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Students transferring into Rice get the short end of the stick by anyone's standards. With issues such as academic credit and housing, the transfer experience here is far from perfect or even acceptable.
Aysha Pollnitz and Stephen Bradshaw will begin their term at Baker College as Resident Associates in the fall. The Thresher talked to them to get more insight on the new RAs.
Chapultepec Lupita, named after a Chapultepec Lupita, named after a battle in which many children sacrificed themselves fighting Americans, is a staple of late-night college dining. Conveniently located on Richmond Ave. and open 24 hours a day, the restaurant offers a selection of decent food at moderate prices. It is a hole-in-the-wall sort of place, with no host and a hard-to-find back entrance, but it is definitely worth the drive or drunken 4 a.m. cab ride when nothing but home-style Mexican food will do.
Last weekend's annual Outdoor Show was a complete success, and members of the Rice community have only KTRU to thank for a full day of engaging festivities and excellent music that went off without a hitch. Having been in attendance for previous on-campus concert flops, KTRU was able to provide a completely new and different experience by organizing an event that centered on enjoying great music and discovering new local bands – two of the station's principle missions.
On their second LP entitled EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \\\, Glasvegas prove that they are much more than the "working class Glasewegian heroes" they were so often patronizingly referred to upon their arrival on the music scene two years ago. Presenting their fans with a major departure from the grungy doo-wop rock of their 2008 self-titled debut, their sophomore effort sees Glasvegas boldy venturing into novel sonic territory. With the addition of a new drummer, Swede Jonna Löfgren, who replaced original drummer Caroline McKay after her departure from the band in early 2010, Glasvegas have gained not only fresh artistic talent, but a significantly greater ambition in terms of their musical daring.
The talent level of the opposition keeps increasing, as the Owls have dropped four matches in a row against ranked opponents after they were swept in Oklahoma this weekend by conference rival, the 35th-ranked University of Tulsa (15-6, 6-0 C-USA) and the 26th-ranked University of Oklahoma.
Rice students from the South Colleges can rejoice! No longer will the long walk during Houston's humid nights be necessary for Chick-fil-A sandwiches or Papa John's pizza. Starting in Fall 2011, the Hoot will open a new location at South Servery.
While the entrepreneurial spirit of Rice University may not be amongst the country's greateast — certainly not in comparison to Stanford's, whose students have contributed to little start-ups you may have heard of such as Google, Yahoo and Cisco — we are definitely making strides as a University towards fostering student entrepreneurship (See story, pg. 1).
Eighty thousand dollars. That's how much the new Rice Solar Car Team estimates they will spend in their efforts to build an energy-efficient solar car that can sufficiently compete in a race against solar cars from other universities, which have multi-million dollar budgets. They will compete for the first time in Spring 2012 in the Shell Eco-Marathon.
After stranding a school-record 18 runners on base in a midweek loss to Louisiana-Lafayette (19-13), the Owls (24-13, 6-3 C-USA) faced another tough task in the pitching rotation for the Pirates. Entering the weekend series, East Carolina University (22-11, 4-5 C-USA) boasted the best team Earned Run Average in the conference and a top-three staff overall ERA in the country. To combat the ECU arms on Friday night was Austin Kubitza, the freshman whose success has begun to garner attention on the national level.
Student-Student-taught courses have become quite popular at Rice, and we're not alone in our affinity for them (See story, pg. 1). An interest in student-taught courses is sweeping across the country with Rice at the very forefront of the movement.
Rice suspended student participation in study-abroad and exchange programs in Japan until further notice, Assistant Dean for Student Judicial Programs Donald Ostdiek announced. This decision affects the summer plans of three students who signed up for Japanese programs administered by Rice International Programs.
With the school year coming to a close, it's time to look at which colleges were victorious in intramural sports this year.
