Name: Linda On
Status: Second-year
Major : Pre-Business/Business Administration
City: Florence, Italy
Host Institution: UC Center Florence
Ciao, my fellow Highlanders.
This time last year I remember applying to study abroad in Florence, Italy for the summer of 2013. To be completely honest, I didn’t think I was going to go through with it because I was in my first year of college and still...
Carina Glasser
Second Year
Media and Cultural Studies Major, Spanish Minor
France
UC Center Paris (Language and Culture Program)
I came to France without knowing any of the language, the culture or the monuments (besides the Eiffel Tower and “bonjour”). I was worried that I would get lost and not be able to find my way home, or I would try to order a...
Last Friday night at HUB 302, everyone was dressed their best in formal shirts and ties or dresses and heels. Along the walls, there were stacks upon stacks of fresh pizza and churros ready for sale, a variety of items for auction, and a professional photo area. And at the heart of it all was a bona fide stage,...
Whether there is something in the air — or lack thereof — UCR shined a little bit brighter in the first week of winter quarter. As of Jan. 2, 2014, R’side joined over 1,100 colleges and universities in the nationwide smoke and tobacco-free campus policy: Clearing the Air. UCR threw a celebration to not only celebrate the air and...
University Village is experiencing something of a restaurant Renaissance this academic year. Last September marked the twin openings of Calibasil and Oven 450, and more arrivals are incoming, with posters hinting at venues like a new sports bar. This year, UCR students will have more dining options than ever before.
The newest addition to the burgeoning basket of eateries sprouting...
The first few pages of 365 have now been written. Some use a pen to remember the permanent memories. Others use a pencil to sketch pieces of foggy memories back together. Whether 2013 ended with a party with Uncle Frank and Auntie Anne or with our old friends, Jack Daniel and Captain Morgan, the first day of 2014 is...
Rating: 4.5/5
The slogan written on the menus and business cards of Elias Pita confidently states that the restaurant serves the “Best Middle Eastern Food” around. One might think it’s quite a bold statement to make considering the many options of Middle Eastern food in Riverside these days, but after getting a taste of the absolutely addicting hummus and mouth-watering...
1. Give your parents a hug
You probably wouldn’t survive college without them. Also, you wouldn’t exist.
2. See some old friends
Some high school friendships aren’t meant to last, but you won’t know which until you spend one more awkward day with them. Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?
3. Check out your new classes on iLearn
Some professors...
Name: Alix Conde
Year: Junior
Major: Theater
City, Country: Paris, France
Host Institution: UC Paris
“I can look down on Paris and know why it is called the City of Light. It sparkles with lights and flowers. In the twelfth century Paris was not called that, and yet even then it was a city of light — the light of knowledge … It was...
“Students of UC Riverside are against the violence in Saudi Arabia” read the large black letters scrawled onto a plain, white canvas by UC Riverside’s Abyssinian Student Union (ASU) President Menbere Dejenie and fellow ASU member Leah Takele. The yellows, greens and reds of Ethiopia’s national colors took the form of headbands, flags and long, plastic horns used by energized...