Special Projects

Dhamaka 2018: Spoken word, seniors and South Asian culture

It’s rare to see strong Rice student turnout at events besides public parties (and attendance at those is also dubious), but cultural showcases like Dhamaka almost always guarantee a packed room. An annual event hosted by the South Asian Society, Dhamaka brings together multiple cultural groups for a colorful showcase of South Asian culture.

‘Yukon Breakfast’ offers a humane lens to ‘Frankenstein’

The play, produced by, directed by and starring Rice students, gained a full production after winning the Rice Players’ first-ever Playwriting Competition. (The Rice Players gave stage readings of two runner-ups, Kevin Mullin’s “Have You Seen My Cactus?” and Elsa Schieffelin’s “The History of Flight,” during the Rice Playfest from Nov. 9 to 10.) 

Behind enemy lines: Rice, UH Men’s basketball preview

Men’s cross country places fourth at regionals

Volleyball earns C-USA top seed

Editorial Cartoon: This Thanksgiving

11/14 Crossword solution

Prioritize pay equity for full professors

The pay gap between male full professors and female full professors is $11,580 as of the 2017-18 academic year (see p. 1). This gap has grown over the past eight years from $6,526 in 2010-11 and $9,244 in 2013-14. 

Response to Rehman and Quirante: Calls to disengage from electoral politics epitomize privilege

Many Americans work hard within our electoral system to shape our country in a positive way. Dismissing their efforts minimizes them and in doing so demonstrates troublesome entitlement. Activism requires a certain amount of time, effort and privilege to work. Not everyone has the resources to engage in activism, but voting is a right, not a privilege, that we must promote.

Response to Rehman and Quirante: Disengaging from politics isn’t ‘woke,’ it’s counterproductive

Don’t overlook the value of international experiences

“Feminism from another angle”: Club tackles masculinity

Students shared stories of good and bad masculine role models in their lives over lunch on Monday in the first weekly Healthier Masculinities Together Lunch.

Mind the gap: Pay gap for full professors increases since 2010

Female full professors at Rice earned an average of $11,580 less than their male counterparts during the 2017-18 academic year, according to data provided by Vice President for Finance Kathy Collins. 

Post-midterm elections, clubs keep pushing

Student organizations continue to promote civic engagement and political involvement following the midterm elections by holding post-election workshops, discussions and events.

Pilot series makes consent a dinner conversation

Lovett College hosted a pilot supper series in its commons to continue sexual education after the conclusion of Critical Thinking in Sexuality.

Radio Free Sid: Rocking on since 1975

In early 2015, Carson Ariagno was a high school senior in the midst of deciding where he would spend the next four years of his life. He visited Rice on what he described as a beautiful spring day. As his tour guide took his group through the South college grove, the air was suddenly filled with a beautiful croon from above.

Inked featuring Nicky Meaux: a tattoo ‘photo book’

One piece of Nicky Meaux’s teeth art sits on a table in the corner of Coffeehouse. Encased in a glass box is a mask with animal and human teeth jutting out of its surface.

Rice Dance Theatre: Inside the Making of ‘Limitless’

Patching the Past: Featuring VADA and English senior, Claudia Middleton

‘Outlaw King’: Clumsy but worthwhile

Although shows like “Game of Thrones” has seen a rise in popularity, medieval films have not followed suit. Production of such films is few and far between. Director David Mackenzie attempts to rectify this dearth of Middle Age epics with his new film “Outlaw King,” a flawed yet compelling piece of grand medieval entertainment.