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The '''University of California, Riverside''', commonly known as '''UCR''' or '''UC Riverside''', is a public, coeducational university and one of ten campuses of the ]. Its 1,200-acre main campus is in a suburban district of ], with a branch campus in ]. Founded in 1907 as the University of California Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside research pioneered ], the use of natural predators to reduce pest populations, and the use of ] responsible for extending the ] growing season in California from 4 months to 9 months.<ref>{{cite web | title = California's Future: It Starts Here, UC's Contributions to Growth, Health, and Culture | url = http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/itstartshere/report/fullreport.pdf}}</ref> The '''University of California, Riverside,''' is a public ] ] which is located at 900 University Avenue, ], ], 90521. Its 1,200-acre main campus is in a suburban district of ], with a branch campus in ]. Founded in 1907 as the University of California Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside research pioneered ], the use of natural predators to reduce pest populations, and the use of ] responsible for extending the ] growing season in California from 4 months to 9 months.<ref>{{cite web | title = California's Future: It Starts Here, UC's Contributions to Growth, Health, and Culture | url = http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/itstartshere/report/fullreport.pdf}}</ref> With the fastest student population growth in the UC system, projected at 6% annually through 2010, Riverside currently enrolls the most diverse student body of all the UC campuses.<ref>{{cite web | title=UC Enrollment Growth| url=http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/commserv/FS000302Enroll.pdf}}</ref><ref name=LAT011507>Richard C. Paddock, , ''Los Angeles Times, January 15, 2007.</ref>


With the fastest student population growth in the UC system, projected at 6% annually through 2010, Riverside currently enrolls the most diverse student body of all the UC campuses.<ref>{{cite web | title=UC Enrollment Growth| url=http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/commserv/FS000302Enroll.pdf}}</ref><ref name=LAT011507>Richard C. Paddock, , ''Los Angeles Times, January 15, 2007.</ref> With the fastest student population growth in the UC system, projected at 6% annually through 2010, Riverside currently enrolls the most diverse student body of all the UC campuses.<ref>{{cite web | title=UC Enrollment Growth| url=http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/commserv/FS000302Enroll.pdf}}</ref><ref name=LAT011507>Richard C. Paddock, , ''Los Angeles Times, January 15, 2007.</ref>
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Gordon S. Watkins, dean of the College of Letters and Science at UCLA, organized the new college at Riverside. He became UCR's first provost, or administrative head. On a February day of 1954, 127 students and 65 professors trudged through rain and mud to launch the new school at what is now University Avenue and Canyon Crest Drive. <ref></ref> The first buildings of the new campus included: the library, Webber Hall, Physical Sciences, Physical Education, and Social Sciences.<ref>{{cite web | title=UCR's Long Range Development Plan, October 2005| url=http://www.lrdp.ucr.edu/LRDP%2011-2005%20-%20Final/LRDP05-Oct2005.pdf}}</ref> Gordon S. Watkins, dean of the College of Letters and Science at UCLA, organized the new college at Riverside. He became UCR's first provost, or administrative head. On a February day of 1954, 127 students and 65 professors trudged through rain and mud to launch the new school at what is now University Avenue and Canyon Crest Drive. <ref></ref> The first buildings of the new campus included: the library, Webber Hall, Physical Sciences, Physical Education, and Social Sciences.<ref>{{cite web | title=UCR's Long Range Development Plan, October 2005| url=http://www.lrdp.ucr.edu/LRDP%2011-2005%20-%20Final/LRDP05-Oct2005.pdf}}</ref>


===UCR as a comprehensive university=== ===A comprehensive university===
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The 1978 passage of ], a California ballot measure that cut property taxes, further reduced budgets for UCR as well as all other public education institutions in California through the 1980s. After Hinderaker retired in 1979, a series of four chancellors served relatively brief appointments throughout the decade. Enrollment began to make modest but sustained annual gains, more than doubling by 1991.<ref>{{cite web | title=UCR New Freshmen Retention And Graduation Rates| url=http://asp.ucr.edu/statistics/read2.php}}</ref> The 1978 passage of ], a California ballot measure that cut property taxes, further reduced budgets for UCR as well as all other public education institutions in California through the 1980s. After Hinderaker retired in 1979, a series of four chancellors served relatively brief appointments throughout the decade. Enrollment began to make modest but sustained annual gains, more than doubling by 1991.<ref>{{cite web | title=UCR New Freshmen Retention And Graduation Rates| url=http://asp.ucr.edu/statistics/read2.php}}</ref>


===Tidal Wave II to today=== ===Tidal Wave II to present===
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A reduction in enrollment throughout the UC and ] systems in the early nineties was attributed to statewide recession. With the improvement of the economy in 1994, the UC campuses began receiving more applications than anticipated.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tidal Wave II Revisited| url=http://www.highereducation.org/reports/tidalwave/wave1.shtml}}</ref> This surge became known as "Tidal Wave II" (the first "tidal wave" of students having been the ] generation born in the post-World War II era). To help the UC system accommodate this growth, planners targeted UCR for an annual growth rate of 6.3 percent, the fastest in the UC system and anticipated that 19,900 students enrolled at UCR by 2010.<ref>{{cite web | title=UC Enrollment Growth| url=http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/commserv/FS000302Enroll.pdf}}</ref> A reduction in enrollment throughout the UC and ] systems in the early nineties was attributed to statewide recession. With the improvement of the economy in 1994, the UC campuses began receiving more applications than anticipated.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tidal Wave II Revisited| url=http://www.highereducation.org/reports/tidalwave/wave1.shtml}}</ref> This surge became known as "Tidal Wave II" (the first "tidal wave" of students having been the ] generation born in the post-World War II era). To help the UC system accommodate this growth, planners targeted UCR for an annual growth rate of 6.3 percent, the fastest in the UC system and anticipated that 19,900 students enrolled at UCR by 2010.<ref>{{cite web | title=UC Enrollment Growth| url=http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/commserv/FS000302Enroll.pdf}}</ref>


As enrollment increased, so did the ethnic diversity of the students. By 1995, fully 30 percent of UCR students were members of non-Caucasian groups, the highest proportion of any campus in the UC system at the time. The 1997 implementation of ] — which banned the use of race and ethnicity as criteria for admissions, hiring, promotions and contracting by state agencies (including the University of California) — had the effect of further increasing ethnic diversity at UCR while reducing it at the most selective campuses in the system.<ref>{{cite web | title=Undergraduate Access to the University of California After the Elimination of Race Conscious Policies| url=http://www.ucop.edu/sas/publish/aa_final2.pdf}}</ref> As enrollment increased, so did the ethnic diversity of the students. By 1995, fully 30 percent of UCR students were members of non-Caucasian groups, the highest proportion of any campus in the UC system at the time. The 1997 implementation of ] — which banned the use of race and ethnicity as criteria for admissions, hiring, promotions and contracting by state agencies (including the University of California) — had the effect of further increasing ethnic diversity at UCR while reducing it at the most selective campuses in the system.<ref>{{cite web | title=Undergraduate Access to the University of California After the Elimination of Race Conscious Policies| url=http://www.ucop.edu/sas/publish/aa_final2.pdf}}</ref>

=== UCR ] - ]'s history ===

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When ] opened in February 1954, many students wanted a bear symbol that could compete with UCLA's Bruins and UC Berkeley's Bears. Other students wanted a completely different direction for the independence and uniqueness of the school. Oct. 22, 1954 -- Student Marty Melburg suggests "The Unicorns" in a letter to the campus newsletter. Total of sixty seven names were suggested. Six nicknames were picked in November of 1954. "Cubs" was the most popular one, however, many felt that it showed the campus as a "little brother" to UCLA and UC Berkeley. Freshman Donna Lewis suggested "Hylanders," and was pushed by the basketball team as a write-in candidate. It was changed to the current spelling and won easily. It fits the school well, because UCR is the highest elevation campus among all UC schools. And the Box Springs Mountains, behind the campus, were known as the Highlands.

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The original school's logo is a little bear wearing a kilt designed by a friend of Publicity Director Howard Cook. In 1988, the athletic department proposed changing the mascot to a human figure in a kilt. It was scrapped. After the move to NCAA Division I, it was necessary to change again. A New York based SME Design, Inc., a logo development company was hired to do the research and redesign. Around the same time, movie ] was released. So the design of a bear featuring a half-blue face in homage to ], the Scottish hero and the subject of the movie Braveheart
was chosen after 1999.

Blue and gold are the school colors among all UC schools. They were selected by a student committee at UC Berkley in June of 1873. Blue represents the sky and the landscape, the student cadet uniforms, and the number of Yale graduates who were instrumental in the founding and administration of the university. Gold represents California as the Golden State and the color of many native wildflowers, such as the California Golden Poppy. <ref></ref>

UCR being located at the highest elevation of all UCs, the students adopted the name Highlanders in 1954. After the student body passed a referendum to move to Division I competition in 1998, student athletes demanded a redesigned mascot. UCR partnered with New York based SME Design, Inc., a logo development company, to develop the design of a bear featuring a half-blue face in homage to ], the Scottish hero and subject of the movie ].<ref></ref> The ] the bear wears reflects the blue and gold tartans worn by the UCR Pipe Band, and is itself also a registered trademark of the University of California. <ref>{{cite web | title= The University of California Riverside Tartan| url=http://www.pipeband.ucr.edu/ | accessdate=January 28|accessyear 2007}}</ref> UC Riverside's mascot's name is Scotty the Bear.


==Campus== ==Campus==


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===Main campus===
The UCR main campus is located within the ] in western ], three miles east of downtown, and comprises 1,112 acres divided into eastern and western portions by the ] freeway. Nearly half of the total acreage is devoted to agricultural teaching and research fields, most of which are located west of the freeway. The UCR main campus is located within the ] in western ], three miles east of downtown, and comprises 1,112 acres divided into eastern and western portions by the ] freeway. Nearly half of the total acreage is devoted to agricultural teaching and research fields, most of which are located west of the freeway.


The University Avenue underpass of Route 60 forms a "gateway" between UCR and the City of Riverside. Painted on the support walls of the underpass is the Gluck Gateway Mural, a 190-foot memorial of UCR history from the early days of the Citrus Experiment Station through 2000, the year the mural was painted.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Story Behind the Gateway Mural| url=http://www.fiatlux.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=368}}</ref> The University Avenue underpass of Route 60 forms a "gateway" between UCR and the City of Riverside. Painted on the support walls of the underpass is the Gluck Gateway Mural, a 190-foot memorial of UCR history from the early days of the Citrus Experiment Station through 2000, the year the mural was painted.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Story Behind the Gateway Mural| url=http://www.fiatlux.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=368}}</ref>


====West Campus==== ===West Campus===
Of the 511 acres of UCR property comprising the West Campus, approximately 295 acres are citrus groves and row crops used primarily by the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University Extension, the USDA Germplasm Repository, International Village (student housing), a parking lot, office buildings (Human Resources and Highlander Hall), and other small facilities are also located on the West Campus. University Village, a ] development located across from University Avenue adjacent to the freeway, provides a movie theater, stores, restaurants, office space, an apartment complex, as well as a parking structure and surface parking. The movie theaters serve as lecture halls during the day, with a shuttle taking students to and from campus every 15 minutes.<ref>{{cite web | title=UCR's Long Range Development Plan, October 2005| url=http://www.lrdp.ucr.edu/LRDP%2011-2005%20-%20Final/LRDP05-Oct2005.pdf}}</ref> Of the 511 acres of UCR property comprising the West Campus, approximately 295 acres are citrus groves and row crops used primarily by the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University Extension, the USDA Germplasm Repository, International Village (student housing), a parking lot, office buildings (Human Resources and Highlander Hall), and other small facilities are also located on the West Campus. University Village, a ] development located across from University Avenue adjacent to the freeway, provides a movie theater, stores, restaurants, office space, an apartment complex, as well as a parking structure and surface parking. The movie theaters serve as lecture halls during the day, with a shuttle taking students to and from campus every 15 minutes.<ref>{{cite web | title=UCR's Long Range Development Plan, October 2005| url=http://www.lrdp.ucr.edu/LRDP%2011-2005%20-%20Final/LRDP05-Oct2005.pdf}}</ref>


====East Campus==== ===East Campus===
The East Campus, comprising approximately 600.8 acres, provides the setting for the core cluster of academic buildings. Devoted primarily to teaching and research, it includes student and administrative services, the Student Commons and the Rivera and Science Libraries. Student housing is provided in its northernmost portion near the Box Spring Mountains, with residence halls, family housing, apartment housing, and recreation facilities. Wide grassy pedestrian malls run throughout the center and outlying portions. The East Campus, comprising approximately 600.8 acres, provides the setting for the core cluster of academic buildings. Devoted primarily to teaching and research, it includes student and administrative services, the Student Commons and the Rivera and Science Libraries. Student housing is provided in its northernmost portion near the Box Spring Mountains, with residence halls, family housing, apartment housing, and recreation facilities. Wide grassy pedestrian malls run throughout the center and outlying portions.


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In addition to supporting research and education at UCR, the gardens offer a place of respite for students, visitors, and members of the community. Though maintained separately from the Botanic Gardens, UCR’s campus grounds are also landscaped with plants that thrive in Riverside's climate.<ref name="UCRBG" /> In addition to supporting research and education at UCR, the gardens offer a place of respite for students, visitors, and members of the community. Though maintained separately from the Botanic Gardens, UCR’s campus grounds are also landscaped with plants that thrive in Riverside's climate.<ref name="UCRBG" />
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==Administration== ==Administration==


As a campus of the ] system, UCR is governed by a Board of Regents and administered by a president. The current president is ] and the administrative head of UCR is Chancellor ]. As a campus of the ] system, UCR is governed by a Board of Regents and administered by a president. The current president is ].


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UCR's library system is divided into general collections, music, media, and science. General collections are housed in the ] Library which has four floors. The current Science Library which was finished in 1999 includes collections in the physical, natural and agricultural sciences, biomedical sciences, and engineering and computer sciences. UCR's library system is divided into general collections, music, media, and science. General collections are housed in the ] Library which has four floors. The current Science Library which was finished in 1999 includes collections in the physical, natural and agricultural sciences, biomedical sciences, and engineering and computer sciences.

Prior to 2000, there were no wireless Internet service on campus. The only computer lab with internet access which was open to all students was inside the Watkins' building across the Tomas Rivera library, on second floor. The university's free wireless internet coverage has been praised by Intel.<ref>{{cite web | title= UCR Newsroom release | url=http://www.newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=900 }}</ref>


The university has special research collections and museums, including an herbarium,<ref>{{cite web | title= UCR Herbarium | url=http://herbarium.ucr.edu/UCR.html}}</ref> one of the world's most important citrus variety collections,<ref>{{cite web | title= UCR Citrus Variety Collection|url=http://www.plantbiology.ucr.edu/about_us/?citrus_variety}}</ref> and one of the largest ] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | title= UCR Entomological Research Museum | url=http://entmuseum.ucr.edu}}</ref> The university has special research collections and museums, including an herbarium,<ref>{{cite web | title= UCR Herbarium | url=http://herbarium.ucr.edu/UCR.html}}</ref> one of the world's most important citrus variety collections,<ref>{{cite web | title= UCR Citrus Variety Collection|url=http://www.plantbiology.ucr.edu/about_us/?citrus_variety}}</ref> and one of the largest ] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | title= UCR Entomological Research Museum | url=http://entmuseum.ucr.edu}}</ref>
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*The campus library is the home of the world's largest research collection of material on ], the author of the novel ''Treasure of the Sierra Madre.'' *The campus library is the home of the world's largest research collection of material on ], the author of the novel ''Treasure of the Sierra Madre.''

==Campus Publications==

* is the campus magazine which was published four times a year. In Fall of 2006, it was renamed to "UCR" - The magazine of UC Riverside.

*In 1955, The Cub student newspaper was renamed to The Highlander. Currently, is published by the students every Tuesday during the academic year. Student editors, reporters and photographers have weekly meetings to discuss the current events. In newspaper room, there was a dark room which photographers can use to print out only black and white photos for the newspaper in the late 1990's. The online version was originally started around 1999. It was on and off for a while. At the end of year of 2006, it has total of 31 issues online.


==Student life== ==Student life==
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===Athletics=== ===Athletics===
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UCR is in the ] Division I of the ]. Programs include volleyball, soccer, cross country, basketball, indoor and outdoor track and field, baseball, softball, tennis and golf, all for both men and women except for volleyball. Football was played until 1975, and won two state championships before it was discontinued due to the economical impact of ] and ] on the school.<ref> {{cite web | title= UC Riverside Athletics Presents "Ask Stan Morrison" | url=http://www.athletics.ucr.edu/askstan/askstan5502.html}}</ref> UCR's intramural Karate Club is internationally known and organized under the auspices of the AJKA-I, an independent, national karate organization also hosted at UCR. It annually holds the ] Karate Championships competition in the ] <ref>{{cite web | title= UCR Karate News | url=http://www.karate.ucr.edu/news.htm | accessdate= January 28|access year 2007}}</ref>. For the past two years, the UCR Women's basketball team has represented the Big West Conference in the NCAA Division I tournament but was unfortunately only able to make it to the first round of playoffs. In 2005 the women's soccer team also made it to the first round of the NCAA tournament. Furthermore in 2007 the baseball team won its first Big West conference championship and made it to the regionals for the second time since moving to the Division 1 level in 2001. UCR is in the ] Division I of the ]. Programs include volleyball, soccer, cross country, basketball, indoor and outdoor track and field, baseball, softball, tennis and golf, all for both men and women except for volleyball. Football was played until 1975, and won two state championships before it was discontinued due to the economical impact of ] and ] on the school.<ref> {{cite web | title= UC Riverside Athletics Presents "Ask Stan Morrison" | url=http://www.athletics.ucr.edu/askstan/askstan5502.html}}</ref> UCR's intramural Karate Club is internationally known and organized under the auspices of the AJKA-I, an independent, national karate organization also hosted at UCR. It annually holds the ] Karate Championships competition in the ] <ref>{{cite web | title= UCR Karate News | url=http://www.karate.ucr.edu/news.htm | accessdate= January 28|access year 2007}}</ref>. For the past two years, the UCR Women's basketball team has represented the Big West Conference in the NCAA Division I tournament but was unfortunately only able to make it to the first round of playoffs.


The schools only NCAA titles came while at the Division II level; baseball in 1977 and 1982 and women's volleyball in 1982 and 1986. Also two athletes have won individual championships in men's golf at the DII level; ] in 1970 and Matt Bloom in 1974.


====Mascot====
With UCR being located at the highest elevation of all UCs, the students adopted the name Highlanders in 1954 from a student write-in campaign. After the student body passed a referendum to move to Division I competition in 1998, student athletes demanded a redesigned mascot. UCR partnered with New York based SME Design, Inc., a logo development company, to develop the design of a bear featuring a half-blue face in homage to ], the Scottish hero and subject of the movie ].<ref></ref> The mascot's name is Scotty the bear, and the ] he wears reflects the blue and gold tartans worn by the UCR Pipe Band, and is itself also a registered trademark of the University of California. <ref>{{cite web | title= The University of California Riverside Tartan| url=http://www.pipeband.ucr.edu/ | accessdate=January 28|accessyear 2007}}</ref>


====Facilities==== ====Facilities====
The volleyball and basketball teams play home games in the ], which seats 3,168. The baseball team competes at the ], just off campus at the corner of Blaine and Rustin streets. Softball is played at the Amy S. Harrison Field, adjacent to the UCR Soccer Stadium on the Lower Fields. The volleyball and basketball teams play home games in the ], which seats 3,168. The baseball team competes at the Riverside Sports Complex, just off campus at the corner of Blaine and Rustin streets. Softball is played at the Amy S. Harrison Field, adjacent to the UCR Soccer Stadium on the Lower Fields.

====Spirit==== ====School spirit====
UC Riverside has had a traditional student-run pep band in support of athletic events early in the history of the school (playing for football games before the program was dropped), but was dissolved in favor of a "little rock band" for basketball games by the athletic director in 2002. In early 2007, the student pep band re-formed due to the breaking up of the rock band and now performs for the men's and women's home basketball games. The band also follows the women's basketball team to Big West Tournament and NCAA game appearances. UCR fields a traditional cheer team, a "Highlander Girls" dance team,<ref>{{cite web | title= UC Riverside Cheer Team | url=http://www.athletics.ucr.edu/administrative/cheer.html}}</ref> and also a dedicated ] band made up of students and staff which plays at graduation and other campus events. For the women's basketball team's first appearance at the NCAA Tournament in 2006, UCR sent 22 members of the pipe band to support the team and play at halftime due to the lack of a pep band at the time.<ref>{{cite web | title= Inside UCR (4/26/06): Pipe Pep | url=http://www.insideucr.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=196 | accessdate=Sep 14 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref> More recently with the reformation of the pep band, nine members of the pipe band team supplemented the UCR pep band for the women's second appearance at the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament at the ]. UC Riverside has had a traditional student-run pep band in support of athletic events early in the history of the school (playing for football games before the program was dropped), but was dissolved in favor of a "little rock band" for basketball games by the athletic director in 2002. In early 2007, the student pep band re-formed due to the breaking up of the rock band and now performs for the men's and women's home basketball games. The band also follows the women's basketball team to Big West Tournament and NCAA game appearances. UCR fields a traditional cheer team, a "Highlander Girls" dance team<ref>{{cite web | title= UC Riverside Cheer Team | url=http://www.athletics.ucr.edu/administrative/cheer.html}}</ref>, and also a dedicated ] band made up of students and staff which plays at graduation and other campus events. For the women's basketball team's first appearance at the NCAA Tournament in 2006, UCR sent 22 members of the pipe band to support the team and play at halftime due to the lack of a pep band at the time.<ref>{{cite web | title= Inside UCR (4/26/06): Pipe Pep | url=http://www.insideucr.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=196 | accessdate=Sep 14 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref> More recently with the reformation of the pep band, nine members of the pipe band team supplemented the UCR pep band for the women's second appearance at the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament at the ].


===Student organizations=== ===Student organizations===
====Greek Chapters==== ====]====
The school has many ]. ] is the first national fraternity approved on January 10th of 1968. In the late 1990's, most of them did not have on-campus houses due to physical limitation, historical reasons and local laws. The racial diversity of UCR is also reflected in the variety of ethnic based fraternities and sororities.


] was the first national fraternity approved on January 10th of 1968. In the late 1990's, most of them did not have on-campus houses due to physical limitation, historical reasons and local laws. Unlike some other fraternities and sororities at other colleges, UCR's greek chapters have less Caucasians, more Asians and Hispanics. There are also ethic based chapters for Asians, Blacks and Hispanics.
====KUCR Radio====

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The campus hosts KUCR, a student- and community-programmed radio station, which broadcasts at 88.3 FM from the Box Springs Mountains.<ref>{{cite web | title= KUCR-FM 88.3-IE | url=http://www.radiowatch.com/stations/fm/fm88.3-IE.html}}</ref> The station plays a variety of independent music. The campus hosts KUCR, a student- and community-programmed radio station, which broadcasts at 88.3 FM from the Box Springs Mountains.<ref>{{cite web | title= KUCR-FM 88.3-IE | url=http://www.radiowatch.com/stations/fm/fm88.3-IE.html}}</ref> The station plays a variety of independent music.

====ASUCR==== ====ASUCR====
The Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR) is the official representative of undergraduates on the Riverside campus. It is guided by a Senate composed of 20 elected officers representing three undergraduate colleges in proportion to their enrollment.<ref>{{cite web | title=Inside ASUCR: an overview of UCR's undergraduate student government| url=http://www.highlander.ucr.edu/article.php?artnum=2009}}</ref> The Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR) is the official representative of undergraduates on the Riverside campus. It is guided by a Senate composed of 20 elected officers representing three undergraduate colleges in proportion to their enrollment.<ref>{{cite web | title=Inside ASUCR: an overview of UCR's undergraduate student government| url=http://www.highlander.ucr.edu/article.php?artnum=2009}}</ref>
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University of California, Riverside
File:UCRiverside seal.jpg
MottoFiat Lux ("Let There Be Light")
TypePublic
Established1954
Endowment$165.6 million
ChancellorFrance A. Córdova
Academic staff650
Undergraduates14,743
Postgraduates2,083
LocationRiverside and Palm Desert, California, U.S.
CampusSuburban, 1,160 acres (4.7 km²) in Riverside; rural in Palm Desert
ColorsSky Blue and Gold   
AffiliationsUniversity of California, Big West Conference
MascotHighlanders
Websitewww.ucr.edu
UCR logo

The University of California, Riverside, is a public coeducational university which is located at 900 University Avenue, Riverside, California, 90521. Its 1,200-acre main campus is in a suburban district of Riverside, California, with a branch campus in Palm Desert. Founded in 1907 as the University of California Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside research pioneered biological control, the use of natural predators to reduce pest populations, and the use of growth regulators responsible for extending the citrus growing season in California from 4 months to 9 months. With the fastest student population growth in the UC system, projected at 6% annually through 2010, Riverside currently enrolls the most diverse student body of all the UC campuses.

With the fastest student population growth in the UC system, projected at 6% annually through 2010, Riverside currently enrolls the most diverse student body of all the UC campuses.

History

Main article: History of the University of California, Riverside

The Citrus Experiment Station

The original 1917 structure of the Citrus Experiment Station now houses the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management.

On February 14, 1907, the University of California Board of Regents established a citrus experiment and research station on 23 acres of land on the east slope of Mt. Rubidoux in Riverside. Citrus experimentation in Riverside had been carried on for many decades before; for example, the navel orange was first grown in the United States from cuttings imported from Brazil and planted in Riverside in the 1870s. The purpose of the new station was to conduct experiments in fertilization, irrigation and crop improvement. In 1917, the laboratory was moved to the west slope of the Box Springs Mountains.

Founding of a liberal arts college

In the late 1940s, the UC system was experiencing a massive influx of students as former servicemen took advantage of the 1945 GI Bill, and a state education committee was scouting out locations for a new campus. A local group of citrus growers and civic and business leaders successfully lobbied the state legislature for the establishment of a small liberal arts college in Riverside. In 1949, California Governor Earl Warren signed legislation approving the establishment of a College of Letters and Science attached to the Citrus Experiment Station.

Gordon S. Watkins, dean of the College of Letters and Science at UCLA, organized the new college at Riverside. He became UCR's first provost, or administrative head. On a February day of 1954, 127 students and 65 professors trudged through rain and mud to launch the new school at what is now University Avenue and Canyon Crest Drive. The first buildings of the new campus included: the library, Webber Hall, Physical Sciences, Physical Education, and Social Sciences.

A comprehensive university

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In August of 1955, students constructed a 132- by 70-foot concrete “C“ on the eastern slope of the Box Springs Mountain with cement and equipment donated by the E.L. Yeager Construction Company. That year's freshman class gave it its first golden coat of paint.

In 1958, the Regents designated Riverside as a general UC campus. Herman Theodore Spieth, UCR's first chancellor, oversaw the beginnings of the school's transition to full university status in accordance with the developing California Master Plan for Higher Education.

Ivan Hinderaker, UCR's second chancellor, was installed on September 29 1964, the same year the Free Speech Movement erupted at UC Berkeley. Hinderaker was credited with cooperating with student activists throughout his administration so that political confrontations did not occur on the dramatic scale of political protests at larger UC campuses in the 1960s.

According to an 1998 interview with Hinderaker, in 1972 Riverside gained a reputation for severe air pollution when the mayor of Riverside asked Governor Ronald Reagan to declare the South Coast air basin a smog disaster area, a condition that significantly hampered recruitment of both students and faculty. Hinderaker said he developed UCR’s innovative biomedical program and popular business administration program partly to lessen the enrollment problems created by Riverside's air quality. He also established UCR’s graduate schools of education and administration and streamlined UCR’s departmental structure during this period.

The 1978 passage of Proposition 13, a California ballot measure that cut property taxes, further reduced budgets for UCR as well as all other public education institutions in California through the 1980s. After Hinderaker retired in 1979, a series of four chancellors served relatively brief appointments throughout the decade. Enrollment began to make modest but sustained annual gains, more than doubling by 1991.

Tidal Wave II to present

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University of California, Riverside

A reduction in enrollment throughout the UC and California State University systems in the early nineties was attributed to statewide recession. With the improvement of the economy in 1994, the UC campuses began receiving more applications than anticipated. This surge became known as "Tidal Wave II" (the first "tidal wave" of students having been the Baby Boom generation born in the post-World War II era). To help the UC system accommodate this growth, planners targeted UCR for an annual growth rate of 6.3 percent, the fastest in the UC system and anticipated that 19,900 students enrolled at UCR by 2010.

As enrollment increased, so did the ethnic diversity of the students. By 1995, fully 30 percent of UCR students were members of non-Caucasian groups, the highest proportion of any campus in the UC system at the time. The 1997 implementation of Proposition 209 — which banned the use of race and ethnicity as criteria for admissions, hiring, promotions and contracting by state agencies (including the University of California) — had the effect of further increasing ethnic diversity at UCR while reducing it at the most selective campuses in the system.

UCR Mascot - Highlanders's history

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The original UCR logo.

When University of California, Riverside opened in February 1954, many students wanted a bear symbol that could compete with UCLA's Bruins and UC Berkeley's Bears. Other students wanted a completely different direction for the independence and uniqueness of the school. Oct. 22, 1954 -- Student Marty Melburg suggests "The Unicorns" in a letter to the campus newsletter. Total of sixty seven names were suggested. Six nicknames were picked in November of 1954. "Cubs" was the most popular one, however, many felt that it showed the campus as a "little brother" to UCLA and UC Berkeley. Freshman Donna Lewis suggested "Hylanders," and was pushed by the basketball team as a write-in candidate. It was changed to the current spelling and won easily. It fits the school well, because UCR is the highest elevation campus among all UC schools. And the Box Springs Mountains, behind the campus, were known as the Highlands.

School Mascot.
School Mascot.

The original school's logo is a little bear wearing a kilt designed by a friend of Publicity Director Howard Cook. In 1988, the athletic department proposed changing the mascot to a human figure in a kilt. It was scrapped. After the move to NCAA Division I, it was necessary to change again. A New York based SME Design, Inc., a logo development company was hired to do the research and redesign. Around the same time, movie Braveheart was released. So the design of a bear featuring a half-blue face in homage to William Wallace, the Scottish hero and the subject of the movie Braveheart was chosen after 1999.

Blue and gold are the school colors among all UC schools. They were selected by a student committee at UC Berkley in June of 1873. Blue represents the sky and the landscape, the student cadet uniforms, and the number of Yale graduates who were instrumental in the founding and administration of the university. Gold represents California as the Golden State and the color of many native wildflowers, such as the California Golden Poppy.

UCR being located at the highest elevation of all UCs, the students adopted the name Highlanders in 1954. After the student body passed a referendum to move to Division I competition in 1998, student athletes demanded a redesigned mascot. UCR partnered with New York based SME Design, Inc., a logo development company, to develop the design of a bear featuring a half-blue face in homage to William Wallace, the Scottish hero and subject of the movie Braveheart. The tartan the bear wears reflects the blue and gold tartans worn by the UCR Pipe Band, and is itself also a registered trademark of the University of California. UC Riverside's mascot's name is Scotty the Bear.

Campus

The Carillon Bell Tower is the dominant landmark in the center of the main campus.

The UCR main campus is located within the City of Riverside in western Riverside County, three miles east of downtown, and comprises 1,112 acres divided into eastern and western portions by the California State Route 60 freeway. Nearly half of the total acreage is devoted to agricultural teaching and research fields, most of which are located west of the freeway.

The University Avenue underpass of Route 60 forms a "gateway" between UCR and the City of Riverside. Painted on the support walls of the underpass is the Gluck Gateway Mural, a 190-foot memorial of UCR history from the early days of the Citrus Experiment Station through 2000, the year the mural was painted.

West Campus

Of the 511 acres of UCR property comprising the West Campus, approximately 295 acres are citrus groves and row crops used primarily by the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University Extension, the USDA Germplasm Repository, International Village (student housing), a parking lot, office buildings (Human Resources and Highlander Hall), and other small facilities are also located on the West Campus. University Village, a mixed use development located across from University Avenue adjacent to the freeway, provides a movie theater, stores, restaurants, office space, an apartment complex, as well as a parking structure and surface parking. The movie theaters serve as lecture halls during the day, with a shuttle taking students to and from campus every 15 minutes.

East Campus

The East Campus, comprising approximately 600.8 acres, provides the setting for the core cluster of academic buildings. Devoted primarily to teaching and research, it includes student and administrative services, the Student Commons and the Rivera and Science Libraries. Student housing is provided in its northernmost portion near the Box Spring Mountains, with residence halls, family housing, apartment housing, and recreation facilities. Wide grassy pedestrian malls run throughout the center and outlying portions.

In the center of the main campus stands the UCR Carillon Bell Tower, one of only four in California. It was given as a gift by former UC regent Philip Boyd and his wife Dorothy. The dedication of the carillon and tower took place on October 2, 1966. Designed by A. Quincy Jones - Jones & Emmons of Los Angeles, the tower is 161 feet tall and contains 48 bells, cast in France. The bells cover four chromatic octaves and weigh from 28 to 5,091 pounds. They were first heard in 1966 and were part of the initial broadcast of the campus radio station, KUCR.In the beginning visitors were allowed to go inside the tower and climb to the top, however the tower was closed to most visitors in late 1990's. During the academic year there are weekly live performances, with an occasional weekend performance.

The Commons student center was previously located directly northwest of the Bell tower. The four-decades old building was demolished at the end of 2005, and construction is under way to more than double the size of the center from 65,000 to 142,000 square feet. Currently the cafeteria is host to the "Temporary Student Commons" containing student dining, study areas, as well as pool tables and arcade games that used to be located in the demolished student Commons. The new $50 million Commons (slated for completion in 2008) will include meeting rooms, dining areas and places to study.

Southeast of the Bell tower is the Tomás Rivera Library, the main library. Further southeast past the intersection of Citrus and Eucalyptus Avenues are the buildings that make up the instruction halls and research centers of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, including some of the original 1917 buildings.

Botanic Gardens

Forming the eastern border of the Riverside campus are the Botanic Gardens, which occupy 40 acres of rugged terrain in the Box Springs foothills. Prominent natural features include two arroyos and a variety of plants native to the site, including brittlebush (Encelia farinosa), California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum), California sagebrush (Artemisia californica) and deerweed (Lotus scoparius). More than four miles of hiking trails traverse the grounds.

In addition to supporting research and education at UCR, the gardens offer a place of respite for students, visitors, and members of the community. Though maintained separately from the Botanic Gardens, UCR’s campus grounds are also landscaped with plants that thrive in Riverside's climate.

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Construction is common as UC Riverside expands.
Active Construction Projects
  • Alumni and Vistors Center
  • New campus commons expansion
  • Engineering Unit 3 and Materials Science Building
  • Psychology Research Building
  • Genomics Building
  • 'Glen Mor' Arroyo Student Housing Apartments
  • CHASS Instructional and Research Center
  • Students Academic Support Services Building

UCR Palm Desert

In fall 2005, UCR opened a new graduate center in Palm Desert in the Coachella Valley. Initially funded by a $6 million gift from a local entrepreneur, the Richard J. Heckmann International Center for Entrepreneurial Management was founded in 2001 and was UCR's first institutional presence in the area. The school encourages Entrepreneurship through an Angel Network, called the Coachella Valley Angel Network (CVAN). The campus focuses on providing master's level instruction in management and in the fine arts.

Administration

As a campus of the University of California system, UCR is governed by a Board of Regents and administered by a president. The current president is Robert C. Dynes.

Chancellors
Chancellors of UC Riverside Years as Chancellor
1 Gordon S. Watkins (1949–1956, provost)
2 Herman Spieth (1956–1964)
3 Ivan Hinderaker (1964–1979)
4 Tomás Rivera (1979–1984) First minority UC chancellor
5 Daniel G. Aldrich (1984–1985, acting)
6 Theodore L. Hullar (1985–1987)
7 Rosemary S.J. Schraer (1987–1992) First female UC Chancellor
8 Raymond L. Orbach (1992–2002)
9 France A. Córdova (2002–present)

Academics

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Biological Science Building

Academic colleges, divisions, and schools

Detailed information can be found here.

Faculty demographics and distinctions

The sex and ethnic breakdown of the full-time faculty in 2004 was:

  • Male — 74.7%
  • Female — 25.3%
  • White — 73%
  • Asian or Pacific Islander — 17.7%
  • Hispanic — 4.6%
  • Black — 2.4%

Between 1995 and 2002, among all institutions in the country, UC Riverside has had either the largest or second-largest number of faculty members named as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A total of 69 UCR faculty members had been elected as fellows through 2002

Webber Hall.

Admissions

For the incoming freshman class of Fall 2006, the average High School GPA was 3.59, the average SAT Reasoning score was 1674, and the average ACT Composite score was 23. Additionally, 43.4% were first generation college students, 38.7% had a low family income, and 24% came from a high school with a low API score. Also, 5.6% of admits came from rural areas, 40.2% came from urban areas, and 54.2% came from suburban areas.

Rankings

In the 2007 issue of US News and World Report's "America's Best College", UC Riverside was ranked 88th among national universities and 39th among public institutions.

Its undergraduate business program was ranked 77th (of 141), and its undergraduate engineering program was 87th (out of 102).

In 2006, the Washington Monthly, which assesses the quality of schools based on social mobility (e.g., percentage of Pell Grant recipients who graduate), academic quality (e.g., percentage of graduates who go on to earn Ph.D.s), and community service ranked UCR 22nd among National Universities.

In the Princeton Review's "Best 361 Colleges, 2006'" guide (ISBN) UCR was listed as one of the "Best Western Colleges" and one of "America's Best Value Colleges". However, the Princeton Review also ranked UCR as one of the worst 20 colleges in the nation for "Professors Get Low Marks ", "Teaching Assistants Teach Too Many Upper-Level Courses" and "Professors Make Themselves Scarce."

Research areas

UCR hosts over 40 distinct research centers, groups and projects spanning the fields of the humanities, social sciences, management, education, engineering, and natural sciences. Total research expenditures at Riverside are significantly concentrated in agriculture. Of statewide economic and fiscal impacts measured in 2002, Riverside spent an upper limit of $329 million on research, with a Real Gross Regional Product (GRP) impact of $615 million, and supported 10,828 jobs in the area. 200 million in expenditures were funded by federal dollars. Top research centers at Riverside by expenditure include:

  • Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Center for Environmental Research and Technology
  • Center for Bibliographical Studies
  • Air Pollution Research Center
  • Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
  • Robert Presley Center for Crime and Justice
  • Center for Ideas and Society
  • Center for Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Center for Research in Intelligent Systems
  • Center for Nanoscience and Engineering


Some notable research centers include:

Air Pollution Research Center

In 1961, the Air Pollution Research Center was established at UCR, due to air pollution having been recognized a decade earlier as a leading cause of crop injury in the Los Angeles Basin. Recently, the American Lung Association ranked Riverside County first in its "Top 26 U.S. Counties Most Polluted by Annual Particle Pollution," with nearby San Bernardino County ranking second. Faculty from the environmental sciences, plant sciences and chemistry departments, as well as the Center for Environmental Research and Technology of the College of Engineering are assigned to the center.

Center for California Native Nations

UCR hosts the Center for California Native Nations, an interdisiplinary research institute dedicated to supporting research for and about the Native Nations of California. This center is supported by the Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs and the Costo Archive of materials relating to American Indian Studies. UCR's History Department grants a master of arts degree as well as a doctorate in American Indian history, and the Ethnic Studies Dept grants a bachelor of arts in Native American studies. Over 30 federally recognized Indian nations reside in Riverside County.

UC Mexus

UCR hosts the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States, an interdisiplinary research institute dedicated to developing and coordinating a university-wide approach to Mexico-related studies. UCR's Department of Hispanic Studies grants degrees in Spanish, while a BA degree in Chicano/a Studies is offered through the Ethnic Studies Department.

Riverside Regional Technology Park

UCR is a primary partner in the Riverside Regional Technology Park, which includes the City of Riverside and the County of Riverside. The park is intended to assist entrepreneurs in developing new products.

Educational Initiatives

Thomas Haider Program in Biomedical Sciences

This program offers a joint medical degree program with UCLA. The first two years of medical instruction are given on the UCR campus. Third- and fourth-year clerkships are served at UCLA and its affiliated medical centers. Students completing the program receive a bachelor of science degree in biomedical sciences from UCR and an M.D. degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Before 2002 the joint program was an accelerated seven-year track offered exclusively to biomedical science majors. In that year, however, the program was lengthened to eight years and opened to all qualified majors at UC Riverside. Up to 24 of each year's applicants are chosen to attend medical school at UCR and UCLA.

Proposed professional schools

Plans to establish both a law school and a medical school have been in progress since Chancellor Orbach’s administration in the 1990s, with the medical school proposal attracting substantial support from industry as well as the local community. The Regents approved UCR's med school proposal on November 16, 2006, and plans to enroll the first four-year medical students in fall 2012.

International initiatives

UCR operates International Education Centers in Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea and Beijing, China. The centers are run in partnership with local authorities and offer the same English language training programs as the main campus in Riverside. Students can transfer credits to UCR and are encouraged to continue their studies in California.

Libraries and collections

The Tomás Rivera Library.
The Science Library.

UCR's library system is divided into general collections, music, media, and science. General collections are housed in the Tomás Rivera Library which has four floors. The current Science Library which was finished in 1999 includes collections in the physical, natural and agricultural sciences, biomedical sciences, and engineering and computer sciences.

Prior to 2000, there were no wireless Internet service on campus. The only computer lab with internet access which was open to all students was inside the Watkins' building across the Tomas Rivera library, on second floor. The university's free wireless internet coverage has been praised by Intel.

The university has special research collections and museums, including an herbarium, one of the world's most important citrus variety collections, and one of the largest entomological museums in the United States.

Other features:

  • UCR is host to the world's largest academic collection of Star Trek material, and it houses the 80,000-volume Eaton Collection of science fiction, horror, fantasy, and utopian literature — the world's largest such compilation available to the general public.
  • UCR administers the UCR/California Museum of Photography in downtown Riverside. With more than 500,000 photographic images and related materials, the museum constitutes the most comprehensive photographic collection in the West; it includes Ansel Adams' Fiat Lux 1965 archive containing photos of UC campuses. Much of the museum's collection is viewable online; its website receives 3.5 million visitors a year and is the most visited photography museum website in the world.
  • The campus library is the home of the world's largest research collection of material on B. Traven, the author of the novel Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

Campus Publications

  • Fiat Lux is the campus magazine which was published four times a year. In Fall of 2006, it was renamed to "UCR" - The magazine of UC Riverside.
  • In 1955, The Cub student newspaper was renamed to The Highlander. Currently, The Highlander is published by the students every Tuesday during the academic year. Student editors, reporters and photographers have weekly meetings to discuss the current events. In newspaper room, there was a dark room which photographers can use to print out only black and white photos for the newspaper in the late 1990's. The online version was originally started around 1999. It was on and off for a while. At the end of year of 2006, it has total of 31 issues online.

Student life

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University Village and Village Bookstore. The movie theater doubles as a classroom in the morning.

Student demographics

Enrollment first surpassed 10,000 students in 1998, Fall 2005 enrollment totaled 16,622 students, of which 14,571 were undergraduates and 2,051 were postgraduates. 90.5 percent of the students came from California, 0.7 were from elsewhere in the United States, 0.8 were international students and 8 percent were unspecified. About 30 percent of the students were enrolled from Riverside or San Bernardino counties. Of bachelor's degrees awarded, 60% are completed within four years, 33% within five years, and 7% within six years. The campus is projected to grow to 21,000 students by 2010. It will continue to grow to about 22,000 students by the year 2015. U.S. News Best Colleges and Universities 2007 ranked UCR as 5th most diverse campus in the nation and was tied with UC Berkeley as having the largest Asian student body. The ethnic breakdown was:

  • Asian/Asian-American — 43%.
  • Caucasian/White — 24.8%
  • Chicano/Latino — 22.4%
  • No response or unknown — 8.2%
  • African American — 5.9%
  • Other ethnic — 2.1%
  • Native American — 0.4%

Athletics

UCR's school mascot, known as Scotty the bear.
UCR's school mascot, known as Scotty the bear.

UCR is in the NCAA Division I of the Big West Conference. Programs include volleyball, soccer, cross country, basketball, indoor and outdoor track and field, baseball, softball, tennis and golf, all for both men and women except for volleyball. Football was played until 1975, and won two state championships before it was discontinued due to the economical impact of Proposition 13 and Title IX on the school. UCR's intramural Karate Club is internationally known and organized under the auspices of the AJKA-I, an independent, national karate organization also hosted at UCR. It annually holds the Shotokan Karate Championships competition in the SRC . For the past two years, the UCR Women's basketball team has represented the Big West Conference in the NCAA Division I tournament but was unfortunately only able to make it to the first round of playoffs.


Facilities

The volleyball and basketball teams play home games in the Student Recreation Center, which seats 3,168. The baseball team competes at the Riverside Sports Complex, just off campus at the corner of Blaine and Rustin streets. Softball is played at the Amy S. Harrison Field, adjacent to the UCR Soccer Stadium on the Lower Fields.

School spirit

UC Riverside has had a traditional student-run pep band in support of athletic events early in the history of the school (playing for football games before the program was dropped), but was dissolved in favor of a "little rock band" for basketball games by the athletic director in 2002. In early 2007, the student pep band re-formed due to the breaking up of the rock band and now performs for the men's and women's home basketball games. The band also follows the women's basketball team to Big West Tournament and NCAA game appearances. UCR fields a traditional cheer team, a "Highlander Girls" dance team, and also a dedicated bagpipe band made up of students and staff which plays at graduation and other campus events. For the women's basketball team's first appearance at the NCAA Tournament in 2006, UCR sent 22 members of the pipe band to support the team and play at halftime due to the lack of a pep band at the time. More recently with the reformation of the pep band, nine members of the pipe band team supplemented the UCR pep band for the women's second appearance at the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament at the Galen Center.

Student organizations

fraternities and sororities

Alpha Phi Omega was the first national fraternity approved on January 10th of 1968. In the late 1990's, most of them did not have on-campus houses due to physical limitation, historical reasons and local laws. Unlike some other fraternities and sororities at other colleges, UCR's greek chapters have less Caucasians, more Asians and Hispanics. There are also ethic based chapters for Asians, Blacks and Hispanics.

KUCR Radio

The campus hosts KUCR, a student- and community-programmed radio station, which broadcasts at 88.3 FM from the Box Springs Mountains. The station plays a variety of independent music.

ASUCR

The Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR) is the official representative of undergraduates on the Riverside campus. It is guided by a Senate composed of 20 elected officers representing three undergraduate colleges in proportion to their enrollment.

ASPB

The Associated Students Program Board (ASPB) is a fourteen-member student organization responsible for planning on campus entertainment to students. ASPB is comprised of six various student run divisions which include; concerts, films and lectures, cultural events, special events as well as a marketing and leadership division. ASPB's major events include the Block Party Concert, Student Film Festival, International Film Festival, World Fest, Welcome Week, Homecoming and Spring Splash. .

Housing

UCR's residence halls consist of three structures: Aberdeen-Inverness, Lothian, and Pentland Hills, which house more than 3,000 students (including 75% of the freshman class) in triple, double and single rooms. UCR also features a large array of on-campus apartment complexes such as Stonehaven, Bannockburn and Village Plaza, and International Village. UCR also offers family student housing at the Canyon Crest Family Student Housing community. In fall 2007, 'Glen Mor' Arroyo Student housing, an upscale housing complex adjacent to Pentland Hills, will open for juniors and seniors.

Reflecting UCR's diversity, a number of ethnic-, gender- and academic-oriented residence halls or theme floors have been established. These include a hall for students in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; a hall for students in the University Honors program; combined halls for majors in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and the Bourns College of Engineering; and a hall for transfer students. Student-initiated theme halls include Unete a Mundo, for students seeking to support Latino or Chicano students in acclimating to life at UCR; a Pan African Theme Hall for students interested in developing consciousness of African culture in relation to other cultures of the world; and Stonewall Hall, dedicated to students of all gender identities and sexual orientations who wish to live in a gender-neutral community.

According to a 2005 College Board profile, 28 percent of all undergraduates lived on campus. Housing is available to all students for their first year, and 76 percent of all first-year students lived on campus. Thirty percent of students remained on campus for the weekend.

Campus security

Campus security is handled by the University of California Police Department (UCPD), which sends bulletins and other crime-prevention information via e-mail. Police officers of the University of California Police Department are armed, duly sworn peace officers of the State of California. Empowered by section 830.2(b) of the California Penal Code, UCPD officers possess the same authority, and adhere to the same state-mandated standards, as municipal police officers. Therefore, under California law, UCPD officers may enforce laws and make arrests anywhere in the state however, they concentrate their focus on the campus and its immediate environs. UCPD operates 24 hour a day, 365 days a year as it serves as the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for all 9-1-1 system calls originating from telephones located on campus. The department employs full-time Police Officers and part-time Community Service Officers (CSOs, which are student employees) to provide public safety services to the campus community.

The department has a website that contains information about the department, safety, crime prevention, crime statistics, a press log and crime bulletins . Officers are involved in outreach to community groups and student programs, and about one third are UCR graduates. The student newspaper has a weekly column titled The Rap Sheet, which highlights police activity for the previous week.

Notable alumni and faculty

See also

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