2008 Woodie AwardsThis Week's Front Page
Treasure these years. Because at the rapid rate things are changing, you won't recognize Rice at the end of your years here. Remember the school that you fell in love with during Owl Weekend? On your campus tour? When your brothers and sisters moved in five years ago? Kiss it all goodbye, because you're about to get hit with the full force of a reorganization nearly five years in the making. (1) comment
Times have changed for higher education. As competition for students, faculty and funding increases, so does the need to promote what sets an institution apart from others offering similar services. In interviews about Rice with hundreds of faculty, students, staff, alumni and community members last year, a common refrain was: "We need to make more people better aware of how good we are. (0) comments
I have never been a big football fan. Ask my friends, my parents, anyone who knows me. Despite living in Texas - a state that virtually worships football for half a year - I have never caught the fervor that accompanies the pigskin spectacle. Rather, I had never until two weeks ago at the Families' Weekend football game. (4) comments
Monday night, Dean of Undergraduates Robin Forman and Vice President for Finance Kathy Collins faced a Farnsworth Pavilion jam-packed with students and their representatives at the Student Association's weekly meeting (see story, page 1).Forman and Collins presented a rough description of and fielded questions about the future changes to Rice student organizations' finances. (0) comments