Last week, some of you might have noticed a sea of people undulating around the Bell Tower with no real rhyme or reason. Some of you who occasionally use that new-fangled Internet machine might have noticed the surge of videos depicting people flailing about for half a minute. Now you might be wondering what is going on, or where...
Last week, UCR hosted its 36th annual Writers Week Conference showcasing award-winning poets, novelists and journalists alike. Students and faculty gathered in INTS 1128 and the University Theatre to listen, discuss and learn from the diverse crop of guests.
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Davan Maharaj, editor and executive vice president of the Los Angeles Times Media Group, spoke of the changing face of journalism...
As Cupid shoots his arrow this Valentine’s Day, be weary of the unsuitable suitor. The unsuitable suitor takes many forms: the boy or girl from that one night or even worse, the boy or girl you have never met! The story of this suitor is that he or she is not often aware that the person they are pursuing...
On a beautiful afternoon on Saturday, Feb. 9, a swarm of student attendees ran up and down the stairs of the HUB to their perspective workshops during ASPB’s third annual Sum of All Equals Change conference, covering topics ranging from the subculture of “hipsters” to campus climate. The day was composed of four sessions, with a one-hour lunch break...
With Valentine’s Day coming up, I took it upon myself to explore the dating scene here at UCR. A lot can be learned about the trial and error of relationships from reading other people’s stories in the media, magazines or books. Everyone is different yet we all crave companionship.
The dating scene can get quite messy. Rejected? Get back up...
Unless you live under a rock, you might have heard that Edgar Allen Poe beat a gold miner during this year’s World Cup. But who actually cares about basketball, am I right? We all know the real attraction is the thirty-second ads that pop up throughout the game and tell us to buy things. So to all of my...
Looking for a new do-it-yourself project to start this week? First, check out the thousands of DIY boards found on Pinterest. It’s a social networking site that takes the concept of pinning your interests to a virtual level. The content and categorization of users’ pinboards are totally up to the individual. With the ability to follow any number of...
Crimes on campus—it’s a phrase that UC Riverside students have become all too familiar with. Property thefts, violent robberies and even rapes have all been reported by UCR students in the past few years.
Amidst the recent talk of campus crimes and public safety, Riverside UCPD Chief of Police Mike Lane offered me an exclusive ride-along through the campus community...
I was met with the blaring sound of Sephiroth’s fight song from “Kingdom Hearts” and the sight of the event’s hosts all clad in Space Invaders-themed shirts as I walked into HUB 302 North on Jan. 23. It was ASPB’s Press Start event, and the room was teeming with excited students—all of them lovers of video games and eager...
Geared up and ready to ride, Mayor Rusty Bailey and dozens of Riversiders did not allow last Saturday’s slick roads and gloomy weather to put the breaks on the long-anticipated and very first Bike with the Mayor event.
The route began at Martha McLean-Anza Narrows Park in Riverside, where Mayor Bailey addressed the crowd about growing the bike culture in...