One of the many things that the city of Riverside takes great pride in is the annual Festival of Lights. This year the festival celebrates an astounding 20th anniversary. The smell of sweet kettle corn, millions of lights, an ice skating rink, holiday window displays and the sounds of the season will be celebrated in downtown Riverside until Jan...
It has been six years since the Nintendo Wii was released to the public. Since the debut of what was arguably Nintendo’s most ambitious video game system yet, the game industry has changed in some pretty significant ways. Mobile phones and tablets have proven themselves to be capable gaming platforms with both large and small gaming studios enthusiastically supporting...
While it only happens about twice in the average undergraduate’s career, the time has come once again for Science Fiction and Fantasy writers and enthusiasts to submit their short stories to the bi-annual Science Fiction Shorty Story Contest. Every two years, the Eaton Science Fiction Conference is held at UC Riverside and is the host of the short story...
The UCR School of Medicine is poised to be the pride and heart of UCR’s future. The tumultuous accreditation process did not stop administrators, students and community members from building the School of Medicine, but its purpose is far from being completed. Now that it has secured funding, Dr. G. Richard Olds faces the task of carrying out the...
Ari Shapiro, a White House corespondent and NPR journalist who covered the recent Mitt Romney Presidential Campaign of 2012, visited campus to speak in the Highlander Union Building on the evening of Monday Nov. 13, Room 302. The crowd that showed up was so large that the entire hall HUB 302 had to be utilized in order to make...
On Pierce lawn on Wednesday, Nov 14, UCR’s Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) raised 1,611 cans in partnership with many of their counterpart sorority organizations during their canned foods drive. IFC is a coalition of nine fraternities who organized this event to, in the words of Ali Anwar, president of Phi Kappa Sigma, “make a positive impact on the Riverside community.”
Anwar...
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
From the outside, Simple Simon’s Bakery and Bistro in downtown Riverside looks like a high-end sit down restaurant with floor to ceiling windows and a fancy logo, which is why I was shocked once I actually stepped in. Right away my ears were greeted by the loud chatter of the 1 o’clock lunch guests...
Burger Records, which is based in Fullerton, Orange County, is making waves across the West Coast as one of California’s most influential underground labels, and rightfully so.
Only five years running and the list of bands pressing vinyl, cassette tapes or CDs through Burger is highly impressive, numbering over 350. These releases include, most notably: Dave Grohl (of the Foo...
As part of the Leadership Initiative provided by UCR’s Women’s Resource Center, Sony Animation Picture’s President of Production Michelle Raimo Kouyate dropped by campus on Wednesday, Nov. 7th for a talk in HUB 302. Kouyate, who was friendly and outgoing, started off by saying, “Let’s keep it casual,” and brought a few clips to show in addition to her...
A key component to a successful college experience is being open-minded and gaining knowledge about to the various beliefs, cultures and religions of others. Here at UCR, there is a tremendous pride in the diversity of our campus. What better way to celebrate that diversity than with music, poetry and free food from the Barn? On a cold, rainy...