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SA Task force explores student sexual health

The Student Association Sexual Healthcare Accessibility Task Force has identified a disparity between what students are willing to pay for Sexually Transmitted Infection tests and the prices offered by Health Services from its recent survey on STI testing.

Editorial: How ranked-choice voting works and what it means

The Student Association uses an election system named “ranked-choice voting” to elect all campus-wide leadership positions. Being an informed voted means not just reading the candidate’s platforms and watching the debate, but also understanding the exact rules of our voting system.

​Rice Philharmonics win 1st place at a capella competition

When the announcement comes — the Rice Philharmonics have won first place — the group of 15 Rice students, dressed in black, explode into motion.

​SA presidential candidates promote ideas, hopes for Rice’s future

As three Student Association presidential candidates prepared for their opening statements for the debate hosted by the Thresher last Friday night, students filed in past a large paper banner painted #letgillisdebate. Voting for all SA candidates begins tomorrow, Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. and closes Feb. 26.

​Students and faculty hold vigil for Florida shooting victims

Over 20 students and faculty members gathered Sunday evening in the Baker College quad for a vigil remembering victims of the school shooting that occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday, Feb. 14.

​‘I, Tonya’ complicates an infamous sports scandal

The tragicomedy biopic “I, Tonya,” is based on “irony-free, wildly contradictory, totally true” interviews with Harding and ex-husband Jeff Gillooly. The film uses them to ask us: What if our notions about her were wrong?

Immortality: An Oral History of the 2003 Rice baseball team

It has been 15 years since Rice baseball claimed the school’s first and only national championship. The image of the team’s dogpile on the Rosenblatt Stadium mound is still etched in the memories of Rice fans a decade and a half later. But the season itself is memorable for far more than its finish.

Wayne's World: Rice Thresher baseball preview

Twenty-six years ago, the movie “Wayne’s World” debuted in theaters. The day of the premiere, Feb. 14, 1992, Rice baseball lost 9-1 to the University of Texas, Austin to drop new 55-year-old head coach Wayne Graham’s career Division I record to 5-3. 

​“The Assassination of Gianni Versace” balances violence and hope

“The Assassination of Gianni Versace” really earns its TV-MA rating. 

Michael Bloomberg to speak at graduation

Michael Bloomberg will speak at Rice University commencement this spring, according to Rice President David Leebron.

SA general election candidate list released

Four candidates are vying for the position Student Association president in this year’s general election.

Moody Center merges art and science with spring offerings

The Moody Center for the Arts merges art and science in three new exhibitions: “Island Universe,”“Pile the Wood High!,” and “Particle Chamber.”

Feature: Rice student musicians (Kid Fig, DANNA, and bigU)

​In “Cosmic Energy,” Jorge Deredia meditates on the universe and human nature

A human figure emerges from the lofty curves of marble. A measured gleam coats an aura of impenetrability, leaving no signs of distress or rapture in its carefully polished expression. Tenderly couched between the arches of its body lies a sphere, a central motif in Deredia’s oeuvre.

Baseball’s Wayne Graham prepares to face the unknown

Graham is in the final year of his contract. He expressed a desire to continue coaching beyond 2018 at the end of last season, but first Rice must renew his contract. Rice Athletics has yet to comment on whether this season will be Graham’s last. 

Editorial Cartoon: Inner workings of the SA

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

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

​SA to vote on resolution rejecting speaker disinvitations

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.

Photo Feature: Jacks of the Past

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

Erica Ogwumike continues family legacy of basketball success

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.