This Week's Front Page
Over a month into the school year, it is clear the new inhabitants of Duncan College and McMurtry College are not the only ones experiencing challenges. While certain students had to deal with malfunctioning air-conditioning units and nonworking locks, certain members of the custodial staff have had to deal with changes to their workload. (1) comment
With the largest student population Rice has ever seen on campus, a new bike policy, effective this semester, aims to keep pedestrians and bikers safe, Bicycle Safety Committee member Amy Kavalewitz said. The policy was orchestrated by the Bicycle Safety Committee, which consists of staff, faculty and student representatives, and now falls under the office of Vice President for Administration Kevin Kirby. (1) comment
Decathlons, it seems, are not solely for athletes. In December 2007, the United States Department of Energy selected Rice as one of 20 teams, including international competitors, to compete in the Solar Decathlon, a competition that is designed to prove that solar technology is a viable solution for homes in the future. (0) comments
The next time you decide to supply a grammatically-challenged Internet stranger with your Rice e-mail password, think twice. Otherwise, you might become yet another victim of a recent string of phishing attacks. Last weekend, a widespread phishing scam netted 14 Rice accounts, 12 of which belonged to new students. (1) comment
Duncan College and McMurtry College are not the only colleges which have faced construction troubles this semester. In the past two weeks, the south colleges have encountered issues that include cable and electricity outages and noise and water problems. According to both Project Manager Larry Vossler and Manager of Communications for Facilities Engineering and Planning Susann Glenn, Sid Richardson College and Lovett College have suffered the brunt of the construction discomforts, as they are located near the Baker College and Will Rice College renovations. (0) comments
Just over 100 years ago, in the summer of 1908, Edgar Odell Lovett began a journey to "search among the universities of the two hemispheres for the educational and architectural ideas to be incorporated in the new university to be planned in Houston." The university to which Lovett alluded would come to be known as the Rice Institute, renamed the William Marsh Rice University in 1960. (0) comments