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3/22/16 6:42pm
Powerlifting earns six medals in Texas Strength Classic
It is easy for Rice varsity athletic teams to gain campus-wide recognition for their achievements.
It is easy for Rice varsity athletic teams to gain campus-wide recognition for their achievements.
Two weekends from now, Houston will host the biggest college basketball event of the year: the Final Four.
Akin to a coach's poll, we gathered rankings that outlined the average expected finishes of each college. Each bike captain submitted a Top 12 with a 'first-place vote' worth 12 points, a 'second-place vote' worth 11 points, and so on.
We included information helpful for the water balloon fight - the t-shirt colors each residential college would be sporting, a schedule of the events, and a list of food vendors.
Click out what each residential college is doing for Beer Bike!
Junior pitcher Jon Duplantier never considered himself a baseball player until midway through high school. Now, just five years later, he is one of the best college baseball players in the country and is projected to be a top-100 pick in the upcoming Major League Baseball draft.
The annual increase of Rice University’s undergraduate tuition has come to be expected every year, and the price tag to attend Rice in fall 2016 is no exception.
Last Wednesday, both of the Rice basketball teams were in action fighting to keep their seasons alive in the Conference USA tournament in Birmingham, Alabama.
PayPal co-founder and Affirm CEO Max Levchin visited Rice to discuss entrepreneurship as a part of his University Tech Tour in an event organized jointly with the computer science club. Levchin, a serial entrepreneur, said one of the main reasons he was drawn to Rice was its diversity. “We’re looking for far-flung places to find talent,” Levchin said.
A special election will be held for Student Association external vice president by the end of the month, pending SA Senate approval, due to elected candidate Justin Onwenu’s decision to step down before changeover for personal reasons. According to Director of Elections Sai Chilakapati, Senate will vote on the the timeline for a special election on March 14, then finalize the ballot a week later, after which campaigning will begin.
Beer Bike is one of the most anticipated days of the year, with Rice students across campus participating in Beer Bike festivities.
As a senior who has been both a Peer Academic Advisor and an Academic Fellow, I have formed some critical opinions on both of these programs, especially with regards to the lack of communication between the heads of the college-specific programs and their teams, as well as between the Office of Academic Advising and the collective bodies of PAAs and Fellows/Mentors.
As seniors who have been both Peer Academic Advisors and Academic Fellows, we have developed some critical opinions of these programs.
If you’re like me, you’ve watched with dismay over recent months as Donald Trump sped to the front of the pack of Republican presidential nominee hopefuls. If you’re like me, you’ve bemusedly asked yourself, “Who is voting for this guy?” I’ve spent much time thinking about politics in my political science coursework and during internships in Congress, the U.S. Department of Education and the White House. But it wasn’t until I set aside politics and began thinking about my hometown, a small municipality in upstate New York, that an answer emerged: Donald Trump is winning because his campaign is founded on false empathy.
"Wiess has been quite heavily fined in the past - most notably for having too many people on our float: the Warpig. The Warpig was also especially difficult to turn because -- surprise -- its wheels don't turn. We have taken steps to both reduce the number of fines Wiess is penalized this year, and to make the Warpig easily to pull. We plan to print out unfathomably numerous copies of the Violations List and paste them around the college; as well as in front of every public urinal and bathroom stall in the college. Wiessmen will be making the most of their time on the toilet this week as they inform themselves of the plethora of things they should keep from doing Saturday morning. Finally, the money we expect to save on Beer Bike can be put towards making our float a bit more suitable for being pulled around the inner loop." - Kunal Shah, Wiess A breakdown of some of the stranger fines for our fine Rice tradition.
After close discussion with family, friends and mentors, I have decided to step down from my role as 2016-2017 Student Association External Vice President. Given recent personal circumstances, I believe this is the best decision for myself and for the SA. I love Rice and I have truly enjoyed serving students through the SA over the past two years. I cannot thank the people who have supported me through this process enough.
The University of Houston hosted a heated debate between five contenders for the Republican Party presidential nomination on Feb.
As Griffin Thomas prepares to assume the role of Student Association president, he is faced with the challenge of carrying out his campaign promises, while considering where his predecessor has left off.
Joining the list of performers at the 23rd South by Southwest Interactive Festival, which includes Barack and Michelle Obama, are three of Rice’s very own presenters.
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, professor of bioengineering and electrical and computer engineering, has been appointed special adviser to the Rice University Provost Marie Lynn Miranda on health-related research and educational initiatives.