Highlander Staff
The Freshman Fifteen: UCR’s Most Terrifying
1. The Scotty bench-statue at night
It stares at you in the darkness. Always.
2. The gas-emitting greenhouses
Who knows what they’re really cooking up there. Probably...
The Freshman Fifteen: Stress Relievers
1. Take Martial Arts.
The Student Recreation Center has a variety of fun and cheap ways to burn calories and kick ass. Just remember, violence...
UCR Around the Globe: St. Petersburg, Russia
Name: Victoria Sarantapoulos
Status: Fourth year
Major: Global Studies/Peace and Conflict Studies
City: St. Petersburg, Russia
Host Institution: St. Petersburg State University
Upon receiving my acceptance letter to St....
Senators struggle to approve judicial branch
On Oct. 14, ASUCR senators voted to delay the approval of the Judicial Branch by a simple majority of 8-4-2 due to limited knowledge...
UCR participates in worldwide earthquake drill
UCR students, faculty and staff were part of an estimated 9.6 million Californians who participated in the sixth annual Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill...
The Freshman Fifteen: All-Nighter Survival
1. Space out the caffeine intake.
-Three Red Bulls won’t make you three times as productive, but it will make you crash three times as...
Brown’s immigration reform loosens state restrictions for undocumented immigrants
Gov. Jerry Brown last week signed a raft of legislation relating to undocumented immigrants, including measures that would enable undocumented immigrants to obtain licenses...
UCR Around the Globe: London, UK
Name: Kimberly Huang
Major: Business Administration
Area of Study: London, UK
Year: Junior
Due to indecisiveness and procrastination, studying abroad seemed perpetually labeled as “saved for later” on...
UC Riverside feels ripple effects of government shutdown
For the first time since 1996, the United States government was forced to shut down temporarily after Congress failed to agree on a spending...
The Lab: research from UCR and the UC system
UCR: National transportation center seeks to improve sustainability
UC Riverside was selected to collaborate with a national transportation research center headed by UC Davis to...