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FEATURES 4/22/25 11:38pm

New student center to ‘complete’ central quad

By Hugo Gerbich-Pais

Breezeways, arches and outdoor seating will abound at the Moody Center Complex for Student Life set to break ground May 8. The 75,000-square-foot complex was designed by architecture firm Olson Kundig and has an expected completion date of fall 2027.

FEATURES 4/22/25 10:42pm

Best study snacks to fuel your finals

By Saahithi Sreekantham

Finals are creeping up on us, and that means hunting season for the best study snacks on and off campus. Below are some that are sure to see you through the most enigmatic paper prompts and puzzling practice questions.

FEATURES 4/22/25 10:40pm

Head over handlebars: a brief history of Beer Bike accidents

By Will Patel

In the first heat of the women’s race in this year’s Beer Bike, Melissa Geng said she was biking faster than she ever had, adrenaline pumping through her veins. All was going well, until she crashed into the fence of the alumni viewing area at the turn of her second lap.

FEATURES 4/22/25 10:39pm

Seniors showcase late night artwork in ‘26 Hour Diner’

By Nandini Dasari

As the spring semester comes to an end, 26 graduating seniors find themselves juggling both final exams and final exhibits. Marking the completion of a visual and dramatic arts degree at Rice, the annual senior showcase will open April 25.

FEATURES 4/15/25 11:05pm

Rice football players go Greek, join Omega Psi Phi fraternity

By Kristal Hanson

Rice has operated without fraternities or sororities since its founding. In their place, residential college systems have served as the core of student life. But this spring, three Rice students joined a fraternity for the first time in school history.

FEATURES 4/15/25 10:27pm

Core Teams talk raising kids at Rice

By Emily Nguyen

At most colleges, resident associates are students juggling their responsibilities alongside homework. At Rice, students aren’t the only ones who call the residential colleges home — RAs could be anything from a professor to a dean living down the hall along with their children.

FEATURES 4/15/25 10:26pm

Alumna Susannah Wright journeys from student to professor

By Dia Gupta

When Susannah Wright graduated from Rice in 2018, the prospect of returning as faculty was nothing more than a pipe dream. Much like the tales she studies, Wright’s journey to professorship has taken her across the country and back again, landing her in a faculty role at Rice in fall 2024.

FEATURES 4/15/25 10:24pm

COMP At Rice: Computer science majors talk ups and downs of Rice computing

By Hongtao Hu

Rice’s computer science department has unleashed a number of changes this year, introducing COMP 222 and 312 this semester and planning for an AI major in fall 2025.

FEATURES 4/8/25 11:08pm

LinkedIn-fluencers find new ways to connect

By Hugo Gerbich-Pais

From wellbeing content and making new friends to half marathons on the beach, LinkedIn feeds are becoming increasingly populated by things other than the usual job announcements and internship offers.

FEATURES 4/8/25 11:07pm

New semester, novel courses

By Dia Gupta

Tired of the same old lectures and pop quizzes? Next semester brings a new lineup of courses that may actually make you want to get up for an 8 a.m. Whether you want a class that dives deeper into your major, explores a passion or teaches you something new, this semester has something for you.

FEATURES 4/8/25 10:54pm

Students react to Moody X-Fest headliner

By Saahithi Sreekantham

Moody X-Fest is back, and like it or not, British alt-rock band bôa is bringing their Whiplash tour to Rice to headline for the event on April 25.

FEATURES 4/1/25 10:41pm

Beer Bike ‘bragging rights’: meet the RPC coordinators

By Veronica Yang

Beer Bike ‘bragging rights’: meet the RPC coordinators

FEATURES 4/1/25 10:41pm

Beer Bike ‘bragging rights’: meet the RPC coordinators

By Veronica Yang

Beer Bike ‘bragging rights’: meet the RPC coordinators

FEATURES 4/1/25 10:40pm

Alice Owens talks women’s rugby and engineering

By Sam Balakrishnan

Alice Owens said she thrives most when adrenaline courses through her veins. Founder and president of the Rice Women’s Rugby Club, her journey at Rice began with several intramural sports, but it was Powderpuff that left the deepest mark.

FEATURES 4/1/25 10:33pm

Candid conversations on ‘constant construction’

By Valentina Kuschnir

You can’t step outside on campus without seeing a crane or some yellow caution tape. Sarofim Hall, the art department’s new building, is set to open in the fall; a second RMC is in the works; and the academic quad remains lined with orange safety netting.

FEATURES 3/25/25 10:13pm

Rice startups talk tech challenges, time concerns

By Noa Berz

It seems like everyone at Rice is creating an app these days. Some might remember Bonfire and Diagnos, or perhaps the more recent Nudge, but with many of these services now off the app store, one has to ask — Is Rice really an ideal environment for student-led startups?

FEATURES 3/25/25 10:10pm

Summer owls fly across the pond

By Emily Nguyen

This summer, Rice students are trading textbooks for passports as they prepare to study abroad.

FEATURES 3/25/25 10:08pm

Lecturer Oz Ocampo talks sports scouting, leadership

By Will Patel

Before he scouted future All-Star pitchers internationally, Oz Ocampo was a college student studying abroad, searching for his career path. While in Buenos Aires, he watched the Superclásico, a fierce rivalry match between Argentina’s top soccer clubs. After Boca Juniors, his newly adopted team, won, he realized he wanted to work in baseball.

FEATURES 3/25/25 10:06pm

Elisa Gabbert on writing through disaster

By Chi Pham

Memory deceives. Perception distorts. For Elisa Gabbert ’02, the ubiquitous condition of our times is ‘unreality’ — modern society’s tendency to process catastrophe as media spectacle and bury anxieties beneath routine. In her 2020 essay collection “The Unreality of Memory,” she dissects why tragedy leaves us scrolling, watching and forgetting.

FEATURES 3/12/25 12:00am

Rice Rally fights for school spirit

By Abigail Chiu

If Rice students show up for sports games, they’ll love them — the trick is to keep them coming back. This is something Hannah Wixom and Morgan Toran, two of the three co-presidents of Rice Rally, agree on.

Features

New student center to ‘complete’ central quad

Best study snacks to fuel your finals

Head over handlebars: a brief history of Beer Bike accidents

Seniors showcase late night artwork in ‘26 Hour Diner’

Rice football players go Greek, join Omega Psi Phi fraternity

Core Teams talk raising kids at Rice

Alumna Susannah Wright journeys from student to professor

COMP At Rice: Computer science majors talk ups and downs of Rice computing

LinkedIn-fluencers find new ways to connect

New semester, novel courses

Students react to Moody X-Fest headliner

Beer Bike ‘bragging rights’: meet the RPC coordinators

Beer Bike ‘bragging rights’: meet the RPC coordinators

Alice Owens talks women’s rugby and engineering

Candid conversations on ‘constant construction’

Rice startups talk tech challenges, time concerns

Summer owls fly across the pond

Lecturer Oz Ocampo talks sports scouting, leadership

Elisa Gabbert on writing through disaster

Rice Rally fights for school spirit

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