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NEWS 9/22/11 7:00pm

Photo: Richard Rogers speaks on alcohol poisoning

 

University of Colorado at Boulder sociology professor Richard Rogers speaks to a group of students about the dangers and benefits of consuming alcohol. As a sociology professor, some of Rogers' most recent research has addressed the level of alcohol a person should consume to be the most healthy. According to his work, around five drinks per week puts the consumer at the least risk of death from alcohol, as compared with people who both drink more or less. Rogers visited as a guest of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research.

NEWS 9/22/11 7:00pm

RUPD Police Blotter

 

The following items were reported to the Rice University Police Department for the period Sept. 7-19.

NEWS 9/22/11 7:00pm

Language courses remodeled

By Molly Chiu

Foreign languages at Rice are getting a makeover. Because Rice students are behind in language study compared with other universities, 100-level language courses will now meet for five hours per week instead of three.

NEWS 9/22/11 7:00pm

Rice students design new Menil addition

By Hallie Jordan

The Menil Collection — a world class museum located five minutes from campus — has offered Rice University architecture students an opportunity to go beyond just being students, with a commissioned piece to build a cafe.

NEWS 9/22/11 7:00pm

Student works to become Marine

By Brooke Bullock

Like any student nearing graduation, Lovett College junior Bianca Bealessio was contemplating what she would do with her chemical engineering major. To her, there were not many options. She could make money in industry – like the major oil companies – or she could make more money in industry. Neither option held much pull on her.

NEWS 9/21/11 7:00pm

What's Their Secret

By Seong Jong Hong

If you ever see two young students biking with a professor, you might stare quizzically at first; after all, this is a rare sight. If you knew Electrical Engineering Professor Don Johnson, though, such a sight wouldn't come as a surprise.

OPINION 9/21/11 7:00pm

New voting laws may lessen voting participation at Rice

By Cindy Dinh

Last year, more students at Rice came out to vote in the gubernatorial election – a quadrupled increase – than in the last mid-term election. Achieving similar success may now virtually be impossible. Voters everywhere in Texas have been struck by a blunt force with the Texas Legislature's passage of S.B. 14, a new law requiring voters to have photo identification and a listed address that matches their voter registration to be eligible to vote.

NEWS 9/21/11 7:00pm

Why my roommate's iPod is better than yours

By Sonia Pothraj

The day I met my roommate —-  a Lebanese bombshell —- my playlist changed permanently. The list that once shuffled from pop artist to pop artist was at once done over, driven across the country and flown across the globe. From dirty dubstep to Ellie Goulding, I was introduced to styles of music ?completely foreign to me.

OPINION 9/21/11 7:00pm

BISF Debates: Palestinian statehood sought from United Nations

By Sam Hile and Eli Spector

Palestine's bid to become the 194th member state of the United Nations puts the United States in a dicey situation. The Israeli cause is popular among both American Evangelical Christians and Jews alike, and is often championed in editorials by major media outlets like the Wall Street Journal. As the U.S. is a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, its expected veto would be enough to single-handedly stymie the resolution.

NEWS 9/21/11 7:00pm

Straw Dogs an unrefined remake

By Brian Biekman

Straw Dogs, a remake of the 1971 film with the same name, is an above-average thriller devoid of gotcha moments, a predictable plot line and a gimmicky ending. During the climactic scenes, it keeps viewers furiously biting their nails. However, with a tighter screenplay, editing and direction, this film could have been one of the few ?great remakes.

SPORTS 9/21/11 7:00pm

Volleyball picks up two wins at SFA, loses to UH

By Dan Elledge

Finishing, finishing, finishing. That has been the main problem for the volleyball team this year as they dropped another five-set match on the weekend, this time to the University of North Dakota last Friday at the Chilly Fillmore's Stephen F. Austin Invitational.

NEWS 9/21/11 7:00pm

Tennis impresses in Midland invitational

By Thresher Staff Reports

While the fall season plays second fiddle to the spring season in collegiate tennis, the competition at last weekend's Midland Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational in Midland, Texas provided a telling barometer for how well the men's and women's tennis teams expect to stack up against regional schools. For the men, the result was relatively better than last year's Midland Invite, with three players advancing to the winner's bracket, compared to two last year.

NEWS 9/21/11 7:00pm

Golden goals set up soccer's fifth win of the season

By Dan Elledge

The Owls ended the non-conference slate with a bang last Saturday as they outlasted Western Kentucky University, 3-2 in a double overtime thriller. It was the Owls second double-overtime win of the season as they beat Louisiana State University 1-0 in double-overtime at home on Sept. 2.

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