DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN
Take a peek at Del’s performance at the Barn.
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FOR THE WEEK OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015
UC to require measles, other vaccinations AARON GRECH Senior Staff Writer
In light of the recent measles outbreak at Disneyland, the UC has announced that it will now require screening for tuberculosis and vaccination for measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, meningococcus, tetanus and whooping cough by 2017 for enrolled students. Currently, the UC only requires students to be vaccinated for hepatitis B. According to UC Office of the President Media Specialist Shelly Meron, the plan has been in progress for almost a year and the system will begin an awareness campaign for the vaccination requirements in fall 2015. During this campaign, the UC will notify students about the vaccines and will implement policies in a couple of stages. By 2016, students will be expected but not required to submit their vaccination information to the university’s electronic medical records. By fall 2017, the UC will place a hold on students’ registration if they do not meet the vaccination requirements. Brandon Prell, a thirdyear cellular and molecular biology major, gave his opinion on the process. “While everyone should get vaccinated
HEAT TICKET SCALPING SCORCHES CONCERT ATTENDEES
VINCENT TA / HIGHLANDER Underneath an added “sold out” sign on top of a Heat advertisement reads a HUB warning: “Tickets will sell out!”
SANDY VAN Senior Staff Writer
UCR Free and For Sale and UCR Craigslist are some of the few Facebook groups UCR students might turn to sell merchan-
dise — particularly Heat Music Festival 2015 tickets, which are often resold at a higher-than-usual price. Though the Highlander Union Building (HUB) currently does not have any regulatory powers when it comes to ticket
scalping, some question whether or not there should be greater HUB oversight over this illegal act. With Chance the Rapper and
Representing 240,000 students from across the UC system, the UC student regents held an open forum on Feb. 11 in HUB 367 to present their main initiatives for the year and to recruit students who will fill their shoes in the future. 2014-15 UC Student Regent Sadia Saifuddin has voting power on the UC Board of Regents. UCLA senior Abraham “Avi” Oved, student regentdesignate, sits on the board meetings without voting power and will take over Saifuddin’s position next year. The student regent works with the student regent-designate as a mentor to prepare them for the student regent position. “At the end of the day, there is no prescription. There is no cookie-cutter trajectory to become Student Regent,” Oved said. The student regent position is a two-year term with the first year starting as a student regent-designate. Students are required to fill out an application and list three references from within or outside the UC system. “Just three people that can vouch for who you are, your character, your integrity and your work ethic,” Oved said. ► SEE REGENTS, PAGE 4
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NEWS 1 • OPINIONS 5 • FEATURES 9 • A&E 13 • SPORTS 24
SANDY VAN Senior Staff Writer
► SEE HEAT, PAGE 4
► SEE MEASLES, PAGE 4
Shakespeare play “Measure for Measure,” produced by the department of theatre, film and digital production, is acted by many of UCR’s student talent.
UC student regents present projects, recruit students
K A R AT E CLUB
TRISH CARAGAN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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admit I know little of karate. Thinking of people in white uniforms and black belts, I was introduced to Narine Karapetyan, Karate Club president and third-year neuroscience major, and Kevin Gomez, a Karate Club member and fourthyear economics and political science double-major. As I examine the logo on the Narine’s jacket, two words catch my attention: “Karate Club.” Karate began on the island of Okinawa. All weapons, including swords, were banned
throughout the island. Since the inhabitants did not have any weapons, they secretly trained in empty-hand techniques to defend themselves. These techniques would later become known as karate. The UCR club began around the 1960s when the physical education department had its own karate program under instructor Ray Dalke, who was certified by the Japanese Karate Association and shared his lessons with the ► SEE KARATE CLUB, PAGE 12
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