This Week's Front Page
Drink in hand, Sid Richardson College sophomore Graham Johnson gets pumped up for Rice's football game against SMU last Friday. More than 23,000 fans turned out to watch the Owls' first game of the year. (0) comments
Living off campus can be a learning experience. Students venturing beyond the accommodating dorm situation have to suddenly deal with bills, buying groceries and preparing meals. However, Will Rice College and Wiess College are now offering to shoulder the lunchtime burden by offering free weekly meals. (2) comments
Rice's Webmail received an update in May to make it faster and better able to handle the large volumes of e-mail sent to and from Rice accounts every day. (0) comments
As part of a growing investment in research, Rice University selected Mary Farach-Carson as its first associate vice provost for research. Farach- Carson, who currently teaches and directs research at the University of Delaware, will begin her work at Rice next fall. (0) comments
Providing education in poor countries is possible for just $2 a day, Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea, said this week to a crowd including over 500 freshmen. The bestselling author of this year's common reading spoke in the Rice Memorial Center's Grand Hall Tuesday. (0) comments
As the federal law that has set the drinking age at 21 comes up for review next year, college and university presidents and chancellors from across the country have come together to sign the Amethyst Initiative - begun in July - which advocates an informed and unimpeded debate to see if the current policy is working. (3) comments
Physics and astronomy professor Gordon Mutchler, 70, died Aug. 15 of a heart attack. Mutchler worked at Rice almost 40 years. He was highly respected and well liked among his colleagues, Physics and Astronomy Department Chair Barry Dunning said. (0) comments