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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
With classes gaining speed, Rice students are more concerned about problem sets than they are about preparing complex outfits.
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.
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.
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.
It was a tale of two races at the 36th Justin F. Cooper Memorial Rice Invitiational, one in which expectations of a first-place finish were met and another in which unexpected results were produced.
Old is new again! Despite the sporadic rain showers, the vendors participating in Discovery Green's first flea market deemed their debut a success. Last Saturday marked the first of a monthly flea market series held on the third Saturday of every month from noon to 6 p.m. this fall. From creative junkyard sculptures to 1950s button rings, most of the vendors repurposed old, garage sale items into new, trendy treasures. Though vendors, such as Nan Stombaugh of NanEdwardsCollection Jewelry, expressed concern about whether the flea market would fit the demands for their commodities, the profits from last Saturday verified our generation's appreciation for the new by maintaining remnants of ?the old.
This past week, the hip-hop world was rocked by yet another leaked album. This time it was J. Cole's debut album, Cole World. In a world where illegal music pirating occurs without a second thought, Rice University is giving students a reason to think again before clicking that download button (see story, pg. 1).
Say you never had a cell phone before, and somehow, you enter into a stranger's life after finding his. You are now Jean, a woman sitting at a cafe who just noticed that a cell phone is ringing — and its owner is dead. Zealously, desperately, Jean assumes the role as the dead man's messenger and answers all of his calls. Jean further complicates her role in his life (or rather, his death) by providing closure to his loved ones through her lies. As Jean leads her vicarious life, she finds out more and more about the man and soon begins to question the truth about him, and herself.
Rice is an outstanding academic institution for most things, but recent information indicates that foreign language education is not one of Rice's strengths (see story, pg. XX). However, Rice is considering a strong proposal to have lower-level language courses meet five times a week.
Duncan College junior Ameer Jumabhoy exemplifies the Rice belief of forward thinking to influence not only the campus, but the community at large. According to Jumabhoy, who has played polo from Australia to Argentina, he aims to give back to the community through his charity, The Golden Goals Project.
In the Sep. 16 issue of the Thresher ("Limelight: The Rice Players' season"), the directors of the listed productions were incorrectly attributed. Joseph Lockett is directing Dead Man's Cellphone, opening this week, and T.J. Burleson is directing The Baltimore Waltz, opening next spring. The Thresher regrets this error.
