Living on campus is a great way to keep up with campus events and attend classes without the hassle of fighting for parking in the cursed Lot 30 or getting ticketed for being a few minutes late in Lot 26. As someone who has lived in the on-campus apartments for the past three years, I’ve heard more than my...
As summer approaches, I find myself craving my favorite summer fruit: watermelon. Watermelons are deliciously sweet and can be served in a variety of ways that best suit your taste: from watermelon juice to watermelon popsicles or diced watermelon served with Tajin. Here are three easy recipes for enjoying watermelon:
The first is the simplest form of enjoying watermelon but...
Melanie Gillman, an American cartoonist, shared their secrets to success within the comic book industry in an event presented by Stonewall Hall and the LGBT Resource Center. Gilllman is the creator of “As the Crow Flies,” winner of the 2018 Stonewall Honor Award, and “Stage Dreams.” They’ve also worked on comics for popular brands, such as “Care Bears” and...
The climate is changing. With large factories and oil wells polluting the Earth, keeping the planet clean seems like an impossible feat. But even though it seems we have little control over the biggest culprits of world pollution, there are still simple tasks we can include in our everyday lives to keep our planet strong. If you’re interested in...
Previously known as Cultivate R’Space in the mid 2000’s, the club has since rebranded in the past year and is now known as the UCR Gardening Club. The club was officially re-established during fall 2020, and since then, the UCR Gardening Club has greatly expanded and flourished despite the looming pandemic. They’ve intrigued students with their goals to combat...
In between classes, studying and work, I can’t always find the time to make hot homemade meals. Cooking on a stove or with an oven can often take more effort than it’s worth, and microwave meals are a sad substitute. As a result, I invested in a toaster oven so that I could make the warm and crispy meals...
As I began a depressing year of “Zoom University,” I remember being hopeful that the shelter-in-place orders would be lifted by June 2020 but was in disbelief when 2020 graduates had an online ceremony. As I approached my own senior year, I was hoping for a sense of normalcy for my last two quarters at UCR, which ended up...
The Queer Alliance, LGBT Resource Center and Associated Student Programs Board worked in collaboration to present UCR’s 17th Dragalicious Drag Ball. This annual event started back in 2004 and continues to give students the opportunity to express themselves through drag performances. This year, the show was hosted by Mayhem Miller, a professional drag performer who appeared on the 10th...
Tuesday, April 6, saw insightful and thought-provoking conversation regarding science fiction and its ability to be used as a tool to foresee the future. The theme for the night was science fiction and the climate crisis and the talk was a part of the first free lecture series hosted by UCR Palm Desert, this event was meant to tie...
April 1, also known as April Fools’ Day is traditionally a day where people make practical jokes or create hoaxes. However, the Riverside Astronomical Society, in collaboration with UCR’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, hosted a fun trivia-filled event which aimed at debunking common misconceptions within the field of astronomy. In other words, they weren’t fooling around.
The event started...