<div dir="ltr">Please see an important message below from Amy Litt about the R'garden.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Amy Litt</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:amy.litt@ucr.edu">amy.litt@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 2:54 PM<br>Subject: Help save the R'Garden<br>To: <br>Cc: Boris Baer <<a href="mailto:borisbar@ucr.edu">borisbar@ucr.edu</a>>, Bodil Cass <<a href="mailto:bodilc@ucr.edu">bodilc@ucr.edu</a>>, Ysabel Giraldo <<a href="mailto:ysabel.giraldo@ucr.edu">ysabel.giraldo@ucr.edu</a>>, John Heraty <<a href="mailto:heraty@ucr.edu">heraty@ucr.edu</a>>, Kerry Mauck <<a href="mailto:kerry.mauck@ucr.edu">kerry.mauck@ucr.edu</a>>, Quinn McFrederick <<a href="mailto:quinn.mcfrederick@ucr.edu">quinn.mcfrederick@ucr.edu</a>>, Jessica Purcell <<a href="mailto:jessica.purcell@ucr.edu">jessica.purcell@ucr.edu</a>>, Erin Rankin <<a href="mailto:erin.rankin@ucr.edu">erin.rankin@ucr.edu</a>>, Richard Redak <<a href="mailto:rick.redak@ucr.edu">rick.redak@ucr.edu</a>>, Christiane Weirauch <<a href="mailto:christiane.weirauch@ucr.edu">christiane.weirauch@ucr.edu</a>>, Hollis Woodard <<a href="mailto:hollis.woodard@ucr.edu">hollis.woodard@ucr.edu</a>>, Naoki Yamanaka <<a href="mailto:yamanaka@ucr.edu">yamanaka@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div id="m_7841609658190131716gmail-:13ug" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="direction:ltr;min-height:274px" aria-controls=":1a3i" aria-expanded="false"><div id="m_7841609658190131716gmail-:13qr" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="direction:ltr;min-height:224px" aria-controls=":19i9" aria-expanded="false">Hi Entomology People,<div>I am asking for your last minute down-to-the-wire help. You may know there is a student election going on right now, and the R'Garden referendum is on the ballot. In order for the referendum to count, we need 20% of the student body to vote before 1:00 pm tomorrow. As of 12:15 pm today, we are at 13.37% so far short.</div><div><br></div><div>We have students and staff all over campus now encouraging students to vote but it is an uphill battle as you can see.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are teaching, would you mind asking your students to please vote (either in class, or if you don't meet, via Canvas)? If you are not, would you spread the word to any undergraduates you work with, and your colleagues?</div><div><br></div><div>Undergraduates were all emailed a ballot at 8:00 am Monday. They can also vote at the Bell Tower, the Student Success Center, Lothian, or Glasgow. It takes 3 minutes. </div><div><br></div><div>As you may know, there is currently no plan B for the R'Garden. No other campus unit is willing to pick up the budget. So if this referendum fails, we may not have an R'Garden next year.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Amy</div></div></div></div>
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