Friday, April 26, 2024

The 21 and Over Club: Creepy Cocktails

Ah yes, Halloween. A time of terror; nights of never-ending ghouls and ghosts running amok!   Nah, it’s mostly just an excuse to eat some candy, dress up in crazy outfits, and get plastered — basically,...

A Day of Culture for the Year of the Horse

By the third week of winter quarter, the holiday honeymoon officially ends. Saturday mornings consist of sleeping past brunch hours, studying for midterms and calculating what grade you can get on a final to...

The Freshman Fifteen: UCR’s Best

1. The Bell Tower The symbol of our campus, and it plays enough music to make Quasimoto blush in embarrassment.   2. Scotty’s Grill by Glen Mor We mentioned they sell awesome burgers and sandwiches, right? You should...

Campus Cope: How to prepare for the worst at UCR … zombies

With increased pollution, the looming threat of nuclear war and bath salts, a zombie apocalypse occurring is not a question of if, but of when. When the Bell Tower crumbles into a pile of...

25th Tomas Rivera Conference honors the legacy of UCR chancellor

“Let’s meet at Rivera.” These are common words spoken by students at UCR, yet they may not often stop to think about the man whom the library was named after. Tomás Rivera, the youngest,...

The Digital World with Ryan Simon: Pre-E3 2012: Nintendo’s Recovery Plan

This year’s E3 presentation from Nintendo, which is scheduled for June 5, will be the company’s most important yet. For the first time in 30 years Nintendo has posted a net loss. In their...

Michael Lauchlan: Student, inventor, philanthropist and entrepreneur

Students with goals and dreams may think that they have to wait until after graduation to achieve them. For some, their time is now. Michael Lauchlan, a fifth-year transfer student majoring in linguistics and...

Adult Swim’s Fun House comes to UCR

For two days last week, there was a line of students that stretched from Rivera Library all the way past the Bell Tower. What was it for? To enter a giant inflatable black, pink...

Restaurant Review: Mr. Kebab

Rating: 4.5 / 5 At first glance, Mr. Kebab, a Mediterranean restaurant located on Iowa Avenue, is far from impressive. The location is hardly ideal and the interior design isn’t spectacular either. But after sampling...

Creating your well-being plan

  When writing your goals for the upcoming year, instead of thinking, “I need to become healthy,” think, “I need to become healthier.” Rather than making one extensive plan that will most likely fall apart,...