a programming glitch.
This program, built by BCOE Senator Patrick Le, a fourth-year computer science major, was meant to track how many students had voted, and, in a case of human error, over 20,000 more students were added to the list of students already in the system....