Basic Needs Act News Today

Editor’s note: Sheridan Robbins is a member of the ASWSU lobbying team. This is not a factor in the story’s content Eighty-one WSU students from the Pullman, Global, Tri-Cities and Vancouver campuses traveled to the Washington State Capitol in Olympia to lobby in front of Washington State’s legislature Monday. The students were led by Collin Bannister,...

The ASWSU Senate heard from both the director and deputy directors of the legislative affairs department as well as representatives from Barnes & Noble College at this week’s meeting. Bookie general manager Erin Svancara presented the idea of First Day Complete to the senators, which is a course material bundling model meant to increase equitable...

Highlander ASUCR – Courtesy of ASUCR ASUCR held their second meeting of the quarter on Wednesday, April 7. The senate approved two resolutions that will support UCR’s commitment to 100% clean energy and implement American Sign Language (ASL) and deaf culture classes into UCR’s curriculum. They also approved a senate bill that will permanently allocate $40,000 for student basic needs every year.  During public comment, many students and members of CALPIRG expressed their support for S...