RCC Promise Program helps students combat financial barriers

By Joannah Clemente Riverside City College’s Promise Program persists in championing academic excellence by ensuring affordability and dismantling financial roadblocks for students. The Promise Program offers cost-free education for the first two years, catering to certificates, associate degrees and university transfer students. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and nursing degrees are waived for three…

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New Undocu-Allies club on RCC campus helps students find resources

A previous version of this story misspelled Tina Stavropoulos. By Nigel Lopez Riverside City College’s up-and-coming Undocu-Allies Club is an organization on campus created in the past three months by student Xochitl Lemus to address the needs of undocumented students. Undocu-Allies Club’s goals are to provide community and a safe haven for undocumented students who…

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ASUCR votes on resolution to divest $1 million from Israeli allies

By Nigel Lopez ASUCR divests $1 million dollars from Israeli allies in solidarity with Palestinian citizens of Gaza, becoming the third University of California student government body in the nation to pass a Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution.  SR-W24-005 passed with a unanimous ASUCR vote and is the third after UCLA and UC Davis’…

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