ASUCR Approves $15,000 in budget cuts, R’Gear program also reduces costs
ASUCR Vice President of Finance Shafi Karim proposed approximately $15,000 in budget cuts for what was described as wasteful ASUCR spending. The cuts, which eliminated food costs for meetings, some promotional expenses and reduced...
Food Week gives students a taste of healthy food
On Tuesday, October 20, the walkway between The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and Rivera Library bustled with activity as students lined up for free samples of new products such as roasted agave sriracha...
Robberies occur near Lot 30
Two different robberies occurred at the intersection adjacent to and on Lot 30 on Oct. 22 and Oct. 23, respectively.
The first robbery happened last Thursday at the intersection of Martin Luther King Blvd and...
Fifth Food Truck Festival opens at UCR
Hundreds of UCR students flocked around the Bell Tower and the Hub Plaza on Thursday, Oct. 22 to usher in the return of UCR’s bi-annual food truck festival.
The series of festivals began in 2012...
Solar panels may create emissions harmful to the environment
Solar panels contribute over 18 percent of renewable electrical energy sources that help power UCR according to statistics taken in 2010, and will grow to 30 percent by 2020. However, a recent study led...
Southern Californian committee to reduce nitrogen oxide pollution
On Friday, October 16, a Southern Californian regional air district committee met with the South Coast Air Quality Management District to discuss plans concerning nitrogen oxide emission reduction.
Both nitrous acid and nitric acid are...
Admin outnumbers faculty within UC system
In recent years, the UC system has faced growing criticism regarding the administration-faculty ratios at UC schools. With 10 campuses scattered around the state and a $27 billion operating budget, which exceeds that of...
Highlander Newsroom (10/21/15)
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we chat about the proposed needle exchange program, the domestic violence and suicide awareness displays that occurred on campus, and UC Berkley's decision to begin accepting letters of...
SJP leads procession for International Day of Action for Palestine
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) led a procession on Wednesday of around 20-25 Highlanders that started under the Rivera archways and wrapped around the Bell Tower to honor the International Day of Action...
Professor Timothy Lyons speaks on finding earth-like planets
Cosmic Thursdays, a series of free and public talks about astronomy-related topics, returned on Thursday, October 15 with a lecture entitled “Alternative Earths: What our planet’s history may tell us about life in the...