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UCR ahead of colleges in first-generation success by Vickie Vértiz
versity is the single California school to be named. The UIA group of schools and foundations will work with $5.7 million in grants and matching funds from campuses to identify the most successful degree-attainment programs and duplicate them at other schools, said UCR Today. UC
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Riverside is the site of very strong graduation rates for firstgeneration students, completing programs at the same rate as other students. The university will share its successful programs made up of include supplemental instruction, support Please see page 4
Safer roads for bicyclists in California thanks to mandatory 3-feet buffer zone by Jennifer schlueter Until last week, drivers were required to keep a “safe,” but unspecified, distance to bicyclists. However, this law didn’t protect bicyclists enough, because, for example, in 2012, data from the California Highway Patrol found that
“more than 150 cyclists were killed in car collisions in California”, according to the Los Angeles Times. Additionally, “in Los Angeles County, nearly 5,000 cyclists were killed or hurt in traffic that year” and the number of bicycle collisions has
Rep. Adam Schiff votes for the plan to arm the moderate Syrian opposition forces Wednesday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), a senior Member of the House Intelligence Committee and author of legislation providing a limited and narrow authorization for use of military force against ISIL with an 18-month sunset, voted for the President’s funding request to train and equip the moderate Syrian opposition forces. He spoke earlier on the House Floor about the decision to support the resolution, and released this statement after the vote: “This afternoon I cast my vote to approve the President’s funding request to support the training and equipping of moderate Syrian opposition forces. I did so after long consideration, and mindful of the difficulties of vetting such a force during the middle of a brutal civil war. “Any decision to supply arms to combatants must be weighed carefully; indeed, for the last several years I have opposed arming the Syrian rebels out of a concern for our ability to properly vet such troops and the fear that weapons we provide may end up in the wrong hands. Those concerns persist, but they have been overcome by the growing menace of ISIL and the willingness of our regional allies to play a greater --
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UC Riverside was named along with ten other public research universities and six national foundations in the University Innovation Alliance, which shares best-practices in college success programs for first-generation, low-income, and students of color. UCR Today reported that the uni-
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