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A&E 11/15/17 9:34pm

Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2017: "Three Billboards" and "Call Me by Your Name" Reviews

By Maddie Flavin

“Three Billboards” handles anger and trauma 3.5/5 Life always seems to look for new ways to piss us off.

SPORTS 11/15/17 4:23pm

Martel, Lovett victorious in Powderpuff playoffs

By Joshua Anil

Powderpuff playoffs began this week with Martel College facing Duncan College and Will Rice College facing Lovett College in the quarterfinals.

NEWS 11/15/17 3:57pm

GOP tax plan raises graduate student concerns

By Rishab Ramapriyan

The House’s proposed tax plan, H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, would repeal previous provisions that excluded tuition waivers and tuition exemptions from taxable income for graduate students, according to the ACE.

NEWS 11/15/17 2:55pm

Student placed on involuntary medical leave seeks to return

By Emily Abdow

Rice University freshman Michael Lu said he is speaking with attorneys after he spent 12 days in the hospital for psychiatric symptoms.

A&E 11/8/17 10:27am

Coffeehouse to add student exhibition space with ‘Espresso Yourself: Art’

By Lenna Mendoza

This semester, Coffeehouse aims to bring you art beyond your latte with the expansion of performance series “Espresso Yourself.”

SPORTS 11/8/17 4:45am

Football: Turnovers and defensive lapses doom Rice

By Spencer Moffat

The Rice offense has frequently let good defensive performances go to waste in conference play this season. But against the University of Alabama, Birmingham, it was the defense’s turn to let the game get out of hand.

NEWS 11/8/17 3:07am

73 days after sustaining hurricane damage, Willy’s Pub finally reopens its doors

By Elliot Stahr

Pub came back full-force on Tuesday morning, operating under normal hours, hosting a re-opening brunch event and offering $1 beers after 9 p.m.

NEWS 11/1/17 3:46am

Evening of Elegance attendance surpasses NOD for first time

By Emily Abdow

Attendance at NOD dropped to around 800 students this year from around 1,100 last year, according to estimates by current and past Wiess social vice presidents, while Chi Alpha Assistant Director Eric Mingle said attendance at this year’s Evening of Elegance surpassed 1,000 attendants compared to less than 700 last year.

A&E 11/1/17 2:50am

‘Stranger Things’ maintains momentum in second season

By Michael VerMeulen

Stranger Thing's hyped second season, which dropped on Oct. 27, mostly recaptures the quality of its predecessor, though narrative missteps make it slightly inferior.

SPORTS 11/1/17 2:33am

Swimming takes down defending C-USA champ

By Andrew Grottkau

It wasn’t the conference championship meet, but on Friday, the Owls exacted some revenge on FIU, defeating the Panthers 136.5-84.5 in a dual meet in New Orleans, Louisiana.

FEATURES 10/25/17 12:53am

Feature: A conversation with Al Gore

By Drew Keller and Elizabeth Rasich

The Rice Thresher and the Houston Chronicle sat down with Al Gore after his talk on Monday to discuss a future marked by climate change.

A&E 10/25/17 12:03am

Netflix tries feature films with ‘The Meyerowitz Stories’

By Michael VerMeulen

Created by acclaimed director and writer Noah Baumbach, the movie is easily one of Netflix’s best films to date.

SPORTS 10/24/17 11:15pm

Soccer claims regular season C-USA title

By Michael Byrnes

In the program’s 17-year history, Rice Soccer had never won the Conference USA regular season championship. But this year, it finally reached the top.

NEWS 10/24/17 1:57am

Al Gore calls for climate action in Rice speech

By Cameron Wallace

Former Vice President Al Gore spoke about the dangers of man-made climate change at the Rice University Tudor Fieldhouse on Monday evening.

FEATURES 10/18/17 10:13am

Hispanic and Latinx cultural organizations on campus celebrate music, food and shared experiences

By Lizzie Bjork

The Hispanic Association for Cultural Enrichment at Rice held a festival on Friday to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. This is the first year they have celebrated with a festival.

NEWS 10/18/17 1:51am

CTIS in review: Students reflect and express concerns as workshop ends

By Juan Saldaña

As midterms roll around, new students can cross one item off their academic checklists: the Critical Thinking in Sexuality workshop.

A&E 10/18/17 12:39am

‘Victoria & Abdul’ explores a covered-up historical friendship

By Maddie Flavin

“Victoria & Abdul,” the cinematic presentation of his unlikely 14-year friendship with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, aims right for the heart to tell a warm, uplifting story about the unexpected places friendship can take us.

A&E 10/4/17 4:25pm

“Home of the Strange” tour brings nostalgia to White Oak Music Hall

By Christina Tan

On Saturday night, Joywave, Cold War Kids and Young the Giant concluded their two-month tour with a sold-out show at White Oak Music Hall.

NEWS 10/4/17 12:24am

SA seeks student ideas to shape university vision

By Emily Abdow and Cameron Wallace

The Rice University Student Association is gathering student ideas to develop the seven major goals of Rice’s Vision for the Second Century, Part Two, which President David Leebron outlined at a Rice town hall on Tuesday.

A&E 10/4/17 12:19am

‘Waiting on a Prime-Time Star’ explores black womanhood

By Areli Navarro Magallon

The Moody Center for the Arts’ latest exhibit, “Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-Time Star,” opened this Thursday. The first collection to debut since the center’s inaugural selection of exhibitions, its opening was much anticipated and celebrated.