Spring Break: How to do Las Vegas on a budget
When the sun peeks out from clouds, legs creep out from pants and students burst out in celebration, it can only mean one thing: the end of winter quarter. UCR students are caught daydreaming...
There can be only one: Finals: one week to rule them all
UCR is changing. I feel it in the nonexistent river. I feel it on top of the C. I smell it in the trees. Much that once was, is now lost, for none who...
Restaurant Review: Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor
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...
Bonfire kicks off homecoming weekend
Life was a party on Friday night, March 1. In between Interdisciplinary Building South and the softball field, a huge piñata of a tiger was set to burn at the stack of wood underneath...
Peter Ajoku writes a song for UCR
It’s homecoming week, a couple of hours before Heat is to begin. Finally, the majority of students are staying in Riverside for the weekend. The men’s basketball game is filled with fans shouting on...
Best Sex Ever
Students huddled into HUB 302 on Feb. 19 for what was not your average academic event. There was a particular question on everyone's minds that they hoped the program would answer: how can I...
2nd annual Dance Marathon makes UCR move
As a loud, vibrating bass pumped from the gym on the evening of Feb. 23, students united to dance for UCR's second annual Dance Marathon fundraiser. The theme of the night was Gandhi's quote,...
On The Line, a painting exhibition by Susan Ossman
Vibrant, energetic and poetic are the words that spring to mind at Susan Ossman’s On The Line painting exhibition. On first entering, dozens of oil on canvas pieces brighten the walls of La Sierra...
Perfect Imperfections: a discussion of body image and self-acceptance
When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Do you think that there is something wrong with the way you look? Do you think other people will judge you because of the...
Undie run: a brief tradition in the making
A great university tradition is one of the strongest qualities a school can have. For example, Virginia Tech has the annual Civilians vs. Cadets Snowball Fight. A fire alarm is pulled, sending civilian students...