It was a beautiful spectacle to behold last Friday in Anderson Hall.
The Thresher would like to congratulate Rice alumnus Lance Berkman (Will Rice '98) for his great season and for making the World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals. Berkman
Educational entrepreneur Salman Khan will speak this year for Rice's 99th commencement.
Another week, another tough loss for the football team, which was, for once, only a few key plays away from a well-fought victory. While it is a tough road trip up to Marshall University in West Virginia, the team that now sports a 2-3 record simply looked unprepared in the first half.
The Baker Institute hosted the first round of an international Global Energy Debate on Monday night.
Going into Tuesday's final round, sophomore Jeff Wibawa sat four shots back of the tournament's leader. With the winds boosting scores during the final round, Wibawa emerged with an even-par 72 and his first career individual tournament victory.
The following were noted at the most recent meeting of the Student Association on Oct. 17.
So you're slogging to class, late as usual, and the shuttle has already pulled away from the curb just ahead. If only you had a faster form of transportation than your legs — one that doesn't need to be padlocked. Out of the corner of your eye, you see a blur of movement as a student goes zooming past on a skateboard. He is just one of the increasing number of students at Rice University who use unconventional boards to get around campus.
Few directors can claim to be more influential than Ingmar Bergman. Martin Scorsese said, "I guess I'd put it like this: If you were alive in the '50s and the '60s and of a certain age, a teenager on your way to becoming an adult, and you wanted to make films, I don't see how you couldn't be influenced by Bergman." Woody Allen, an unlikely disciple, said that Bergman was "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera."
Coaches across the entire spectrum of sports continually yearn for their team to exceed expectations. The coaches of the men's and women's cross country teams need not yearn any longer, as both contingents of runners ran well at the Houston Baptist University/Puma Invitational on Oct. 7 and at the Pre-National Invitational on Oct. 16.
Good horror films have anxiety-filled silent moments, loads of blood and gore and a screaming girl; the better ones are unpredictable and give you nightmares. Van Heijningen Jr.'s The Thing is not one of those movies. With its mediocre cast and predictable plot, The Thing fails to deliver as an epic horror film.
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Seniors reminisce about their time at Rice over food and drinks at the Senior Toast on Thursday, Oct. 13 in the Rice Gallery courtyard. More than 120 seniors donated $2,800 to the senior class gift. Senior were encouraged to donate $20.12 to honor this year's class.
Fashion Houston 2011 brought global icons to the Houston community, elevating Houston's identity as a new fashion capital. International designers, red carpet VIPs and a spectacular venue were just a few of the elements making the second annual fashion event at the Wortham Center memorable. The event revealed the thriving fashion and business community of Houston. Guests from Los Angeles to Holland expressed comments about Houston's emerging vibrancy, showing how Fashion Houston 2011 brought a global perspective to the city.
Houston's fickle weather has not been kind to the festival scene this fall. Though the 40th Annual Bayou City Art Festival Downtown, held Oct. 8 and 9, enjoyed large crowds on Saturday, sales suffered when the sunny forecast yielded to a torrential downpour Sunday afternoon. Regardless, the artisans featured at the festival chalked their weekend up to a positive experience.
Devika Subramanian grew up in a college campus neighborhood in Rourkela, a relatively small steel town in the eastern part of India with a population of around 100,000. She said that she has always been very interested in science and math, and her family, friends and teachers were all very encouraging with her interest.
With just three conference matches remaining, the soccer team is currently looking at possibly missing out on the conference postseason tournament. What started off as a 3-1-0 record in Conference USA action has now devolved into a 4-3-1 record that leaves Rice in a three-way tie for fifth place and, in terms of a berth in the C-USA Championship Tournament, is on the outside looking in.
Rice University is sponsoring the construction of a house through Houston Habitat for Humanity in honor of Rice's Centennial celebration. The entire Rice community is working together to sponsor the project, and is trying to raise $65,000 by Feb. 2012. Six students from the Rice School of Architecture will design the Rice Centennial House with a design consultation from the Houston Habitat for Humanity. The house will be built over six weekends in March and April of next year. The project is intended to reinforce Rice's Culture of Care, as well as to unite students of different colleges with the surrounding community.
