UC Riverside Chancellor appointed to Financial Aid Commission
UC Riverside chancellor and UC Berkeley alumni Timothy White was appointed to the California Student Aid Commission Friday. Read More…
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UC campuses deemed at risk of financial unsustainability
UC Berkeley is at risk of becoming financially unsustainable according to a study conducted by Bain & Company. Read More…
UC students call on state legislator to support workers’ rights legislation
UC students participated in a statewide call-in on Tuesday to California Senator Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego, to push legislation that would expand the rights of California’s domestic workers. The call-in proceeded after a press conference at UC San Diego, where the UC Student Association and the California Domestic Workers Coalition Read More…
V.O.I.C.E. Initiative follows national college newspaper trend
Following a national trend of college newspapers turning to student fee referendums to ease tight budgets, The Daily Californian has campaigned for a student fee to support the newspaper’s print operations and expand its online presence. College newspapers across the country have requested student fees to support their operations — Read More…
UC Board of Regents to discuss campus protests, private support at upcoming meeting
Later this month, the UC Board of Regents will meet for the second time this year to discuss and take action on a variety of issues, including campus protests and private support to the university. The meeting, which is scheduled for March 27-29, will return to UC San Francisco’s Mission Read More…
UC student leaders create committee around minority, race issues for UC campuses
A UC systemwide steering committee created by two student leaders will allow students to address issues around race, campus communities and the place of underrepresented minorities in the UC system. The UNITE committee on campus climate issues, created by UC Student Regent-designate Jonathan Stein and UC Student Association Undergraduate Chair Patrick Read More…
Students from UC campuses around the state to join in protests
A mock funeral procession for public higher education at UC Davis will be only one of several protests happening at University of California campuses on the March 1 Day of Action. Thursday’s events will involve protests at several UC campuses as students, faculty and staff plan to host teach-ins and Read More…
New Occupy Cal encampment sees little UCPD presence
In a shift from the massive police presence at the first Occupy Cal encampment in November, UCPD has not confronted the camp established last Thursday, aside from announcing general dispersal orders nightly. The Occupy Cal camp, which moved from the steps of Sproul Hall to those of Doe Memorial Library Read More…
Two arrested, plastic pellets fired during Thursday Riverside protests
Police officers arrested two protesters and struck several others with plastic pellets during a demonstration Thursday surrounding the UC Board of Regents meeting at UC Riverside. The two individuals arrested — identified as Kenneth Ehrlich, 39, and Humberto Rivera, 25 — were booked on suspicion of felony assault on a Read More…
Paying it forward
UNIVERSITY ISSUES: The conversation around a flawed student plan that would eliminate tuition is a step toward fixing budget woes.
Though outstanding attention has been garnered by a student plan that would abolish traditional tuition for a University of California education, its details fall short. The plan, which was crafted by members of UC Riverside’s student newspaper and other student leaders, would eliminate fees and instead make most graduates pay Read More…