This Week's Front Page
Colleges and clubs at Rice will soon find their finances extensively restructured under a new proposal that will move all external accounts on-campus and impose new restrictions on check-writing and tax records, according to Vice President for Finance Kathy Collins. (0) comments
Starting next fall, add/drop deadlines will be moved up, giving students half as much time to make decisions about whether or not to add or keep a course compared to the current schedule. Currently, students have four weeks to add a course. During the first two weeks, students can do so without a fee. (0) comments
Feeling that the Honor Council may be overwhelmed with student judicial matters, the Faculty Senate plans to form a working group to assess whether the system is functioning optimally. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Evan Siemann said the Faculty Senate wants to assess the reasons for an increased number of Honor Council cases, since at its busiest times the council can expect a case per day. (1) comment
After navigating through a storm of phishing e-mail scams, network viruses and potential hackers throughout the past year, Information Technology is taking defensive measures to increase the security level on campus networks. IT is making the Rice student network more secure by keeping each individual computer's IP address private on the Internet. (0) comments
Unwilling to let Hurricane Ike prevent them from seeing their children, almost 1,975 parents flocked to Rice for last week's Families Weekend. Student Association External Vice President Nicholas Muscara, who helped organize the event, said this number was consistent with turnout in previous years. (0) comments
Rice received a B-, just above the national average of C+ last month for its sustainability efforts from the Sustainable Endowments Institute. The rating, which has been in existence since 2005, is based on colleges' efforts in nine categories: administration, climate change and energy, food and recycling, green building, student involvement, transportation, endowment transparency, investment priorities and shareholder engagement. (0) comments
After being shut down by Student Judicial Programs for violating a temporary dry campus policy in effect during Hurricane Ike, Valhalla has announced it will reopen following the completion of renovations. Valhalla manager John Stanley said that he expects the pub to be able to reopen next Friday. (0) comments