In the office of the Women’s Resource Center’s (WRC) Program Coordinator, Nathaly Martinez, is a calendar for June with important dates. Events written on it include “Raza Graduation,” “Family Graduation” and “Romanie’s Retirement Party!”
After working for 40 years on the UCR campus, Romanie Arterberry, the Student Life and Development Specialist at the WRC, will retire at the end...
After second-year biology major Natalie Taby attended the first general meeting of Project Sunshine in the fall quarter, her smile lasted for two hours. “I was taken back with the mission because it aligned with my beliefs. I love children,” said Taby, who wants to become a pediatrician.
Project Sunshine is a national organization, with the UCR School of Medicine...
Since the founding of UCR in 1954 one thing has stood the test of time as the foundation for the university’s consistent academic excellence and achievement. Most would tell you it’s the citrus fields and research labs, which many call the lifeblood of the campus. Others would say it’s the diversity and acceptance. I’m here today to tell you...
As a 10-year-old, Keane Veran was undergoing treatment for leukemia when his dad shared with him the story of Sadako Sasaki, a twelve-year-old Japanese girl who, in the 1950s, was diagnosed with cancer and tried to fold one thousand origami cranes. According to the Japanese legend, if a person folds 1,000 origami cranes, they will be granted a wish....
Sewing machines, dress forms and bags of foam are set against the walls of the Creat’R Lab in the Orbach Library. Students sit at rectangular tables that fill in the rest of the space and focus their attention on Kari Hathaitham, workshop coordinator of Cosplay Brigade, as she gives a presentation on how to build armor for cosplay. “I...
Scotty the Bear
Scotty Highlander, more commonly known as Scotty the Bear, is the face of UCR, known for exemplifying the Tartan Soul values that UCR thrives on and the determination and brawniness that exists on campus. Scotty’s history is relatively well-known within the Highlander community: The Scottish-kilt wearing predecessor was first introduced alongside the school’s opening in 1954...
Thursday, May 25 marked the last meeting of the school year for the Pentland Hills Residence Hall Association (RHA) committee. Without having an agenda as their meetings usually would, Pentland Hills building president and second-year environmental sciences major Martin Liu took up the opportunity to do something a little different. After performing their usual announcements regarding achievements made that...
Convening in a medium-sized study room on the first floor of Orbach library on Friday (their regular meeting day), May 12, a passionate group of college students were intently discussing the expansion of the only student-run aerospace organization on campus — Aerospace Systems — going over their tabling efforts, then spotlighting a few members who had contributed above and...
Based on the parable of the mustard seed found in the Bible, a mustard seed is smaller than a fingertip but with faith it can grow into a plant up to 2,000 times larger than its original size. This is the meaning behind The Mustard Seed Project’s name: That something small, like care packages, can make a large impact...
Being the only UC in which the plurality of its students are not white but in fact Hispanic or Asian, UCR boasts student ethnicity demographics that are considered to be amongst the most diverse in the country. Still, despite this, at the very bottom of the student demographics chart is one racial group that is consistently recorded as the...