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Professor Georgia Warnke did not state the purpose of the center was to heal a broken world. Joe Childers is the former Dean of the Graduate Division, not Graduate Studies. The prize associated with Emory Elliott that is administered by the Center of Ideas and Society is the Emory...
On Wednesday, Oct. 9, Asian Pacific Student Programs (APSP) held a welcome event to introduce students to the organizations on campus that started at 6 p.m. However, the focus of the event wasn’t the mingling of students and campus organizations; the true attraction was JamieBoy, a YouTuber and cover artist.
JamieBoy is a California native from Oxnard who is known...
Writers: Heewon Kim, CW, Jamie Peterson, CW and Christine Tran, SSW
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This week the Residence Halls Association (RHA) organized three events over the course of two nights to help students become more familiar with their respective residence hall. The festivities started off on Wednesday, Oct. 9, from 6 to 9 p.m., with “Hello Pentland,” at the Pentland Green Lawn. With...
Cassie Nguyen began her masters program at the School of Public Policy at UCR in 2015, and with her she brought her passion for film. She founded and is the current executive director of the student organization Spotlight on Hope Film Camp (SOH) at UCR. Nguyen helped co-found SOH with the purpose to serve as a therapeutic outlet for...
UCR’s Model United Nations (MUN) team was awarded “Distinguished Delegation” at National Model United Nations (NMUN) - New York during spring break. The award was only given to the top 5% delegations at the conference. This was the second year in a row that UCR MUN has won the award after attending the event for 11 years. Each delegation...
When Hannah Navarette came to UCR as a first-year, she knew that she wanted to pursue research. With the help of faculty, she was able to find out about the UC Campus Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP). “There is kind of a culture on campus, and this isn't unique to UCR, that faculty members and mentors don't know how...
UCR has a long tradition of clubs dedicated to the study of traditional martial arts. Among these is Kendo Club, first founded in 2006 to introduce the martial art of kendo to UCR, as well as promote the spirit of mutual respect and camaraderie through the practice of kendo. Kendo is a Japanese form of fencing with two-handed bamboo...
Inside Lothian’s Residential Restaurant, Executive Chef Burke Reeves sings oldies while he cooks. Sometimes when he cooks an omelette, he hears the plate sizzle and begins “vibing” to it. “Culinary Rhythm” is the term he uses for this simple act that lightens the atmosphere in the kitchen. Reeves attributes his showmanship to his past experience as a reggae-style rapper....
Upon hearing good Samaritans, one would imagine an individual passing out meals to the homeless or donating money to a health organization. However, at UCR, we have our very own “Flying Samaritans”—also known as Flying Sams—who not only volunteer in the Riverside community by but also visit El Hongo, Mexico every third Saturday of every month. With the help...
“Veterans of what?” was a phrase Tami Thacker, the Veteran Services Coordinator at the Veterans Resource Center (VRC), would often hear from young people on campus when mentioning U.S. Military veteran students.
After being hired in July 2017, Thacker has worked on increasing the presence of veteran students on campus. One of the ways by which Thacker bridged the gap...