The Highlander
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE
For the week of Tuesday, January 24, 2023
VOL. 71, ISSUE 12
OPINIONS
New restaurant, the Halal Shack, opens in the HUB ABHIJIT REGE NEWS EDITOR
The HUB has finally opened another dining option in its space with the grand opening of the Halal Shack. The restaurant opened on campus last Thursday, Jan 12, 2023, and is especially notable due to providing an entirely Halal Menu. Taking influence from New York City street food, the restaurant’s cuisine consists of a variety of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavors and spices with American-style fusion. It features a build-your-own meal concept, similar to fellow HUB restaurant Hibachi-san, where diners can choose from rice, salad, zucchini noodles, or french fries to create a bowl. Diners can add chicken, beef, falafel, chickpea korma (an Afghan dish), or the plant-based Impossible meat substitution. A variety of special
sauces can be added to top off the bowl. The addition of the Halal Shack reflected a growing concern on the UCR campus regarding the lack of Halal food options for Muslim Students. The Halal shack’s website clarifies the meaning of Halal, where it explains that “Halal food and meats are sourced and prepared following Islamic dietary guidelines to ensure not only the highest quality but also the humane treatment of the animals they come from.” Kourtney Gilbert, marketing and communications coordinator for Dining and Hospitality Services expressed, “Everyone’s really excited to have something new on campus. It provides a different dining option with more ► SEE NEWS PAGE 3
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SPORTS Highlanders men’s basketball win in thriller versus Cal Poly in overtime 83-78 KIANOOSH NOOSHI, SPORTS EDITOR
The UC Riverside men’s basketball team defeated Cal Poly this week in a thrilling back and forth game. The Highlander’s were led by their starting backcourt consisting of senior Flynn Cameron and Senior Jamal Hartwell II. The two stars combined for 48 as the Highlanders improved to 6-1 in the Big West marking their best start to conference play in recent years. The contest was more than a little uncomfortable for the Highlanders who had to finish the job in overtime with a push from the amazing UCR home crowd. The game started off with a fluid, uptempo pace from UCR as the Highlanders grew and kept an early lead, but Cal Poly’s hot form from three kept the game close. The Highlanders who were struggling early on from three were able to hit back to back shots from deep courtesy of freshman forward Lachlan
Olbrich and junior forward Will Tattersall who drained back-to-back threes to get UC Riverside going. Olbrich went into halftime with some good makes and finished the game with 11 points and eight rebounds. The aforementioned threes opened the floodgates from deep for the as UCR opened up a sixpoint halftime lead by virtue of a late 8-0 run and a 6-for-11 ratio from deep. The Highlanders came out of the half hot and continued to torch the opposition with the three ball, turning in 57.1 percent of their efforts from deep in the game, a season high. Kyle Owens put in a massively underrated performance for the Highlanders recording his third straight double double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Flynn Cameron had 25 points on 50 percent shooting also adding six assists leading the way ► SEE SPORTS PAGE 16
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