In a joint statement issued Saturday, April 1, former U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the former senior editor of Breitbart News, Milo Yiannopoulos, has switched bodies with the editor-in-chief of The Highlander, Myles Andrews-Duve. This comes as result of the “Freaky Friday” pandemic that hit globally over the weekend.
This exchange entails...
NBA superstar LeBron James is set to become a free agent after the 2017-18 season and has narrowed down his potential suitors to four teams. James has spent the past four seasons playing for his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers, but will most likely be looking for a change of scenery this summer as he enters the twilight years of his...
On April 1, Elon Musk took to Twitter to announce his upcoming investment to UC Riverside’s entomology department. The investment of approximately $3.14 million would be used to create a new insect-based milkshake for the colonization of Mars.
Elon Musk is the cofounder and CEO of Tesla, Inc., co-founder of PayPal and founder and CEO of SpaceX. SpaceX is...
What does it mean to be “woke?” Being woke involves a number of things. Firstly, to be woke, one has to acknowledge what is wrong with the world, no matter what people say. Face the facts sheeple, there is a lot wrong with the world and not everyone has the guts to stand up for what is right. To...
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Away from the Swamp: Why the soundtracks of Shrek 1 and Shrek 2 are musical masterpieces that never die
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As I walked around Far Far Away Record Store, wallowing in the thought of never seeing our beloved Green One again, I suddenly heard a sound. “Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me,” the words proclaimed. Now, the Green One had certainly rolled me before, but I couldn’t be sure. As the words continued with, “I...
The student inside the Scotty costume, Wright Schroot, has been placed under psychiatric evaluation after brutally attacking spectators during UC Riverside’s baseball match against UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) on Friday, March 31. While Schroot was apprehended unscathed, seven students have been hospitalized with minor to major injuries.
“One minute he was dancing, the next he was absolutely feral,” recalled...
"You can't handle the truth!" were the last words Jack Nicholson snarled at Los Angeles Lakers owner Jim Buss IV following the Lakers’ latest home loss to the Washington Bullets, which dropped the team to 9-42 on the season. Reports are that the 176 year old actor confronted Buss on the struggling franchise's condition and later relinquished his season...
UCR Professor of Cetology Captain Ahab has been awarded a $5 million grant by the Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) based in Japan. The grant will be used to support the professor’s five-year voyage to hunt the legendary sperm whale Moby Dick, who was responsible for over 30 shipwrecks last year.
Approximately $3 million went to purchase a world-class vessel...
University officials recently approved the construction of a 600-foot hydroelectric dam to contain the mouth of the majestic Colorado River that snakes through parts of UC Riverside. Monikered the “Great Wall of Scotty,” the $100 million dam will be constructed in place of Parking Lot 30, which has seen scanty use from the 22,000 Highlanders who mostly live on...
On Wednesday, March 23, the UC Riverside chancellor’s house, located on Watkins Drive, was destroyed after the UCR C fell off of a helicopter chain that was transporting the landmark. No one was harmed during the incident, as Chancellor Kim Wilcox was on a family vacation during spring break.
At around 9:30 a.m. a team of three helicopters hooked up...











