Author Archives: Kristen Taketa

Future of student loan interest rates is uncertain with passage of House bill

The fate of federal student loan interest rates is up in the air after the Republican-majority House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would tie interest rates to market-based rates. The bill is the House’s solution for subsidized federal student loan interest rates, which are set to double to 6.8 percent on July 1 […]

Minority of workers participate in strike

Only about a quarter of union workers participated in this week’s planned strike at health systems across the University of California. About 75 percent of the union workers came to work for their scheduled shifts during the strike, which lasted from Tuesday to Thursday morning, said Dianne Klein, a UC spokeswoman. The American Federation of […]

Slate loyalties, student crowds made for heated USAC debates

Slate loyalties ran high in the audience and among candidates at the undergraduate student government candidate debate Saturday night.
More than 400 students attended the debate in De Neve Auditorium to hear the 23 candidates, who are running for 13 elected council positions on the Undergraduate Students Association Council, speak.

John Joanino runs for USAC president with LET’S ACT! slate

wo years ago, John Joanino used his own money to start a scholarship for teens in need at his old high school in Riverside.
He did so because he understands where they’re coming from – an underfunded school in a low-income neighborhood wracked by gang violence.