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. Read more...

Photo: Undergraduate student government presidential candidates (from left) Taylor Bazley, John Joanino and Carly Yoshida speak at the debate Saturday evening.

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. Read more...