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A&E 1/22/19 9:24pm

CAMH brings chaos, intrigue with Cheryl Donegans ‘’GRLZ + VEILS’

By Moses Glickman

Cheryl Donegan’s first American painting exhibition, “GRLZ + VEILS,” is currently showing at the Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston, and you don’t want to miss it.

A&E 1/22/19 9:21pm

Building worlds: Featuring composition major Molly Turner

By Sunny Liu

Molly Turner enjoys improvising piano pieces on the spot, skillfully turning a room into a 1950s jazz club or an 18th century palace ballroom. According to Turner, however, she didn’t “get into” composition until high school.

A&E 1/22/19 9:19pm

R2 expands beyond the hedges

By Amy Griffis

R2, The Rice Review, has more than doubled its pool of submissions — some from high schoolers and others from professional writers — after expanding its reach to the greater Houston area.

A&E 1/22/19 9:17pm

Netflix hits a home run with ‘Sex Education’

By Amelia Calautti

Netflix’s show, “Sex Education,” is a must-see — just not with your parents. The raunchy British comedy-drama series covers all the bases in entertainment (ha, get it?) with laugh-out-loud scenes, heartfelt moments and, of course, tons of sex.

NEWS 1/22/19 3:59pm

Applications to Rice reach all-time high

By Andrew Grottkau

Undergraduate applications to Rice University in 2018 increased by roughly 30 percent over 2017, according to a press release from the university.

NEWS 1/15/19 11:38pm

Associate dean pushes for more humanities Peer Academic Advisors

By Rishab Ramapriyan

In response to a lack of humanities students in the Peer Academic Advising (PAA) program, Associate Dean of Humanities Lora Wildenthal has urged all humanities students to complete the Year-Long, O-Week and Head PAA position applications, which were due on Monday.

NEWS 1/15/19 11:38pm

Changes come to caregiving amidst concerns over program

By Amy Qin

The Wellbeing Center is placing additional regulations on the caregiving program, according to an email obtained by the Thresher sent by Si Qi Tong, a campuswide caregiver.

NEWS 1/15/19 11:26pm

Chief justices to crack down on crawls with underaged hard alcohol consumption

By Sammi Johnson

Crawl stop hosts will now be responsible for transports that occur at their stops as part of a campus-wide effort to better regulate crawls, according to multiple chief justices.

SPORTS 1/15/19 11:22pm

Haet serves up Orlando magic

By Spencer Moffat

In their first match action of the 2019 season, the Rice women’s tennis team completed the Orlando Invitational this past weekend with a record of 16-16, including 12 wins and eight losses in singles matches.

SPORTS 1/15/19 11:21pm

Sixth Woman of the Year: Lauren Grigsby

By Madison Buzzard

Lauren Grigsby, a senior guard on the women’s basketball team, begins nearly every game sitting on the bench, but she doesn’t mind at all. According to Grigsby, fulfilling her role as a player off the bench requires her to take on different responsibilities in each game.

SPORTS 1/15/19 11:19pm

Nine-time Texas state champion Rice Rugby turns 50

By Michael Byrnes

Just two years after Rice started charging tuition and five years after Doc C first graced the university’s hallowed halls, Stewart Morris Jr. (‘71) arrived on campus as a transfer from the University of Virginia. The year was 1968, and Morris soon discovered that there was no rugby club yet extant at his new school.

NEWS 1/15/19 11:14pm

SA introduces resolution opposing proposed Title IX changes

By Cameron Wallace

The Student Association Senate introduced a resolution to submit a public letter to the Federal Register expressing Rice undergraduates’ opposition to the Department of Education’s proposed Title IX changes at the SA meeting on Monday.

NEWS 1/15/19 11:07pm

Intro language courses to no longer carry D1 credit

By Savannah Kuchar

Students who take introductory-level language courses will no longer receive Distribution I credit for these classes beginning in May 2019.

NEWS 1/15/19 11:05pm

Student Health Services reports 11 flu cases since winter break

By Rishab Ramapriyan

A total of 11 flu cases have been reported this semester to Rice University Student Health Services as of Tuesday afternoon according to Dr. Jessica McKelvey, director of Student Health Services.

FEATURES 1/15/19 11:02pm

How Rice students from around the world celebrated the holidays

By Lisa Shi

During the year, El-Gamal celebrates many holidays with his Egyptian family friends, including Eid, Ramadan and Thanksgiving. “It’s always like a feast, which is pretty fun. Nothing crazy, just lots of good food”

FEATURES 1/15/19 10:50pm

Hwang becomes first Rice student to win Churchill Scholarship in 25 years

By Biz Rasich

Alex Hwang found out he had won the Churchill Scholarship — full funding to spend a year at the University of Cambridge doing nothing but physics research — while crouched under a desk next to a pool in Hawaii.

FEATURES 1/15/19 10:45pm

The Wall: As government shutdown drags on, Rice community weighs in on the border

By Ella Feldman

Trump visited McAllen on Jan. 10 to discuss alleged criminal activity from illegal immigrants — an issue he called “a crisis of the heart, and a crisis of the soul” in a recent address to the nation — and his proposed solution: a border wall

OPINION 1/15/19 10:04pm

Despite concerns, Vagina Monologues positive experience for many

By Chloe Wilson and Mackenzie Kubik

For many years, the Rice Women’s Resource Center (RWRC) has sponsored and staged an annual production of Eve Ensler’s 1996 episodic play, The Vagina Monologues.

OPINION 1/15/19 10:00pm

Proposed Title IX changes: Make your voice heard

By Taylor Morin , Ariana Engles , Eliza Martin and Sara Meadow

On Nov. 29, 2018, the Department of Education released proposed regulations that would replace Obama-era guidelines on the enforcement of Title IX and reshape how schools handle cases of sexual misconduct.

A&E 1/15/19 9:36pm

Food halls and food street to bring new cuisine to Houston

By Christina Tan

A Rice Village food hall, downtown food hall and a Bellaire Boulevard food street will join the ranks of Houston’s expansive culinary scene, bringing both nationwide favorites like boba shop Chatime and locally-sourced food stalls within a 10-mile radius of campus.