Tag: april fools
Annual RAIN concert cancelled due to excessive brightness; campus descends into...
The giant yellow orb in the sky had spoken. Some confusedly walked around campus in a heat-induced fervor. Other attendees screamed as they ran...
Inauguration of UCR Mascot Showdown
Many fans have an obsession they take too seriously. Usually in college, fans are obsessed with either the basketball teams, soccer teams or the...
Hometown hero: Scotty the Bear Jr. commits to UCR basketball
After months of grueling anticipation, the country’s No. 1 basketball recruit has officially made his decision. Last Thursday afternoon, 8’4” center Scotty the Bear...
UCR rowers defeat No. 1 Harvard
With the surplus of water flowing around the campus of UC Riverside, the athletics department announced last month the addition of its 18th sport:...
Wilcox quits chancellorship to become CEO of IHOP
Kim A. Wilcox has announced that he is stepping down as chancellor of UC Riverside to become the head of the International House of...
UC Riverside becomes completely privatized
This past spring break at an impromptu meeting, administrators of the University of California, Riverside were informed that winter 2014 would be its last...
Obama to deliver graduation speech at UCR, ditches UCI
In a press conference on Monday, President Barack Obama announced that he would be moving the location of his 2014 commencement speech from UC...
Students who skip class deserve to be called deserters
As the school year nears its end, UCR administrators have noticed a considerable decline in student attendance and focus. Students are simply not as...
Editorial: Companies bring joy to UCR
In the last week, UCR has made perhaps the single greatest stride forward on the path to greatness in academia in its 60-year history....
Pronounce it like the peanut butter
"Hey, did you see that GIF of that cat dunking on Reddit?"
"I'm sorry. Did you say 'gif?’ as in 'gift?’ Isn't it pronounced 'jif?’"
Cue...