UCR’s basketball season tipped off with last Friday’s rousingly successful Midnight Madness event. Coordinated by ASPB and UCR Athletics, Midnight Madness was a massive pep rally designed to hype up Highlanders in anticipation of the upcoming basketball season. The stands of the SRC’s gym were packed as Scotty, the men and women’s basketball teams, staff and Hylander Hype pumped...
In recent years, public hacking attacks have grown exponentially. Due to an increase in security breaches, improving online security is becoming increasingly important for businesses, and now colleges have a lot more to worry about too. Last week, hacker group GhostShell posted a long list of links to server dumps from universities across the world. The leaked information included...
Students, faculty and library staff gathered on Oct. 3 to hear Professor Susan Straight speak of her new novel, “Between Heaven and Here.” The event was held in the Special Collections and Archives room of Rivera Library with refreshments and a book signing to follow. After a welcome and introduction by Head of Special Collections Melissa Conway, Straight took...
Last week saw the release of Apple’s annual revision of their incredibly successful iPhone smartphone. If there is one word that captures the essence of the new iPhone 5, it’s “boring.” Now, before people throw up their arms and write me off as a biased Apple basher, let me clarify a few things. Apple and their iPhone have seen...
With the advent of the summer, many students have put away their textbooks and scantrons in exchange for swimsuits and boxed sets of their favorite TV shows. But some UCR students have decided to take advantage of the next few months by passing their time by acquiring extraordinary internships and traveling to exotic locations. Below are some examples...
It has been about two weeks now since this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) grand finale. Gamers’ expectations were high for the popular video game trade show; however, it is obvious from the online chatter that, for many gaming fans, E3 2012 did not meet those expectations. Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft failed to deliver any of the big or...
99-cent Taco Tuesdays at El Fogon Mexican Grill ensured that business was flowing even at 11:30 in the morning. The cozy restaurant was occupied with people of all ages; children snacked with their parents while co-workers chatted during their lunch break. The ambiance was light-hearted and welcoming and colorful art hung on the light yellow walls. El Fogon had...
On May 31, just before UCR Video Festival began, students faculty and the public roamed the halls of the Culver Center. While they patiently waited for the doors of the screening room to open, they admired the the artwork from the “Foreplay” exhibition that still hung on the walls. The art from UCR’s finest artists would soon be accompanied...
Azadeh Zohrabi, who graduated from UCR with magna cum laude in 2008 and from Hastings College of Law in 2012, has recently been awarded the Soros Justice Fellowship—a grant which advocates international human rights and gathers the efforts of lawyers and activists to work on common issues. Zohrabi plans to work towards removing solitary confinement in California’s prison system.
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As we engage a new Electronic Gaming Expo (E3), the largest video game exhibition in the world, there are many doubts floating around amongst game developers and gaming fans alike. Can the game industry continue to spend millions of dollars developing traditional console and PC games? Is it better to abandon consoles for simpler social and mobile games with...