UCR Around the Globe: Italy
Name: Andrew Whall
Status: Senior
Major: Bioengineering
Country: Italy
So that moment finally arrives when I’m left standing alone in LAX with that “Oh my God, what did I get myself into?” feeling. It was then that it...
Student artists Chalk the Walk
A massive blue wave rises out of the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean, its cobalt color transforming to white as it crests. Rowboats lie below it, directly in its path, struggling to remain...
Former mayor, author and stuntman now teaches UCR students Aikido
Kevin Bash is a city councilman, an author, an actor, a business owner, a former mayor and stuntman. Now the UC Riverside alumnus spends a good fraction of his time teaching students on this...
The Deutschland Diaries: Excerpts of the experiences and misadventures of a UCR student studying...
A Weekend in Amsterdam
May 9-15
One of the greatest things about Germany would have to be its location. With its position smack-dab in the middle of Europe, you are only some hours away from a...
Food Truck Festival rolls into UCR
With the food truck trend taking the restaurant scene by storm, UCR had the privilege of hosting its first-ever Food Truck Festival last Wednesday, May 15. Unique culinary options were provided, from The Viking...
Michael Lauchlan: Student, inventor, philanthropist and entrepreneur
Students with goals and dreams may think that they have to wait until after graduation to achieve them. For some, their time is now. Michael Lauchlan, a fifth-year transfer student majoring in linguistics and...
Restaurant Review: Rockstar Shrimp
4 out of 5 stars
When someone has a dire hankering for seafood, UCR students and Riverside residents can find refuge in Rockstar Shrimp—located up Blaine Street at the University Shopping Center—to crush their craving....
A View From the Top: Interview with carillonneur David Christensen
Hidden away in plain sight, sitting at the top of the Bell Tower, UC Riverside carillonneur David Christensen sometimes forgets that he is performing for students. “Sometimes I want to stop and play a...
The Deutschland Diaries: Excerpts of the experiences and misadventures of a UCR Student studying...
May Day
May 1
“Happy New Year!” shouted an alcohol-slurred voice among the multitude of faces.
This was the greeting my friends and I met as we got off the U-Bahn and into the crowd that consumed...
One-on-one with ASUCR President Liam Dow
There are many words one could use to describe the eventful year that ASUCR had. In the past eight months, UC Riverside’s student government faced a multitude of issues ranging from painstaking elections to...