the Rice Thresher

Friday, February 5, 2010

News

• College course budgets face cuts
• Rice set to refocus after merger falls through
• Proposed Beer Bike parade changes fail
• Barnett sentenced for BB gun shootings
• RecycleMania energizes students
• Equality Riders campaign for social justice
• News in brief: Decision on concentric circles postponed (online only)
• Online only: Student Association minutes
• Online only: RUPD crime blotter

Sports

• Reece sprints into history in season's second meet
• Owls continue conference climb
• Women whip weak Texas State, wounded Sam Houston
• Men's tennis escapes near-freeze with weekend split
• Men's track gets complete effort at UH Invitational
• Men's basketball sees step ahead negated by Tulane loss
• Swimming nabs two out of three
• Monday's Sports Update: Owls upend Dustdevils at home
• Saturday's Sports Update: Blazers' comeback trumps Owls

Entertainment

• Intersections: Houston draws lines at Matchbox
• Relish: Sampling the menu at Mai's Vietnamese
• Taco Trek: Doña Maria's strikes back
• When in Rome flip-flops between rom-com and awkwardness
• Tom Green is back to take over the world

Features

• Facing the future

Opinion

• State of the Union revamps presidency
• Free political spending taints campaigns
• Criticism of photoshopping not necessarily deserved
• College courses should not fall victim to budget cuts
• Veto of Beer Bike proposals commendable
• Decision to postpone Willy's rings sensible
• This week's Editorial Cartoon
• Letters to the Editor
• Last week's online poll results

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