Some restaurants are great to eat at because the food is good, but at others, the atmosphere completes the experience. Cabo, located just off the METRORail on Travis Street, is certainly one of those places.
The Rice Conservative Forum will be debating the Rice Young Democrats at the Baker Institute Student Forum. The discussion in the debate will focus on the best way to create and protect American jobs and ensure a strong American economy for the future. The debate participants share some of their beliefs on the matter The Rice Conservative Forum will be debating the Rice Young Democrats at the Baker Institute Student Forum. The discussion in the debate will focus on the best way to create and protect American jobs and ensure a strong American economy for the future. The debate participants share some of their beliefs on the matter .
Towering over the dilapidated rooftops and barred windows of the homes in the Fifth Ward is a giant mural of an onion. This mural, painted on an abandoned rice mill tower, along with the words "Farm Art," is the Last Organic Outpost's logo. An inner city urban farm, the Outpost has been supplying fresh produce to the Fifth Ward for over 10 years. On Saturday, the onion mural beckoned visitors to the Outpost's FarmFest 2011, an event celebrating sustainable gardening and healthy living.
Picture a "bro" in your head. You could be imagining any number of different people, including an upper middle-class male in a fraternity. Someone in a cut-off T-shirt and a flat-billed hat. A beer-loving, collar-popping guy with a penchant for Sperry top-siders and hanging out with other men.
Murder, greed, war: William Shakespeare's Macbeth is rich with drama. Performing this play can be tricky due to its notoriety (it is rumored to be cursed) in the theater world. The Rice Visual and Dramatic Arts Department does a tremendous job in its execution of Shakespeare's Macbeth with a talented cast and unmatched technical details.
When creating Endtroducing… DJ Shadow's goal was to make an album constructed entirely from samples. He dug through his collection of more than 60,000 records and visited stores with a battery-operated record player. Shadow sampled from jazz, old school hip-hop, dialogue from films and interviews and even a heavy metal track. He avoided the obvious samples one would find on Girl Talk albums and searched for the obscure. The most well-known track Shadow sampled was "Orion" by Metallica, while other samples come from artists even the most outspoken sonophile wouldn't know, such as Lifer's Group and H.P. Riot. When listening to Endtroducing… one can understand how meticulous DJ Shadow was. He cut up simple drum beats and tied them together to make his own break beats. He built his own chords from the different samples. If one listens closely, he or she can even hear the fuzz from the old records DJ Shadow sampled. Somehow everything is perfectly interwoven into this organic masterpiece. Even after all my time listening to Endtroducing… I still have to remind myself that DJ Shadow did not write a single note or drum beat.
The endowment for fiscal year 2011 has increased to $4.451 billion from $3.787 billion in 2010 and is almost back to pre-recession levels.
Writing at Rice may receive a remodel in the near future. A faculty working group presented a proposal for a new communications program at the Faculty Senate meeting on Nov. 2.
In the America, no veteran ought to be homeless. Yet, each night 100,000 are. In America, no veteran ought to commit suicide, yet, every 80 minutes one does. In America, no veteran ought to be in poverty, yet 1.1 million are.
More than 1,000 Rice students, faculty, and Houston community members filled Tudor Fieldhouse on Tuesday evening to listen to Condoleezza Rice speak about her years in the national government.
Sixty years ago, before High School Musical, Moulin Rouge and West Side Story, Vincente Minnelli released his classic masterpiece, An American in Paris. The film is the ultimate culmination fo the arts on screen and won six well-deserved Academy awards. It remains just as much of a delight for the eyes, ears and soul now as it was then.
Call me old fashioned, but of all 27 amendments to our Constitution, I still reserve the most love for the first. I love my guns, ability to vote at 18 years of age and right to a fair trial, but I don't believe that anything encapsulates the spirit of our founders more than the freedom of speech. Every day at Rice we see the rights of public discourse in action from an offhand remark of a professor or when reading editorials such as these. At a private university this need not be the case. Many institutions censor their students and I think we as Rice students should take pride that this doesn't happen within the hedges.
A competition held for Rice architecture students to design a community garden has fallen through. Although, the original plan was to have the winning architecture proposal become reality for a garden near Rice Village, H&D has since backtracked and decided that the winning proposal will contribute to the ultimate design to be implemented at some point in the future. Since the university has a distinct reason not to use valuable land in Rice Village for a community garden, it should have thought twice about committing to the terms of this competition in the first place.
Looking to grab a bite that is affordable, delicious and just off the light rail? Look no further than Bombay Pizza, which offers a variety of dishes that have an Indian twist without being overwhelmingly Indian. A mere 10 to 15 minute ride on the light rail, it is a great place to check out on Saturday nights with friends, or if you're just sick of the servery during the week. To get to the restaurant, just ride the METRORail to the Main Street Square station and it is directly to the left of the metro stop.
With his latest film, The Skin I Live In, Spanish director Pedro Almodovar pulls off a nearly impossible feat by creating a work of art that simultaneously outrages, offends and, somehow, gratifies the viewer. A masterpiece of restraint, this film demonstrates a new direction for its director.
Congratulations to Rice alumnus Lance Berkman for his contributions to the World Series winning St. Louis Cardinals. Berkman followed his excellent season with an extraordinary playoff performance which included a game and series-saving single with his team down to its final strike. He was a key contributor to the World Series victory and is an accomplished veteran truly deserving of this victory.
Heading into the game against the nationally ranked and undefeated University of Houston, starting quarterback Taylor McHargue had thrown for eight touchdowns so far this season. Last Thursday night, University of Houston quarterback Case Keenum threw nine touchdowns.
Throughout two days of exciting competition, the Rice women's swim team was able to come through with a third place finish at the first annual Rice-Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Medical Center Fall Invitational held Friday and Saturday on Oct. 28-29. Showing strong efforts across the board, the Owls were able to set several individual records during the meet and proved that they are a force to be reckoned with as the season continues.
