By: Adrian Dizon
The power and influence of cinema was very much alive during the documentary film screening of “Nana Dijo” on Thursday, Oct. 13 in INTS 1113. The screening was a collaborative effort hosted by UC Mexus and the Center for Ideas and Society and Cinema Culturas and drew a diverse crowd of students from the local area, academic...
Last Thursday evening business owner and entrepreneur Johnny Earle (famously known as Johnny Cupcakes) came to speak at UC Riverside. Around 150 students attended the event to hear Earle tell his personal story of how he began a successful t-shirt business from scratch, as well as give invaluable advice to the audience about starting and running a business.
The evening...
Here we go again, the most dreaded but also exciting time of the year for students. Summer break is over and it’s time to accustom yourself to the college lifestyle, which is a lot easier said than done. With every new school year comes something unexpected; whatever got you through last year might not work this time around. Whether...
On Thursday, Nov. 7, aesthetic fluorescent light bulbs dimly lit up HUB 302. Students helped themselves to free refreshments and pastries as they eagerly awaited for the Open Mic Night to begin, hosted by HUB Programs. While the aroma of Starbucks coffee, cheese danishes and blueberry muffins filled the room, the first performers take the stage.
The event began around...
Only a couple of weeks ago, Susan Straight, UCR’s beloved professor of the creative writing department, received the 2013 Robert Kirsch Award. This award, presented at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, recognizes a body of work about the American West. Right alongside other noted writers, like John Green, professor Straight accepted her award in front of 1,200...
Growing up my mother would make us breakfast burritos when she had the time. Bean, egg and cheese, or ham, egg and cheese and my favorite, chorizo, egg and cheese. Despite loving chorizo, I was constantly put off by the texture and the fact it consisted of mushed up animal byproducts. I stopped eating chorizo in my teen years...
Here are some of my most recent favorite Trader Joe’s products. These food and beverage items are perfect for the busy college student on the go and are budget friendly.
Mini Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
These Trader Joe’s mini chocolate peanut butter cups are amazing and well priced. Coming in at $4.99, they are worth every single penny.
Spicy Chai Tea...
The front door to Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor next to Castle Park in Riverside is a time machine that can transport any customer back to 1905. One step in and I was hit with a breeze of sugary sweetness. Resting upon the chestnut wall was an American flag ribbon encircling the entire restaurant, leading gazes all the way to...
We made it, we made it through the New Year’s kiss, the awkward questionnaire with family and basically anything the holiday can romanticize. Whereas some plan on spending the rest of the year with the person they spent the first minute of it with, others hope to find that person. Some people tried that for 2014 and, well, it...