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Riverside: Student Publications

Student publications were completely student edited and student managed. They were allowed freedom of expression within the limits of truth and responsibility.

Highlander
The campus newspaper was one of the pioneers of the early campus. The first edition of the four-page weekly newspaper, then called the Cub, was printed during the second week of class on February 18, 1954. The newspaper changed its name to the Highlander and grew from four to 12 pages. Beginning with the spring semester of 1965 it became a semi-weekly paper with eight pages.

Tartan
At the end of the spring 1954 semester, the first volume of the Cub was bound together and with the addition of a few introductory pages of pictures, became Riverside's first annual. Named the Tartan in 1955, it grew in size and quality and, by the mid-1960's, included 180 pages of text and color photos.

Attempts had been made to establish other publications at Riverside but such offerings failed to gain a permanent place in campus life. Notable among these efforts were The Horny Toad, a humor magazine that appeared as a supplement to the Highlander in 1964; Mosaic, a literary journal published in 1959; and Poetry: UCR, a magazine which first appeared in 1961.

Editors--The UCR Highlander

Richard Williams	1954
James St. Clair (UCR Cub)
James St. Clair	1954-1955
Robert Marshall (UCR Cub)
Robert Marshall	1955-1956
George Beattie
Kathy Shaffer
George Beattie	1956-1957
Kenneth Lynch
William Barnett
George Beattie	1957-1958
David Peterson
David Swarner
David Swarner	1958-1959
Michael Hogan
Lyle Amlin
Melvin Kinder
Melvin Kinder	1959-1960
David Peterson
Richard Mendoza
Fred Sklar
Fred Sklar	1960-1961
Joel Blain
Joel Blain	1961-1962
Skip Schloming
Skip Schloming	1962-1963
Joel Blain
Downing Cless	1963-1964
Donald Lavlander	1964-1965
Tracy Tibbals	1965-1966

Editors--The Tartan

Barbara Joy Newlin	1954-1955
Francis Mason	1955-1956
William Baker	1956-1957
Lee Ann Marshall	1957-1958
Marti Hicks	1958-1959
Clark Gardner	1959-1960
Fred Sklar	1960-1961
John Fawcett	1961-1962
Jim Swayne	1962-1963
Steve Young
John Zoeckler	1963-1964
Tracy Tibbals	1964-1965
Dan Menkin	1965-1966
Vince Taylor

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