Let’s be real — most college students are in a perfect environment for casual sex, and hookups are just as prevalent as dating nowadays. Some people aren’t into that scene, but for those who are, it’s important to know the ropes when entering hookup culture. This isn’t just the basic “use a condom” information (although you obviously should be...
When you're a twenty-something-year-old in college, your whole life is about pursuing the slight chance of a passing glance from your dining hall crush (and to make the parents happy by pursuing your passion for medical school, of course)! However, a dining hall crush is an impossible fantasy, and your roster is most likely empty (good for you) or...
It seems like the only thing college students, such as myself, have to look forward to are the endless emails and online assignments from their professors. However, now is also the perfect time to discover hobbies or interests you thought you would never start. For me, it was working out and dieting. Stay-at-home orders mean that showing off your...
I’m sure we’re all familiar with the “best friends that are also a couple” motif present in both life and fiction. There’s Marshall and Lily from “How I Met Your Mother.” There’s Harry and Sally from “When Harry Met Sally.” There’s Kirk and Spock in some fanfiction I once read (on second thought, that probably wasn’t canon).
There’s also the...
Friends have lamented to me, “I’m so toxic!” during specific situations or in reference to certain people, so it’s easy to oversee these claims as simple dramatics or exaggeration. But whether it is a buildup of small stings or a particularly nasty fight, it is important to reflect on certain friendships and ask whether the “toxicity” has surpassed the...
My sisters and I are your standard introverts. We do not seek out conversations or go to many parties. We are content with a pantry stuffed with junk food, a marathon of classic Disney movies, and a house filled with books. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. and social distancing became...
The end of the school year comes with a lot of changes. For first years, the end of spring quarter signals their transition away from dorming life to living in apartments. Some students may decide to transfer out to a new university in the fall and of course, seniors say their goodbyes to UCR and go off to graduate...
In the midst of our busy schedules, we often forget to pamper ourselves and to show ourselves a little bit of love. This is where self-care comes in. Self-care is a practice where we dedicate time to ourselves and our own individual needs. There are a variety of self-care practices for everyone. These can range from a do-it-yourself spa...
Martin Lopez / Highlander
Reserved, quiet, introverted; however you paint it, there’s the handful of us that can go through the day kept away from the world. Armed with blankets, headphones and a 10-hour mix of background music, we can pass the time in singular comfort — well, that’s been my method of...
It’s a strange feeling to be a walking oxymoron. No one really expects you to be gay when you’re a Christian nor are you really expected to be Christian when you’re gay. Like some ideological Capulet and Montague feud, I’ve always grown up as some dystopic mixture of Romeo and Juliet; futilely attempting to keep my blasphemous union a...