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NEWS 2/26/19 10:02pm

History of presidential platforms reveals SA discontent

By Savannah Kuchar

Freddy Cavallaro’s call to restructure the Student Association Senate may be the first such campaign in current students’ memories, but it is at home in Rice’s history. Between 2003 and 2014, at least six campaigns aimed to achieve goals including shifting power to residential colleges and increasing voter turnout in SA elections, but none won elections.

FEATURES 2/26/19 9:33pm

Meet your 2019-2020 college presidents

By Biz Rasich

We spoke to the newly elected presidents of all 11 residential colleges about what they hope to accomplish both inside and outside of their college over the duration of their respective presidential terms.

SPORTS 2/20/19 12:52am

Women’s basketball achieves first-ever top-25 ranking

By Eric Barber

For the first time in the 41-year history of the women’s basketball program, the Owls are ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.

NEWS 2/20/19 12:45am

SA presidential candidate Grace Wickerson focuses on expanding educational opportunities, student wellbeing

By Cameron Wallace

According to Grace Wickerson, candidate for Student Association president, there is a lot of potential in the SA Senate for initiating productive dialogues and ultimately affecting large-scale changes on Rice’s campus.

NEWS 2/20/19 12:44am

Freddy Cavallaro calls for Student Association reform in presidential campaign

By Amy Qin and Rishab Ramapriyan

Freddy Cavallaro’s #DismantleTheSA campaign for president is focused on significant bylaw and constitutional reform for the Student Association, with the goal of making the SA Senate more representative of the student body rather than actually dismantling it.

NEWS 2/20/19 12:33am

Inflatable field to occupy bike track infield, host sports teams

By Andrew Grottkau

The athletic department presented plans for an inflatable dome designed to be used by multiple varsity and club athletic teams to members of the Student Association, sparking concern among some members of the student body.

OPINION 2/19/19 10:35pm

Editorial: For Student Association President: Grace Wickerson

By Thresher Editorial Board

It is the opinion of the Thresher editorial board that only Brown College junior Grace Wickerson has the experience, attitude and knowledge to effectively lead the student body as next year’s Student Association president.

NEWS 2/18/19 11:36pm

SA presidential candidates highlight differences at debate

By Amy Qin and Rishab Ramapriyan

At the annual Student Association Presidential Debate, presented by the Rice Thresher, three Student Association President hopefuls took the stage on Friday, Feb. 15 to discuss their platforms.

NEWS 2/13/19 12:35am

Senate votes down Green Fund initiative

By Cameron Wallace

The Student Association Senate voted not to include a constitutional amendment to increase annual student fees to support the Green Fund on the general election ballot by a vote of 12 yes to nine no, with five members abstaining.

NEWS 2/13/19 12:22am

Racist images from Rice’s past surface, spark conversation

By Anna Ta

Blackface and other racist imagery in past editions of the Rice Campanile made national news this week following recent controversy surrounding the discovery of school yearbook photos of Virginia’s governor and attorney general in blackface.

SPORTS 2/13/19 12:12am

Baseball preview: Owls look to return to postseason

By Andrew Grottkau

The folding chair former head coach Wayne Graham used to occupy was nowhere to be found at last Wednesday’s Rice baseball practice.

NEWS 2/8/19 3:48pm

Blanket Tax Committee recommends against student fee increase to fund environmental projects

By Amy Qin

Members of the Blanket Tax Committee and Student Association Senate voiced concerns over a proposal to increase annual student fees by $3.50 to support the Green Fund, a student-led initiative to sponsor campus sustainability projects.

NEWS 2/8/19 12:29pm

Y2Krowded: Line for Y2K dispersed after shoving, hospitalization

By James Karroum

The line for McMurtry College’s Y2K-themed public party grew increasingly unsafe throughout the night, even leading to a hospitalization, until it was dispersed around 11:30 p.m. and all further entry was denied, according to Julia Robinson, a McMurtry external social.

NEWS 1/29/19 11:32pm

Parliamentarian brings allegations of task force constitutional violations to UCourt

By Anna Ta

Nick Jerge, Student Association parliamentarian, said he submitted a formal request for interpretation of the Student Association constitution to Noah Reich, University Court chair, last Friday regarding a possible constitutional violation committed by the SA International Student Financial Aid Task Force.

FEATURES 1/29/19 11:24pm

Esports takes root at Rice in class, club

By Elizabeth Rasich

This semester, Sports Management Department Chair Clark Haptonstall is teaching a course on a nine-figure industry: esports. Haptonstall said he offered the class in part because of the many ways esports are analogous to more traditional sports like football, baseball and basketball.

NEWS 1/29/19 11:16pm

Engineering department aims to increase study abroad experiences in ‘Vision to 2025’

By Christina Tan

The George R. Brown School of Engineering has released a strategic plan that that sets a goal of doubling the number of Rice undergraduate engineering students participating in study abroad opportunities.

NEWS 1/29/19 10:49pm

Ants rain down from Lovett College bathroom ceiling

By Anna Ta

Ants are still falling from the ceiling of a Lovett College bathroom as of Tuesday after Housing and Dining exterminated a nest of ants living in a light fixture last Wednesday, according to Bailey Covell, who lives in the suite, which is in a Lovett building colloquially called “Stinky” by students.

A&E 1/29/19 9:57pm

VADA professor Natasha Bowdoin’s ‘Sideways to the Sun’ brightens the Moody Center

By Areli Navarro Magallon

The Moody Center for the Arts reopened its doors this past Friday, ushering in a large crowd eager to experience the blossoming of its spring 2019 season.

A&E 1/22/19 11:09pm

Business & Pleasure: A conversation with Paul Hester

By Christina Tan

“Business & Pleasure: Fifty Years of Photographs by Paul Hester,“ hosted in the Rice Media Center, was packed — Hester later commented to me that it was a good thing the fire marshal didn’t stop by. Fans, former students and fellow colleagues jammed into the space to look at a range of work.

FEATURES 1/22/19 10:20pm

The Magnolia City Speakeasy: A Rice student’s Underground, Vegan Pop-up

By Ivanka Perez

When Elana Margosis picks up the phone for our FaceTime interview, the sound of steaming floods the background. This can only mean one thing — Margosis is cooking. The steam, she tells me, comes from a vegan flan recipe she’s workshopping for her monthly pop-up dinner, the Magnolia City Speakeasy, where she invites guests into her home and cooks a three-course, plant-based meal for them.

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History of presidential platforms reveals SA discontent

Meet your 2019-2020 college presidents

Women’s basketball achieves first-ever top-25 ranking

SA presidential candidate Grace Wickerson focuses on expanding educational opportunities, student wellbeing

Freddy Cavallaro calls for Student Association reform in presidential campaign

Inflatable field to occupy bike track infield, host sports teams

Editorial: For Student Association President: Grace Wickerson

SA presidential candidates highlight differences at debate

Senate votes down Green Fund initiative

Racist images from Rice’s past surface, spark conversation

Baseball preview: Owls look to return to postseason

Blanket Tax Committee recommends against student fee increase to fund environmental projects

Y2Krowded: Line for Y2K dispersed after shoving, hospitalization

Parliamentarian brings allegations of task force constitutional violations to UCourt

Esports takes root at Rice in class, club

Engineering department aims to increase study abroad experiences in ‘Vision to 2025’

Ants rain down from Lovett College bathroom ceiling

VADA professor Natasha Bowdoin’s ‘Sideways to the Sun’ brightens the Moody Center

Business & Pleasure: A conversation with Paul Hester

The Magnolia City Speakeasy: A Rice student’s Underground, Vegan Pop-up

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