the Rice Thresher

Friday, August 22, 2008

News

• IT self-help page introduced
• Annual fund reaches all-time high of $6.35 million
• Rice granted $6.4 million to create Houston's first Sociology Ph.D. in 2011
• Djerejian advises students to understand their enemies
• O-Week 2008 Highlights
• Rice's Energy Crisis: The Quest for Light...
• Princeton Review ranks Rice no. 2 for quality of life, race/class interaction
• Wilson found in Berkeley, put on suicide watch
• Underage drinking found at off-campus O-Week party
• Phishing scams intensify
• Rice Facebook fan page launched
• Simmonses donate $3 million for collaborative medical research
• Carless no more
• Vardi wins computing machinery award
• Harlow appointed director of Chao Center for Asian Studies
• Boué named first Asst. Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Development
• Virtual tour added to attract prospective students
• Buildings to sport plants on roofs to improve sustainability
• Cards replace keys at Martel
• Summer construction, had me a blast
• Scott wins ASA award

Sports

• Owls ousted by Tigers and 'Dogs
• Leebron invited to Beijing, sees Phelps win first gold
• Commentary: Mustaches the difference for '08 Owls?
• Rice Football 2008 Preview
• Rice Soccer 2008 Preview
• Rice Volleyball 2008 Preview
• Sports Notebook

Entertainment

• Killer Films
• Beer-spitting good time: a local music perspective
• The Weekly Scene
• Satisfying Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants sequel follows footsteps of prequel, characters
• Cartoon: Cingle Cellularity

Opinion

• Academic honors rival personal growth
• Fear stupefies student thought and views
• Recent alumnus imparts provoking pearls of wisdom
• Rental car system: good idea, bad planning
• New hire in athletics a step forward
• Supporting Wilson
• Personal growth rivals academic honors
• Editorial Cartoon: What if Matt Wilson ran away in 1849?

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