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NEWS 2/14/17 7:47pm

Opera house design unveiled, set to open July 2020

By Sarah Smati and David Yang

Rice University and the Shepherd School of Music are set to open a new music and opera building in July 2020. Together with Alice Pratt Brown Hall and a connecting plaza, the three will constitute the Music and Performing Arts Center.

NEWS 2/14/17 7:42pm

Queer Resource Center to relocate to old Rice Bikes location

By Hannah Todd

The Queer Resource Center is moving. Previously in the Student Organization Workspace in the RMC basement, it will be in the Rice Memorial Center, accessible from both the Ray Courtyard and Sammy’s.

NEWS 2/14/17 7:40pm

RUPD identifies suspect in Coffeehouse theft

By Anna Ta

Coffeehouse’s petty cash was stolen from their safe the morning of Jan. 25, after a man not affiliated with Rice University came into their unlocked back room.

NEWS 2/2/17 2:30pm

"Rainbow building" lit again

By Cameron Wallace

The lights of the Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza, colloquially referred to by Rice students as the “rainbow building,” have come back on after months of darkness.

NEWS 1/31/17 10:39pm

Hanszen fellows host Daily Show comedian

By Elizabeth Rasich

Approximately 100 attendees gathered in Hanszen College commons on Thursday to hear Adam Lowitt, writer and executive producer of the Daily Show, talk about everything from Rice University’s residential college system to President Donald Trump. He spoke by invitation of the Hanszen Academic Fellows Society, which maintains a tradition of asking speakers to the college.

NEWS 1/31/17 10:22pm

RVP requests loss of blanket tax funds

By Emily Abdow

The Student Association dissolved Rice Video Productions as a blanket tax subsidiary organization in a vote that was unanimous except for one abstention.

NEWS 1/31/17 9:44pm

International Iranian students face uncertainty after immigration ban

By Yasna Haghdoost

Last year, Iranian graduate student Behnaz was admitted to Rice University’s electrical engineering doctoral program along with her husband, whom she had met five years ago at Iran’s prestigious University of Tehran.

NEWS 1/30/17 9:41pm

White supremacist flyers posted on campus

By Drew Keller

Several flyers supporting a white supremacist organization were posted around the edge of campus over the weekend, Captain Clement Rodriguez of Rice University Police Department confirmed.

NEWS 1/24/17 9:29pm

Faculty Senate to make recommendations regarding distribution system

By Anita Alem

The Faculty Senate will establish a working group to study Rice’s distribution credit system at its meeting this Wednesday. According to Student Association Senator Rushi Bhalani, the group will create recommendations for the Committee for Undergraduate Curriculum.

NEWS 1/24/17 9:19pm

Rice students among thousands of protesters marching for women's rights in Houston, Austin

By Yasna Haghdoost

Rice University students and faculty joined thousands marching in the Austin and Houston Women’s Marches last Saturday to show support for women’s rights in light of President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Following the marches, the female residential college presidents launched a Rice for Women campaign to mirror the follow-up activities promoted by the organizers of the Women’s March in D.C.

NEWS 1/24/17 9:13pm

Well-known author returns to Rice to teach

By Emily Abdow

We interviewed Justin Cronin, New York Times bestselling author of The Passage Trilogy. Cronin previously taught at Rice from 2003 until 2012.

NEWS 1/24/17 9:09pm

Students face collapsing roof, scalding water in dorms

By Emily Abdow , Anna Ta and Elizabeth Rasich

Across campus, students have been experiencing partially caving ceilings, potentially scalding water and other structural problems at various residential colleges.

NEWS 1/24/17 9:02pm

Art show, film screening, food sampling to celebrate 100 years of Asians at Rice

By Sarah Smati and David Yang

Rudolfo Hulen Fernandez, a Filipino who entered with the first Rice University matriculating class in 1912, was the school’s first Asian American. 100 years later, the Rice University Community of Asian Alumni will commemorate the history and evolution of the Asian community over the past century with a celebration at the Rice Media Center on Friday.

NEWS 1/24/17 8:59pm

Inauguration spurs student activism

By Lizzie Bjork

As Donald Trump was sworn in as United States president last Friday, some Rice students gathered for a teach-in addressing current social issues, others congregated in the Academic Quad for a read-in of works of protest and a few flew to Washington D.C. to witness the inauguration.

NEWS 1/20/17 10:28am

Storm causes roof damage, student evacuations at Will Rice

By Anna Ta

Students were forced to evacuate parts of Will Rice College’s old dormitory early Wednesday morning after parts of the fourth floor ceiling fell in and leakage occurred throughout the building during a heavy rainstorm. Housing and Dining cleared students to return to their rooms and expects repairs to be finished by the end of the week.

NEWS 1/17/17 9:57pm

Inauguration Day events aim to teach, protest

By Lizzie Bjork

As Donald Trump takes the oath of office in Washington, DC, three events at Rice will mark the event: a teach-in, a read-in and a watch party. The teach-in, which is a workshop consisting of roundtables and breakout sessions, seeks to educate and engage students on politically charged topics, said Anthropology professor and co-organizer Zoë Wool.

NEWS 1/17/17 9:56pm

Committee examines overload petitions in light of credit cap

By Drew Keller

The Approval Threshold Committee will deliver recommendations for the new course overload petition process to President David Leebron and Provost Marie Lynn Miranda on Feb.

NEWS 1/17/17 9:55pm

Coffeehouse seeks sustainability in free drink policy

By Megan Gordon

Beginning this semester, Coffeehouse is altering its existing customer rewards program. Now, customers will only receive a hole-punch when they bring in a mug to use for their drink.

NEWS 1/17/17 9:54pm

On-campus Saturday servery dinners end, replaced by Ambassador Cafe

Saturday night dinners at Seibel servery have been discontinued, but Housing and Dining is creating a way for Tetra swipes to be used off campus at nearby Houston restaurants, according to Student Association Vice President Hannah Todd. Last semester, H&D piloted a program at Seibel servery where students could purchase dinner on Saturdays from 5 to 7 p.m.

NEWS 1/13/17 6:05pm

Berlin Wall segment, other structures vandalized overnight with pro-Trump messages

By Yasna Haghdoost , Drew Keller and Isaac Schultz

Three acts of vandalism, two of which referenced President-elect Donald Trump, appeared on campus Friday morning. The segment of the Berlin Wall outside the Baker Institute for Public Policy, the Moody Center Student Collaborative’s art installation and a dormitory wall of Hanszen College, which are all within 500 yards of each other, were defaced with blue spray paint.