April Fools

by / on April 4, 2013 at 10:01 am / in April Fools

New Era restaurant review

If you have ever been down University Avenue you may have noticed a boarded up brown building in between the Dynamite Café and Solar Panel Movie Theater. Recently, a respected age-old establishment bought this sad depleted building. Starbucks Incorporated has [...]

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by / on April 3, 2013 at 11:50 pm / in April Fools

Students undress to relieve stress in 17th annual Naked Run

In what has become the most popular tradition in UC Riverside history, students revealed it all last week as they ran across campus for the 17th annual UCR Naked Run. The campus was littered with shirts, skirts, briefs and bras [...]

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by / on April 3, 2013 at 11:45 pm / in April Fools

One-on-one with Delfina Nobel Prize Winner Delfina Leocadia Robles

Firstly, where did your interest in biological engineering come from? I’ve always enjoyed learning things and I think that working in Science gives you that opportunity to be a lifelong student. You probably think I’m crazy, but I like learning. [...]

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by / on April 3, 2013 at 11:17 pm / in April Fools

UCR Around the Galaxy: Earth’s first student to study abroad in Mars

Name: Marie Goodall van Leeuwenhoek Year: Junior Major: Microbiology Area of Study: Extraterrestrial Studies Planet: Mars When our space ship Minerva landed on the surface of Mars a few months ago, I looked out the window to get a better [...]

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by / on April 2, 2013 at 6:04 am / in April Fools

News In Brief

Students camp outside of Student Services Building Thousands of students have set up tents around the Student Services Building in hopes of gaining further financial assistance for paying off their high tuition fees. With lines wrapping around the Highlander Union [...]

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by / on April 2, 2013 at 6:04 am / in April Fools

New technology unshreds long-lost ASUCR votes

Exactly 100 years following the controversial secret ballot votes on five pieces of legislation, ASUCR has finally released each senator’s votes. Thanks to the newly-developed Fellowes Unshredder, the destroyed paper ballots were able to be recovered and shared with the [...]

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by / on April 2, 2013 at 6:04 am / in April Fools

UCR ranked safest university in the galaxy

A celebratory ceremony was held in the Bing Center March 30, where both students and guest speakers alike donned campus safety escort attire—consisting of yellow shirts and maglites—signifying a centennial of reduced criminal activity. UCR honored the recommendations made by [...]

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by / on April 2, 2013 at 6:04 am / in April Fools

CNAS building to replace decrepit Watkins Hall

A jet-fueled bulldozer is set to demolish Watkins Hall next week, as students will be forced to evacuate the last-standing building for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Liberal Education (HASSLE) department. Funded by a $54 million grant from private [...]

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by / on April 2, 2013 at 6:04 am / in April Fools

State defunds UC

Governor Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill 007, which eliminates all forms of state funding to the UC system. During a celebratory speech made at the UCR Bing Center, Governor Brown withdrew the final dollar from the university coffers, with [...]

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by / on April 2, 2013 at 6:04 am / in April Fools

Letter from the editorial board

Dear Highlanders, After decades of disinvestments from the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Liberal Education (HASSLE), the Highlander can no longer continue to function alongside an administration that has continued to shun a liberal education. With the discovery of an [...]

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