Campus Cope: Starting the new quarter off right

It’s 2018 and that means more than just new year’s resolutions; a new year brings a new quarter and new set of classes. But with new beginnings come the end of all the old...

Making friends or acquaintances in college

I think everyone can agree that making friends anywhere is relatively difficult. It’s just easier for some people to put themselves out there than others. There is a large number of students who are...
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Campus Cope: How to break through finals week anxieties

While hot, vibrant summer days are in close reach, walks on the beach, hometown visits, planned vacations and more summer activities are still a ways away as we head into finals week. As you...
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The aesthetic routine ain’t it

Imagine this: 13-year-old you watching YouTube videos about aesthetic vloggers living out their strict 5:00 a.m. morning routines. There was a desire to be like them and eventually become them when you hit the...
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Campus Cope: Balancing sleep, social life, and grades…can you really have it all?

For the past three years of my college experience, I have had many ups and downs in trying to deal with juggling everything going on in my life. My high school self thought that...

Spring into action for this new quarter

With spring break now done and over with and classes starting back up, it can seem daunting. To many, only having one week of break is simply not enough time to recharge before the...

Campus cope: Keeping yourself healthy during unprecedented times

As rainy weather arises and the chilly winter season is finally here, many students struggle to prevent themselves from catching the cold or flu. With the ongoing Coronavirus, Delta variant, and newly detected Omicron...

10 essentials to add to your summertime bucket lis

Spring quarter is almost over and many of us are already thinking about summer. With summer comes a lot of heat but also a time to have fun when we aren’t too busy stressing...
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How to conquer organic chemistry

Organic chemistry’s reputation among the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) students, and University of California, Riverside’s (UCR) student population as a whole, has been notoriously infamous. Recognized as a med-school dream crusher...

Campus Cope: How to prepare for the worst at UCR … zombies

With increased pollution, the looming threat of nuclear war and bath salts, a zombie apocalypse occurring is not a question of if, but of when. When the Bell Tower crumbles into a pile of...