This Week's Front Page
When the 2008-'09 men's basketball season opens, the completed renovations to Autry Court will not be the only new sight for fans. On Sunday, Ben Braun was announced as the new head basketball coach at Rice, replacing 16-year coach Willis Wilson (Will Rice '82), who was released March 14. (0) comments
A series of registration changes began taking effect this week as ESTHER was modified to reduce schedule overlap. Alana Lemay-Gibson, associate registrar for technology, said when students add courses that are scheduled at the same time, ESTHER now notifies them of the conflict. (1) comment
An increased demand for on-campus housing led to panic for many students at room draw this year. At some colleges, room draw coordinators were forced to change their plans to deal with the increased demand for an ever-smaller number of spaces. At Jones College, students are normally bumped off-campus according to their seniority, with juniors and seniors at the highest risk of being bumped. (3) comments
As the academic year draws to a close, some familiar construction fences are coming down, with new ones soon to appear in other parts of campus. The Brochstein Pavilion will be completed on Thursday, April 24, south plant construction will end July 31 and construction on a new Recreation Center will begin in earnest next week. (0) comments
"Comedy's Odd Couple," a show featuring nationally known comedians Rabbi Bob Alper and Muslim Azhar Usman, came to the Baker Commons Tuesday as part of an interfaith event to promote tolerance on campus. The comedians' routines covered their family backgrounds, current lives, religious experiences and the elephant in the room, as Alper referred to it: Their separate faiths. (0) comments
The Rice Sport Management program teamed up with the Athletic Department to host the first Rice Owl Bowl fundraiser on March 31 at Dave and Buster's on Katy Freeway. Over $11,600 in event proceeds will benefit the new Rice Tickets-for-Kids charity and the Sport Management Program. (1) comment
Students from outside of Texas may not be surprised to learn that about half of the professionals from the East and West Coasts have heard of Rice, according to a recent market survey by the Office of Public Affairs. The survey, which Vice President for Public Affairs Linda Thrane said is the first to ask about Rice's recognition, polled 800 people and found Rice to be best-known in Texas, with awareness dropping along the East and West Coasts. (0) comments
Harvard may have the H Bomb and Cornell may boast the SMUT, but next Friday, Rice will join their ranks with Open, its first sex magazine. Editor in chief Rachel Solnick plans to distribute the 68-page black-and-white magazine's 1,500 copies to Rice and the surrounding Houston community. (0) comments
After a year of absence, the spring formal Rondelet returned in the form of "Midnight Masquerade" with approximately 350 attendees. Rice Program Council hosted Rondelet on Friday, March 28 at Trevisio Restaurant in the Texas Medical Center. Compared to last semester's fall formal, Esperanza, which drew about 550 attendees, the spring formal was smaller in size. (0) comments