1. The Bell Tower
The symbol of our campus, and it plays enough music to make Quasimoto blush in embarrassment.
2. Scotty’s Grill by Glen Mor
We mentioned they sell awesome burgers and sandwiches, right? You should go. Now.
3. Coffee Bean's late hours
Sometimes you need a latte late at night. And for all those times, Coffee Bean has you covered.
4. Nooners
Few things...
4 out of 5 stars
With just a short walk down University Avenue, the University Village is the perfect getaway for students to lose themselves in a movie at the theater or already plan out winter break at Starbucks. And, as the clouds find their home over R'side for the season, the University Village offers another warm roof for everyone...
1. The Scotty bench-statue at night
It stares at you in the darkness. Always.
2. The gas-emitting greenhouses
Who knows what they’re really cooking up there. Probably the stuff of nightmares.
3. The trail snaking through Family Housing
Complete darkness, full of cabins — Jason Vorhees would have a field day.
4. Downstairs laboratories of Bourns Hall
No better place to hide a body or breed...
Ah yes, Halloween. A time of terror; nights of never-ending ghouls and ghosts running amok!
Nah, it’s mostly just an excuse to eat some candy, dress up in crazy outfits, and get plastered — basically, my standard Friday nights. But this year, if you are throwing a party, rather than just hand out shots of the cheapest handle you can...
5 out of 5 Stars
If you’re in the mood to explore downtown Riverside, Main Street has just welcomed a new establishment right next door to The Salted Pig. This establishment comes to Riverside by way of Redlands, Calif., where the original Augie’s Coffee House first opened five years ago.
I stepped into Augie’s just a few days after their soft...
While many students were winding down from last Wednesday’s Nooner, those on bicycles were just getting started. With ideas spiraling in their minds, determination radiating from their eyes and bicycle wheels planted firmly on the ground — but not for long — the students used the staircase that surrounded the Bell Tower as a playground. The wheels grazed over...
5 Stars
According to its website, The Salted Pig in downtown Riverside has billed itself as “the Inland Empire’s first gastropub.” I had to look up what a gastropub even was, and it turns out the definition is: a bar and restaurant that serves high-end beer and food. With a description like that, I could only wonder what I was...
Probing Area 51
Aliens have landed in Riverside, and while they didn’t probe anyone, they did leave behind some tasty beers. Area 51 Craft Brewery is just one of the many new breweries popping up in Riverside. Located on Arlington Avenue right next to the Riverside Municipal Airport, Area 51 opened up back in February of 2013 and hasn’t looked...
1. Take Martial Arts.
The Student Recreation Center has a variety of fun and cheap ways to burn calories and kick ass. Just remember, violence is never the answer.
2. Treat Yourself.
You’re reading the Highlander, so we know you must be awesome. You deserve a little something for you, whether it be a Costco-supply’s worth of cookies or Grand Theft Auto...
Name: Victoria Sarantapoulos
Status: Fourth year
Major: Global Studies/Peace and Conflict Studies
City: St. Petersburg, Russia
Host Institution: St. Petersburg State University
Upon receiving my acceptance letter to St. Petersburg State University for summer 2013, I was overwhelmed with a continuum of anxieties. I was going to be leaving the United States for the first time in my entire life, to go to a...