Saturday, March 14, 2026
How many times have you opened up Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Snapchat in the past day? If you’re like any normal college student, you probably look at your various social media platform a couple times a day, or, who are we kidding, dozens of times a day. It’s not hard to figure out that social media has taken a...
Name: Wang Cho Korean BBQ Rating: 4/5 Location: 3639 Riverside Plaza Drive Riverside, CA 92506 Price Range: $$ Hours: Mon – Sat: 11:30 am – 12:00 am Sun: 11:30 am – 11:00 pm Category: Korean, Barbeque Credit/Debit Card: Yes Takeout: No Delivery: No Other amenities: Bike Parking, Full Bar, Outdoor Seating, TV, Waiter Service, Takes Reservations   On a rainy, Wednesday evening, with growling stomachs, a few friends and I decided to eat at Wang Cho, a conveniently located Korean barbecue restaurant...
Name: After’s Ice Cream Rating: 3.5/5 Location: 1201 University Ave Riverside, CA 92507 Price Range: $ Hours: Mon – Sun: 12:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. Category: Desserts, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Credit/Debit Card: Yes Takeout: Yes Delivery: No Other amenities: Bike Parking, Validated Parking, Outdoor Seating, TV, Beer and Wine, Accepts Apple Pay   If I knew with confidence that my opinions were shared on behalf of the entire UCR student body, I would say that the addition of an...
UC Riverside Residential Life’s annual drag show and dance, Underground, was held at the Aberdeen-Inverness Residential Restaurant on Saturday, Jan. 21 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.   At 8 p.m., doors opened and attendants got in line for the photobooth and snack table. In the lounge area, drag makeup tutorials were being held until the show officially started at...
Aside from being a professor of creative writing at UC Riverside, Katie Ford is an American poet who has published a wide array of poems and volumes of poetry including “Storm” (2007) and “Colosseum” (2008) . Her work has been showcased in various prestigious outlets including The New Yorker and The Paris Review, and she recently served as one...
  In July of 2016, UCR assistant professor Cecilia Cheung, Ph. D, was awarded the American Psychological Association’s 2016 Early Career Research Grant in Developmental Psychology to assist the funding of her ongoing research project titled, “Where is the Pygmalion? The Role of Parents’ Expectation in Children’s Learning,” which is expected to be completed in the summer of 2017. This...
  When writing your goals for the upcoming year, instead of thinking, “I need to become healthy,” think, “I need to become healthier.” Rather than making one extensive plan that will most likely fall apart, pinpoint main areas of personal health concerns. Everyone’s needs are different. Some of us need to lose a few pounds or need to remain in...
  To honor Martin Luther King Jr., the impactful civil rights activist who is credited for leading a nonviolent approach to gaining rights in the 1960s, African Student Programs (ASP), amongst many other on-campus organizations, organized a three-part celebration on Wednesday, Jan. 11. The day was originally planned to start with a noon event at the Bell Tower (which was...
Title: The sacrifices for privilege Author: Adrian Garcia   Being of Mexican descent, I often don’t realize the sacrifices that were made to allow me to live the life I have here in the United States. If it weren’t for my grandparents, I wouldn’t be in the privileged situation I am in. My grandfather made the ultimate sacrifice to leave my grandmother...
  In light of the shitstorm that was 2016, the prospects for 2017 are definitely more hopeful. It won’t be easy to recover from one of the weirdest elections in U.S. history, the death of American icon Harambe and Mariah Carey’s tragic New Year’s performance, but as a nation we must move forward. 2017 will be the year in which...