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Federal authorities have revoked visas for five international affiliates at Rice — three current students and two recent graduates, President Reginald DesRoches announced in an April 11 message to campus. The revocations are “not related to social activism or protests,” a university spokesperson told the Thresher.
After 15 years in business, the Hoot will shut down at the end of the semester. The Hoot has faced staffing and financial challenges since the COVID-19 pandemic, and has reached a point where operations are “no longer sustainable,” Hoot management wrote in an April 8 Instagram post.
Rice Athletics fired baseball head coach José Cruz Jr. on March 13, less than a month into the season. The baseball team was 2-14 and on a 10 game losing streak at the time of his firing. Just days later, Rice welcomed baseball veteran David Pierce to fill Cruz’s seat.
For weeks, I’ve been staring at this blank document, unsure what to write. How do you say goodbye to the most formative job of your (young) life? For two years, I’ve spent my Mondays and Tuesdays — sometimes Wednesdays, often Thursdays, more Sundays than I’d like to admit — shuttered away in my obnoxiously warm, tiny newsroom.
David Pierce, assistant baseball coach at Texas State University, will take over as Rice’s new head coach this week, just days after former coach José Cruz Jr. was fired. This is a homecoming for Pierce, who worked at Rice from 2003 to 2011 under the late Wayne Graham. In 2003, Pierce helped Graham lead the team to their first and only national title.
A brand-new, second student center will open by Fall 2027, president Reggie DesRoches announced in a March 3 email to campus. The current Rice Memorial Center will not be demolished, and will continue to house Rice Coffeehouse, Pub and student media during construction over the next two years. It will undergo renovations after the second building is complete.
$9 million of Rice’s funding from the National Science Foundation has been identified by the U.S. Senate as “woke DEI grants” that promote “neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda.”
This story has been published in collaboration with The Barbed Wire, a Texas-based digital news outlet. Read the story online at thebarbedwire.com and at ricethresher.org.
Singers Kelly Rowland (left) and Beyoncé (right), Houston natives, speak at the rally in support of Harris. Riya Misra / Thresher
After speaking about reproductive rights — a pillar of her policy platform — on stage, Harris addresses the Gen Z voters in the crowd. Students attended the rally in droves, while Rice Young Democrats said they gathered at least 70 people to attend together.
Attendees hold up signs referencing Beyoncé‘s 2016 song “Freedom,“ which Harris has adopted as a campaign anthem. The Oct. 25 rally focused on abortion rights and reproductive freedom. Riya Misra / Thresher
Students watch a countdown to poll closing in Sid Richardson College commons. Riya Misra / Thresher
Senate attendees applaud after Student Association voting members passed the four referenda Oct. 28. Riya Misra / Thresher
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a rally for reproductive rights in Houston on Oct. 25. Musical artist Beyoncé Knowles-Carter drew crowds at the rally, returning to her hometown to endorse Harris in the U.S. presidential race. Over 30,000 attendees — Harris’ largest rally turnout so far, her campaign said — packed the Shell Energy Stadium, emblazoned with signs saying “Trust Women” and “Vote for Reproductive Freedom.”
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Speakers at senate had one minute to support or oppose S.REF 1-4. Riya Misra / Thresher
Students Kayla Peden and Grace Yetter annouce performers at R2’s open mic night Oct. 3. Riya Misra / Thresher
Matti Haacke, an organizer with Rice SJP, recites poetry. Behind Haacke is a list of “martyrs” honoring Palestinian victims of the Israel-Hamas war. Riya Misra / Thresher
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Lovett College freshman Cindy Yan (left) and Sid Richardson College freshman Chloe Hsieh (right) study in Lovett’s commons on Sept. 24. Riya Misra / Thresher
