Friday, April 26, 2024

Therapy Fluffies in need of puppy therapy

The cute, affectionate puppies that bound onto campus at the end of each quarter provide a delightful form of stress relief for students battling finals week meltdowns. But it has recently been revealed that...

Highlanders around the Big West

D’Antoni headed down the 91 freeway? On Monday, it was announced that UC Riverside reached out to Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni to gauge his interest in coaching the Highlanders. Sources told the Highlander...

Meth lab discovered in Pierce Hall

Last week, a methamphetamine lab was discovered on the second floor of Pierce Hall. The lab was brought to public eye after an explosion that blasted the roof off of the building occurred on...

Childish Gambino cancels Spring Splash appearance, replaced by Billy Ray Cyrus

“Childish Gambino is going to perform at UCR again!” they said. “It’s gonna get lit!” they said. “Oh shit he cancelled?” they wailed. Yes, after the failed stint that was HEAT 2014 which saw...

Existentialism offered as major, students question why any of this even matters

Beginning in fall 2014, UCR will offer existentialism as a major under the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) to meet the growing number of undergraduates — totaling 25 percent of all...

Supreme Court set to rule on UCR postseason ban

For the first time in 101 years, UC Riverside men’s basketball team was banned from the postseason for poor academic grades. This means that the first-ranked Highlanders will miss out on their chance to...

The Digital World with Ryan Simon: Google Announces Plans for World Domination

Google has their hands in many different parts of people's lives. If you use their search engine, Gmail email service, Google Voice,  Google Music, Google Docs, Android, Google Chrome, Google+, and/or a plethora of...

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. Although serving the underserved of California and the nation is...

Are movie sequels and adaptations good for culture?

I was going to take this article as an opportunity to review “Ghost in the Shell” ― the live adaptation of Mamoru Oshii’s cartoon of the same name. But instead I want to address...

“Snoozer”

CHARACTERS MARCELO: second-year English major ALARM CLOCK: 3 years old, made in China Notes on MARCELO MARCELO is a second-year and confused undergrad who can’t figure out how to identify himself after enrolling at UCR. MARCELO is a...