Dining access fund announced following on-campus unlimited meal swipes
(08/12/25 4:41pm)
Rice announced new food assistance programs on Tuesday to account for the controversial change in the on-campus meal swipe plan.
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Rice announced new food assistance programs on Tuesday to account for the controversial change in the on-campus meal swipe plan.
Housing and Dining recently revealed a new dining plan for the upcoming semester. The required on-campus meal plan now has unlimited meal swipes, compared to 375 meal swipes last year. H&D said the previous on-campus meal plan was for students who intended to eat on campus 15 to 25 meals a week.
Rice’s student run boba tea shop will likely shutter its doors after managers were informed that they could no longer operate out of Sammy's Cafe in the Rice Student Center.
Rice, alongside 17 other research universities, filed an amicus curiae brief in support of Harvard University’s lawsuit against the Trump administration over more than $2 billion in frozen research grants.
Rice will grow another 8%, aiming to enroll 5,200 students by fall 2028, announced an April 21 press release. This is the second recent expansion at Rice, following a 2021 initiative that raised the undergraduate population 20%, from 4,000 to 4,800.
Thousands rallied at Houston City Hall April 5 in the “most widespread” slew of national protests since Donald Trump took the presidential office in January. Houston’s rally was one of over 1,300 that were estimated to bring out around 3 million people.
Protesters hold signs as they take to the streets near Houston City Hall. The protests, which took place nationwide, drew over 13,00 people in opposition to Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
Rice announced the creation of the International Travel Incident Response Team in a campus-wide email April 1. The move comes amid federal pressures on international travel and an increased immigration law enforcement on university campuses.
On a rainy Thursday in Rosenberg, Texas, under what resembled a large metal barn, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota and former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso discussed the future of the Democratic Party.
Gov. Tim Walz and former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke pose for a photo with Rice Young Democrats. The pair hosted a town hall in Fort Bend County that drew thousands. James Cancelarich / Thresher
Huda Zoghbi was announced to be the speaker for Rice’s 122th commencement, March 26. Zoghbi is a professor of molecular and human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine.
The Department of Education is investigating Rice, alongside 44 other universities, for engaging in alleged “race-exclusionary” practices. The investigations come amid allegations that these universities’ partnership with The Ph.D. Project violates Title IX of the Civil Rights Act.
Rice will hold a clinic to give the measles, mumps and rubella vaccination March 20 in the Cambridge Office Building.
The Rice online directory was changed to be only accessible through a password protected site March 10. The directory contains names and contact information for faculty, staff, alumni and students, with the exception of students who have requested to have their information removed.
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The Student Association election ballot was recalled just an hour after it went live Feb. 26 after voters found errors. At the end of the ballot, voters were presented with five different constitutional amendments, which proposed varying changes ranging from grammatical fixes to raising the Blanket Tax. The original ballot only allowed students one vote instead of five individual ones, presenting the amendments as a bundle.
The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion was renamed to the Office of Access and Institutional Excellence in the wake of state and federal crackdowns on DEI programs. James Cancelarich / Thresher
The Student Association election ballot was recalled just an hour after it went live, after voters found errors in the ballot’s language. At the end of the ballot, voters were presented with five different constitutional amendments, which proposed varying changes — ranging from grammatical fixes to raising the Blanket Tax. The ballot only allowed students one vote instead of five individual ones, presenting the amendments as a bundle.
Trevor Tobey is formally unopposed for Student Association president. If the Hanszen College junior is elected, this will be his fourth year in the SA, following terms as a new student representative, a senator and, most recently, parliamentarian. This is Tobey’s second presidential campaign, after his loss to Jae Kim last year.
The Student Association Senate voted to put five constitutional amendments on the spring elections ballot and rejected Rice PRIDE and Rice Apps’ requests to be blanket tax organizations. While the ballot will not be voted on until Feb. 24, the SA has nearly finalized what will be voted on by the general student body in the upcoming election.