Get your lassos twirling and your boots kicking because the Houston Rodeo is back in town. Held at the Reliant Center, the world's largest live entertainment and livestock exhibition will kick off Feb. 25 and run until March 17. Last year, more than 2 million people attended the annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, according to the event's website. It's a livestock show, music festival, state fair and educational fundraiser all rolled into one. With so much to see, how will you ever have enough time to do it all? Here are the top five things not to miss.
On Saturday, Feb. 16, a Design for America workshop to kick off a month-long design project took place in the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen.
After dropping a nip and tuck contest in West Virginia last week, the Rice men's basketball team continued to be plagued by road woes in Birmingham, Ala., last weekend. The Owls (5-20, 1-10) were blown out Saturday by the University of Alabama, Birmingham, suffering their fifth straight loss this season and falling to 0-9 in their all-time series against the Blazers (12-14, 4-7).
There is an elephant in the room in the BioScience Research Collaborative, and it cannot be ignored. Actually, there are several elephants, and they are featured in "Untitled (elephants 1 & 2)," as part of Humanities Artist in Residence Allison Hunter's photography exhibition. On Feb. 13, Rice University Public Art hosted a reception for Hunter in the first-floor lobby BRC pop-up gallery.
Bike theft is a constant, looming specter in the mind of any bicycle-owning college student. For most students whose primary method of transportation is a bike, losing this vehicle, even for a temporary period of time, can be disastrous. Aside from making the commute to and from class a more time-consuming endeavor, losing a bike can also limit a student's ability to carry out even the most basic off-campus errands. Additionally, if a student lives off campus, simply getting to school each day can become an unforeseen challenge. As a result, the Rice University Police Department has bolstered its theft-prevention measures, recently instituting a bait bike program to help catch and arrest potential bike thieves.
Even with the all-important doubles point to take an early lead, the Owls could not secure a crucial win last weekend, falling 4-3 Sunday to Texas Christian University at Jake Hess Stadium. This is another tough break for the Owls following a 4-3 loss at Louisiana State University Feb. 14.
The catchy beat of recent viral hit Harlem Shake by Baauer permeated the warm air in Rice University's academic quadrangle Feb. 17. More than 1,000 Rice students, some lured by rumors that sprinter Usain Bolt would make a showing, came to the impromptu recording of the popular meme, according to event organizer Clayton Chaney.
Last Sunday, students from all majors gathered in the Sewall Hall sculpture room to participate in the first-ever Art Lab workshop. In this event, students learned collage technique and were given the opportunity to create their own scenes with a variety of graphical materials.
Controversy surrounds the Academy Awards. Film nominations are political, and winners are sometimes undeserving. Cinephiles argue over best picture winners decades after they are decided. However, what is beyond dispute is that the Academy Awards are an integral part of Hollywood's magic. For those who love film, no night better celebrates cinema. And luckily for audiences this year, the nominations are deserved in no small part due to the fact that summer releases and foreign films, which rarely get Academy recognition, both received nods for best picture and best director (Beasts of the Southern Wild and Amour, respectively). In fact, the only undeserved nomination is the self-indulgent Les Miserables for best picture. Here are my predictions and picks for Sunday:
