CDC infested with flesh-eating piranhas

The Child Development Center (CDC) Building A was shut down last week due to a piranha infestation. University experts will work on clearing the infestation, and it should open in about six weeks or...

Highlanders around the Big West

D’Antoni headed down the 91 freeway? On Monday, it was announced that UC Riverside reached out to Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni to gauge his interest in coaching the Highlanders. Sources told the Highlander...

Club Spotlight: The Cult of Scotty the Bear

Since the founding of UCR in 1954 one thing has stood the test of time as the foundation for the university’s consistent academic excellence and achievement. Most would tell you it’s the citrus fields...

Supreme Court to rule on men’s health

Today, in the matter of Citizens for Justice vs. The National Health Care Providers of America, the Supreme Court will decide whether nationalized health care plans should cover the expense of male circumcisions and...

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...

Bibliowhat: What is not noir?

“You’re just missing a cigarette.” The voice erupted in front of me like a squirt gun to the heart. I looked up and saw a man that could only be described as svelte, a word...

The Universal Houses of Californios

House Highland of River's Landing "Ours is the Side" The powerful family of the current king, Wilcox Highland, first of his name, may glory be unto him. An old house that grew much of its original...

Supreme Court set to rule on UCR postseason ban

For the first time in 101 years, UC Riverside men’s basketball team was banned from the postseason for poor academic grades. This means that the first-ranked Highlanders will miss out on their chance to...

Editorial: The arts and humanities: Why the forgotten relics are still important

Well, it was great while it lasted.  This is the final edition of the Highlander. As the University of California, Riverside marches ever onward to secure its place in history as the premier university of...

Stern voids Session’s trade

PBHAK’S CORNER The NBA commissioner David Stern pulled off the biggest bombshell out of all the craziness in the world of sports by reversing the Sessions deal. Stern actions prove to eclipse other sport headlines...