Thursday, April 25, 2024

The Comedy Closet: UCR’s most well-kept secret … for now

Gather your wit, drop all pretenses of formality and prepare to succumb yourself to egregious laughter. The Comedy Closet is UCR’s first running organization to operate like a Comedy Club. The Comedy Closet is...

Club Spotlight: Lobby Corps connects passionate students to public officials in an effort to...

The Associated Students of UC Riverside (ASUCR) is composed of many different branches, committees and individuals that help the student government serve the campus population. One of the largest committees is Lobby Corps, which...

Campus Spotlight: Residence Hall Association (RHA)

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...
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A love letter to The Highlander

I was an entirely different person when I was a freshman at UCR. Stuck in a bad relationship, and lacking a solid circle of people to rely on, I felt completely alone. Looking back...

Club Spotlight: Pacific Islander Student Association (PISA)

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...

Veterans Resource Center helps veteran students reintegrate on campus

“Veterans of what?” was a phrase Tami Thacker, the Veteran Services Coordinator at the Veterans Resource Center (VRC), would often hear from young people on campus when mentioning U.S. Military veteran students. After being hired...
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Student Spotlight: from passion to profit: meet the student entrepreneur who’s crafting a crochet...

In pursuit of trying new things and hobbies, it can be a struggle to implement them into your life. Haley Barton is no exception, yet she has endured and committed to growing in her...

UCR’s MUN wins “Distinguished Delegation” and aims to continue success

UCR’s Model United Nations (MUN) team was awarded “Distinguished Delegation” at National Model United Nations (NMUN) - New York during spring break. The award was only given to the top 5% delegations at the...

Campus Spotlight: The Center for Ideas and Society

Correction: This article was corrected to reflect these following changes: Professor Georgia Warnke did not state the purpose of the center was to heal a broken world. Joe Childers is the former Dean of...
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The Penrose Record Room: IYKYK

Picture this: you’re strolling aimlessly through downtown Riverside, weary of the droning city sounds around you, and you think you’ve seen all the art that this city has to offer. That is until you...