Malcolm Reyes

Off the Court

UC Riverside alumni, as Malcolm Reyes tells it on the shows. Each story was checked against its source.

• Marigold Lintoncognitive psychologist, Native education leader

  Marigold Linton came from Banning to a brand new UC Riverside and earned straight A's in psychology. In nineteen sixty four she became the first Native American to earn a doctorate in the field. Gather round for that one.

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• Billy CollinsUnited States Poet Laureate

  Billy Collins, Poet Laureate of the United States from two thousand one to two thousand three, is a Highlander. The country needed a poet and it called one of ours.

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• Steve BreenPulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist

  Steve Breen drew his way to a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in nineteen ninety eight. A Highlander with a pen and an opinion. Dangerous combination.

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• Ryan Holidaymarketer and author

  Ryan Holiday dropped out of Riverside at nineteen, did marketing for American Apparel, and then wrote a book subtitled Confessions of a Media Manipulator. He posed as a fake expert to prank news outlets. He never made it to junior year here.

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• Stefanie Schaefferdefense attorney, Apprentice winner

  Stefanie Schaeffer, defense attorney and Highlander, won the sixth season of The Apprentice. She got hired on television. Make of that what you will.

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