Throughout the summer, I have researched hundreds of recipes to find the healthiest and smartest snack options. I’m always attending class or working, so it’s hard for me to find the time to have an actual meal. The freshman 15, a phrase that refers to the weight freshmen gain during their first year at college, actually exists, and it's...
Perhaps the most exciting part of being admitted into your college of choice is making the decision to dorm. Dorming is one of the most yearned-for aspects of college by many first-year students because it epitomizes the college experience: it allows for meeting new people, going to social events and having the first moment of your life where you...
Summer is like a desert, wherever you are.
A vast emptiness filled with boundless potential.
All activity comes to a static nothing.
Stillness of the morning
becomes the skirring of the day
becomes the stillness of the night.
What was all of it for?
At the end we are all lizards sitting on a rock,
hoping to be filled with warmth.
Do not fear, this is not a...
My first frame of reference of college journalism was “Gilmore Girls.” I imagined myself zipping around a newsroom the same way Rory did, calling out pitches and writing interesting stories about campus. Less than a month after I arrived at UCR, I put my fantasy in motion by marching into The Highlander newspaper office. Even during my first few...
It has been a little more than a year since the pandemic started, and the world has been deeply affected by this experience. Many of us have experienced unemployment, paying masks and sanitizers in bulk at ridiculously high prices and shortages of everyday materials across the board. In other words, this year has been hard on all of us....
When I first moved into the dorms during my first year, my first goal was to find the campus newspaper. My high school newspaper gave me an outlet to express myself and gave me the love and appreciation for journalism that I sought to continue at Riverside. However, being a first-generation undocumented student, I began to suffer from the...
Incredibly, up until the middle of my sophomore year at UCR, I was unaware that we had a school newspaper. Perhaps I missed their table during Wednesday tabling events amidst the sea of others. In any case, I actually did not join The Highlander up until my sophomore year.
Over the next two years, I was more of a casual...
I’ve always enjoyed writing. I find it easier to put my thoughts onto a page rather than speaking them aloud. But writing can be an independent hobby and, outside of the few friends I made in my creative writing classes, it was difficult for me to meet new people. This is why, during my second year at UCR, I...
After a much anticipated wait, Slater’s 50/50 has finally opened its doors to the Riverside community. Located in the hustle and bustle of downtown Riverside, Slater’s 50/50 is just a 10 minute drive from campus, making this location a new restaurant venue for students to try out. This new burger restaurant specializes in the 50% ground bacon and 50%...
Every day on my walk to one of my classes in the University Lecture Hall, I would stare longingly at a sign in front of The Highlander newspaper’s office that read “Weekly Monday Writer’s Meetings at 5:15 p.m.” I was the editor-in-chief of my high school newspaper but I have also always been painfully shy. Journalism was something I...