Students, professors and members of the LGBTQ community gathered at HUB 355 Friday afternoon on the occasion of “Coming Out Black and Queer.” A panel of speakers, including assistant professor of ethnic studies Ashon Crawley at UCR; Dennis Tyler, assistant professor of English at Fordham University; Alisha Gaines, assistant professor of English at Florida State University; and hosts from...
Name: Kimberly Huang
Major: Business Administration
Area of Study: London, UK
Year: Junior
Due to indecisiveness and procrastination, studying abroad seemed perpetually labeled as “saved for later” on my undergraduate bucket list. Summer was close by, and I was in dire search of opportunities to pursue during the break. Tempted, I looked into the EAP program and discovered a short 3-week summer session...
Being told to follow your dreams may tread into cliche territory at times, but Duncan Penn and Dave Lingwood, half of the cast from the television show “The Buried Life,” which also included Jonnie Penn and Ben Nemtin, came to UCR’s HUB 302 in order to inform us that anything in the world is possible.
Before the event started there...
UCR is lucky enough to have its own TEDx organization, which brings the innovative and globally renowned platform of TED to UCR. This year’s theme was “Reaction,” which MC Stan Morrison said is “where actions and reactions converge to create connections between speakers, performers and audience members.”
Martin Kristian Arceo began the night with an ode to taekwondo. Arceo,...
Happiness was a contagious condition at UC Riverside’s Unity Poem Fiesta. Taking place on Oct. 9, the event sprawled over the grounds outside the Arts Building. Basking in the warm sunlight — but not too warm — students and faculty came together to celebrate the theme of unity: the idea of a common humanity that encompasses everything from our...
Monday: Mujer Monologues
By: Martha Delgado, CW
At 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, doors opened to HUB 355 as students grabbed a Mujer journal and a pin before filling in the seats for the opening event of Semana de La Mujer (or, “Weekend of the Women”). Before the event began, Arlene Cano, social and cultural programmer for Chicano Student Programs,...
Looming over the auditorium in HUB 302, the silence of the crowd emanates feelings of angst and empowerment. Is it a silence of rebellion? No. It’s one of solidarity which millions of people around the country participate in. The silence is loud, creating uneasiness across the nation and symbolizing centuries of oppression and suffering; it signifies that the movement...
One of the biggest obstacles that come with relationships are often your parents or their parents. Parents can be the catalyst for many problems that might plague a relationship. They're essentially the gatekeepers of your heart. They inspect and persecute anyone who doesn't rise up to their standards. A slow and gradual progression is always the best way to...
Many, if not all, of the guests who filled the University Theatre last Thursday have the aspirations to fulfill their dreams post-graduation. Students and others may not all share the same goals, but what if the chance of conquering said goals was soon dissipated, along with their chance to live? That each breath was just a reminder of how...
On April 18 UCR student artists took chalk to concrete on the patio near the Coffee Bean to bring art to life and compete in this year’s 22nd annual Chalk the Walk event, hosted by Highlander Union Programs.
Participants chose from three categories: creating an an original work, reproducing a masterpiece or creating a piece that takes a stand for...