Last April, California State University, Long Beach announced it will initiate a research project aimed to discover how CSU “campuses identify and serve students experiencing food and housing instability.” Since the 2008 recession hit the nation, tuition in the CSUs and UCs have been rising, causing students to be in precarious monetary situations as they pursue an education. Many...
With President Barack Obama’s Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Pilot Partnership Program planning to purchase 50,000 body cameras at a national level, local law enforcement agencies are currently taking the initiative to utilize this technology. In a 60-day trial period, the Riverside Police Department (RPD) is testing out how body cameras can put “people on their best behavior” and, as...
Do any current UCR students remember the beer gardens at the concert series, or the alcohol that was sold out of the Barn only a few years ago? No?
That is likely because of the “dry campus” policy that took effect fairly recently in UCR’s lifespan, banning the sale and consumption of alcohol on campus grounds. Now students can only...
This year’s ASUCR elections have finally drawn to a close. Finally.
Most national elections are not about issues. Instead, they’re about personalities or scandals as candidates bring out the big guns to nuke their opponents into oblivion. This year, ASUCR candidates proved they are the same as their national counterparts, with all the mudslinging and personal attacks that entails.
The campaign...
The earthquakes that hit Nepal should be no mystery to anybody at this point. At April 25 11:56 a.m. local time, Nepal was hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that is currently calculated to have claimed at least 7,000 lives, with the death toll still being calculated as rescue efforts continue.
This earthquake should matter to the students of UCR...
UCR is giving students the opportunity to do something that we all attend college for: To make a difference for the future.
While it may not seem as such, the ASUCR elections have the potential to change the makeup of our school, representing the student body as it moves forward into the 2015-2016 school year, guiding us toward what we...
Anybody who has had the chance to walk around the HUB lately will have undoubtedly noticed the campaign signs for ASUCR elections. The many signs tout the candidates for ASUCR, representing their respective parties with equally clever names like Voice and PAC: Pride, Action, Change. They now compete against CR for the first time in a few years after...
In a desert like Riverside, it’s hard not to notice that we’re in one of the worst droughts in California history. With the certainty of water restrictions throughout the state, the need to conserve water has become dire. Knowing this, how can anybody afford to turn a blind eye, not only to their own futures, but to their neighbors’...
Everybody within arm’s reach of college knows about the issues surrounding the looming increase of UC tuition. The administration is trying its best to make everybody happy and still keep the UC in the black while students face the increase with varying levels of outrage and annoyance, having to pay off whatever they take out in loans.
This inevitable conflict...
The Associated Students of UCR (ASUCR) elections are coming up in the first week of spring quarter, meaning that there will soon be campaigns for the positions available on the students’ representative body. The campaign season also means that students are about to be exposed to the best and worst of what an electoral campaign can offer.
Not only do...