Tag: food insecurity
Driving into Action: Riverside Free Clinic hosts fourth annual food drive
Returning for their fourth annual food drive, the Riverside Free Clinic’s (RFC) Social Services Committee distributed over 400 basic needs packages, including 222 food...
The quality of life in the Inland Empire is dwindling for...
There is a concerning economic phenomenon in the Inland Empire (IE) concerning affordability and access to basic goods. According to the Census Bureau survey,...
The disappearance of 99 cent stores is going to create significant...
The recent announcement of the closure of 99 cent stores has caused an uproar as people, particularly those from low-income households, scurry to the...
University students should be allowed to take food out of dining...
Spend five minutes in UC Riverside’s Glasgow dining hall and see five different signs about food waste. Reducing food waste is an important and...
No student left behind when overcoming food insecurity
Dear Editor,
I will be the first in my family to live away from home next year, so learning that 6 out of 10 students...
Easy access to food is a right all students deserve
Food insecurity continues to be a threat to students at UCR. In a survey done by the Basic Needs department on campus, more than...
The COVID-19 pandemic exposes lawmakers’ coldness toward hungry families
It is no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic is ravaging the nation’s economy and threatening to plunge tens of millions of Americans into debt...
Student Lobby Conference promotes discussion on student hunger, inadequate funding
From Friday, March 23 to Sunday, March 25, students from UCR and eight other UC campuses gathered at the State Capitol for the annual...
R’Gear is a waste of students’ money and must be discontinued
R’Gear, when it began in February of 2015, was penned as an initiative to raise school spirit by distributing supposedly “free” UCR sweatshirts and...
Exclusive interview: UC Regents Chair George Kieffer
Chairman of the University of California Board of Regents George Kieffer spoke to The Highlander on Friday discussing issues such as tuition and food...