Images by Michael Isberto Michael Isberto | Staff Writer October 30, 2014 The streets downtown were filled with zombies, ghosts and skeletons, but it wasn’t a scene from a scary movie set: it was the fourth annual Riverside Zombie Crawl. People who happened to be walking around the Main Street Civic Plaza in Riverside for the…
Treva Flores | Assistant Features Editor Oct. 16, 2014 One of the top ten most haunted places in America, The Queen Mary, hosts its annual Dark Harbor event and brings back life to the ship’s paranormal hotspots. Before entering the grounds where the six mazes were being held there is a long wait in line…
Michael Isberto | Staff Writer Oct. 16, 2014 Riverside native Geoff Gouveia is an artist to watch out for, but you won’t find any art pieces signed with that name. As an artist he goes by Wend, which means to proceed or to go in English. Inspired by a graffiti art show in 2010, Gouveia…
Shamir Aleem | Staff Writer Oct. 16, 2014 The Riverside Community College District Office of International Education is offering a study abroad program in Dublin, Ireland for the very first time during the spring semester of 2015. According to Jan Schall, director of the International Education program at Riverside City College, affordability and safety for…
Josa Lamont | Features Editor October 16, 2014 In high school Mary Figueroa volunteered in the campaign that helped to get Eric Haley, 24 at the time, elected as one of the youngest Riverside city council members. “He came to North High School to our government class and he wanted us to volunteer,” Figueroa said….
By Josa Lamont | Features Editor Simmering in the racial tension of the early 20th century was a mix of contempt, rebelliousness and cultural flavor that would later boil over into swing dance. As Africans shipped into the American east coast during the slave trade they brought with them the African cultures that first conflicted…
Oct. 1, 2014 Photo Illustration by Michael Walter | Assistant Photo Editor Article by Shamir Aleem | Staff Writer The Gender and Sexuality Awareness Club at Riverside City College anticipates a ruling on the gay marriage cases currently being reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court starting Sept. 29. The Supreme Court justices were presented with…
Oct. 1, 2014 Photo by John Villanueva | Staff Photographer Article by Michael Isberto | Staff Writer Across the street from the renowned Mission Inn of downtown Riverside is an extraordinary building worthy of being referred to as a historic landmark – The Riverside Art Museum. The Riverside Art Museum building, built in 1929 by honored architect…
Oct. 1, 2014 Wayne Fike | Special to Viewpoints It’s a sweltering 95 degrees on a mid-May afternoon and students are thinking “could it get any hotter?” Five minutes before class starts the door swings open and in walks anthropology professor Ryan Mongelluzzo. The first thing he says before starting class with roll call the…
Treva Flores | Staff Writer Sept. 30, 2014 Immediately upon arriving at Hunter Hobby Park, a loud burst of music could be heard as children and adults participated in this special Sept. 21 event. Over the noise, people gestured wildly, but people still couldn’t hear each other. It was the Deaf Week kick-off event. Many…
