UCR ARTSblock’s Sweeney Art Gallery & Culver Center of the Arts presented the annual MFA Thesis Exhibition 2013, showcasing works by five graduating Master of Fine Arts students in UCR’s Department of Art. Located in Downtown Riverside, the gallery featured stop-motion animation, digital projections, photography and elements of abstraction. As an attendee of the opening reception on Saturday, April...
Alex Fishburn is a 22-year-old history major at UC Riverside. Grant Vietor is a 46-year-old basketball coach from Iowa. You would be hard-pressed to find two individuals more distinct than these two, but thanks to a recent bone marrow transplant, Fishburn and Vietor now share a lifelong bond.
In 2008, Fishburn signed up to be a potential bone marrow donor...
The 10th annual Dragalicious Drag Ball’s theme was evolution. This title fits, whether it refers to the evolutionary changes UCR has made to be more than welcoming towards the LGBT community or to the event itself, which started out in the Barn with only a handful of audience members 10 years ago. This year it was held in HUB...
The Women’s Resource Center ended Women’s Week March 8 with a talk by Pulitzer Prize winners Bettina Boxall and Julie Cart, two guest speakers from the LA Times. They spoke about their experience in the newsroom as women and what it takes to make it in the seemingly dying industry.
Both women have extensive journalism backgrounds that began at smaller...
“Mujeres Unidas” (Women Together)In honor of Women’s Week, UCR held its 5th Annual Celebration for a day of Appreciation and Recognition of Women Studies. The March 6 ceremony was split into two parts. The first half of the night honored the achievements of five exceptional graduate and undergraduate female students in areas of leadership and civil engagement, social justice...
The annual presentation of UCR is Dancing arrived with innovative choreographies and fresh faces on March 8. This student production combines various dance genres in its pieces and deviates from standard monotonous dance routines.
Highly regarded by the students in the UCR Department of Dance, Artistic Director Joel Smith has been making theatrical dances in Los Angeles for the past...
Get ready for Spring Break, Highlanders! After the dreaded finals, papers and projects, there is no doubt that the majority of the student body will be making their way out of Riverside and looking for the best place to rage for an entire week. Over these last four years I have spent my Spring Breaks in various destinations, including...
“If I lived on campus, I would participate more,” said Brigitte Trezino, a fourth-year history major. Trezino, who makes a daily 25 minute commute to campus from Rancho Cucamonga, admits that besides academics and work, she does not engage in additional extracurriculars. She considers herself a part of a few student organizations, but does not stay for any of...
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 about what follows the week they have mentally prepared for since registration. Finals week may feel like the “Triwizard Tournament” to most, but eternal glory...
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 party can remember it. It began with the forging of the Great Tests. By week three, midterms were given to the CNAS, beings who still...