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NEWS 1/30/18 10:01pm

Students pitch ideas, seek advice at president’s office hours

By Amy Qin

Students attending President David Leebron’s office hours on Friday raised issues ranging from new study programs to undocumented student advocacy.

NEWS 1/30/18 9:45pm

SA to vote on resolution rejecting speaker disinvitations

By Cameron Wallace

The Student Association Senate will vote on a resolution calling for Rice University to affirm its commitment to diversity of thought by disregarding public opinion and controversy when inviting speakers to campus.

FEATURES 1/24/18 12:16am

Photo Feature: Jacks of the Past

By Elizabeth Rasich

Alumni share stories of rules they broke during their time at Rice

SPORTS 1/23/18 11:44pm

Erica Ogwumike continues family legacy of basketball success

By Michael Byrnes

She’s helped lead the Owls to a 14-3 start, their best in over a decade, and leads the team in scoring, rebounds and steals, with her performance in each of the three categories placing her among the top five in Conference USA.

A&E 1/23/18 10:39pm

Love and sociopathy collide in ‘The End of the F***king World’

By Amelia Calautti

Combine a 17-year-old psychopath and an angsty teen girl and what do you get?

NEWS 1/23/18 9:03pm

Democrats debate, campaign for Congress

By Elliot Stahr

With primary elections approaching on March 6, seven Democrats travelled to Rice’s campus on the night of Monday, Jan. 22 to convince students of why they were the best candidate to represent over 750,000 Texans in the House of Representatives.

NEWS 1/23/18 8:55pm

Rice community members attend 2018 Women’s March

By Anna Ta

“I’m not ovary-reacting,” one bright orange sign read over the crowd. It waved among hundreds of others at the 2018 Houston Women’s March last Saturday, many of which were wielded by Rice University students.

FEATURES 1/17/18 1:34pm

Rice freshman's cryptocurrency trading startup Everest Capital posts huge initial returns

By Lavina Kalwani

Abraham started the beginnings of his “alternative asset management fund” just three months ago. The company, Everest Capital, uses social media analytics to invest in cryptocurrency.

SPORTS 1/17/18 9:51am

McGuffie headed to Olympics

By Michael Byrnes

Former Rice football player Sam McGuffie (Class of 2013) was named to the 2018 U.S. Olympic men’s bobsled team on Monday. He will compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

A&E 1/17/18 9:26am

‘Origin, 135 degrees’ alters the academic quad

By Lenna Mendoza

The sheer mass of the sculpture alone has greatly altered the treed path that passes by Sewall and Rayzor Halls.

NEWS 1/16/18 11:27pm

'Do something': Students perceive lack of effort by administration in MLK day celebrations

By Emily Abdow

Students commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. day by participating in two parades and organizing a vigil, but some raised concerns about Rice’s commitment to diversity.

FEATURES 1/10/18 12:32am

What is virginity, anyway?

By Elizabeth Rasich

It turns out that Rice students are pretty good at guessing how many of their peers are virgins: 44 percent was the true number and 39 percent the average estimate, according to a recent Research Methods (SOCI 381) study.

FEATURES 1/10/18 12:30am

Speech and debate team dominates

By Elizabeth Rasich

Last spring, while the rest of her classmates were throwing water balloons and cheering on their colleges at Beer Bike, Gennifer Geer was stuck in Peoria, Illinois for a national speech and debate tournament.

A&E 1/10/18 12:24am

Sorkin delivers trademark intensity in poker biopic ‘Molly’s Game’

By Maddie Flavin

For approximately a decade, the real-life Bloom, dubbed the “Poker Princess,” ran high-stakes poker games in Los Angeles and New York City.

SPORTS 1/9/18 11:45pm

Women’s basketball surging into conference play

By Michael Byrnes

It’s been a successful start to the season for Rice University women’s basketball. A year after winning the Women’s Basketball Invitational and notching 22 wins, second-highest in program history, the Owls have shown no signs of letting up in a 12-2 start this year.

NEWS 1/9/18 11:13pm

Breaking even: Residential college budget breakdown

By Amy Qin

With approximately half a million dollars divided among them, colleges are coming up with unique ways to spend their budgets, from Hanszen College’s Beauty Committee to Sid Richardson College’s Brewing fund.

FEATURES 11/28/17 11:33pm

Thanksgiving on campus

By Sanvitti Sahdev

Postmates, instant ramen and dinner at the magisters’ house were some of the survival tools for students who stayed on campus for Thanksgiving break. Every year, a number of students remain at Rice during the four-day Thanksgiving recess due to a variety of reasons such as distance, cost or simply preparation for the final week of classes. “I personally stayed just because it's too far to go back home,” Gayatri Sawant, a Sid Richardson College freshman and international student from India, said.

A&E 11/28/17 10:38pm

‘Lady Bird’ reshapes the coming-of-age story

By Maddie Flavin

Written and directed by Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird” gives both parents and young women a voice in a fascinating genre that will never run out of tales to tell.

SPORTS 11/27/17 2:16pm

Rice parts ways with football coach David Bailiff

By Andrew Grottkau

Rice Athletics announced Monday afternoon that head coach David Bailiff had been relieved of his duties after 11 years at the helm of the football team.

NEWS 11/24/17 12:21pm

Hostile crowd forced Architectronica shutdown, RUPD says

By Emily Abdow

Rice University Police Department officers shut down Architectronica, the annual public party hosted by School of Architecture students, at approximately 12:15 a.m.

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Students pitch ideas, seek advice at president’s office hours

SA to vote on resolution rejecting speaker disinvitations

Photo Feature: Jacks of the Past

Erica Ogwumike continues family legacy of basketball success

Love and sociopathy collide in ‘The End of the F***king World’

Democrats debate, campaign for Congress

Rice community members attend 2018 Women’s March

Rice freshman's cryptocurrency trading startup Everest Capital posts huge initial returns

McGuffie headed to Olympics

‘Origin, 135 degrees’ alters the academic quad

'Do something': Students perceive lack of effort by administration in MLK day celebrations

What is virginity, anyway?

Speech and debate team dominates

Sorkin delivers trademark intensity in poker biopic ‘Molly’s Game’

Women’s basketball surging into conference play

Breaking even: Residential college budget breakdown

Thanksgiving on campus

‘Lady Bird’ reshapes the coming-of-age story

Rice parts ways with football coach David Bailiff

Hostile crowd forced Architectronica shutdown, RUPD says

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