Bonnie Zhao

NEWS 1/31/23 11:22pm

All is fair in love and code: COMP 310 faces potential removal

By Bonnie Zhao

COMP 310, a current major requirement course, is likely to be completely removed from the Rice computer Science curriculum, the class’s professor Stephen Wong said. This comes after numerous student complaints posted on Piazza last semester and raised to the computer science department Chair Christopher Jermaine.

NEWS 11/29/22 11:02pm

Fizz app bubbles with controversy amid popularity

By Bonnie Zhao

Fizz, an anonymous social media platform created by two Stanford University dropouts and currently catered to universities, launched at Rice on Aug. 27 and has since generated mixed reactions amongst the student population.

A&E 11/15/22 11:22pm

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo grapples with life, death and art

By Bonnie Zhao

America’s first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo, stopped by Rice’s Brockman Hall for a reading of her newly published poetry collection, “Weaving Sundown in a Scarle Light: 50 Poems for 50 Years,” on the rainy evening of Monday, Nov. 14. Following the reading was an on-stage conversation with 2022 Texas Poet Laureate Lupe Mendez, during which Harjo shared harrowingly intimate details of her view on art, life, death and loss.

NEWS 11/2/22 12:23am

Rice prepares for Election Day

By Bonnie Zhao

Early voting for the midterm elections ends on Nov. 4 in Harris County. On Election Day, Nov. 8, Sewall Hall’s Welcome Center will be Rice’s on-campus polling location, open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

NEWS 9/27/22 11:14pm

Proofpoint digest implementation brings mixed reactions

By Bonnie Zhao

Rice expanded Proofpoint Digest, an email filtering system that quarantines emails suspected to be spam or bulk into one single daily digest, to the undergraduate community this fall, leading to mixed responses within the student population.

NEWS 9/6/22 11:30pm

A year later, struggles with ImagineOne persist

By Bonnie Zhao

Student-run businesses, organizations, graduate students and faculty are among those who continue to experience ongoing struggles with Rice’s transition to ImagineOne, a payment system that replaced Banner last year.

NEWS 3/29/22 10:37pm

Andrew Yang speaks at Rice on state of U.S. politics and democracy

By Bonnie Zhao

Andrew Yang discussed the state of U.S. politics, democracy and the benefits of a third political party at McNair Hall on March 28. Yang visited Rice as a part of the Presidential Lecture Series.

NEWS 3/22/22 10:54pm

Moody Foundation announces funding for new student opportunities

By Bonnie Zhao

The Moody Foundation recently donated $50 million to fund a dozen newly created student opportunity endowments. The funding is part of the Moody Foundation’s $100 million donation announced last September.

NEWS 3/8/22 11:32pm

SA passes resolution denouncing swim coach comments

By Bonnie Zhao

The Student Association passed a resolution denouncing Rice swim coach Seth Huston’s statements on the National Collegiate Athletics Association policy regarding transgender participation in college-level sport at the March 7 Senate meeting, with one SA member voting against the resolution.

NEWS 3/1/22 10:39pm

Hanszen dryer vandalized with racial slur and graphic image

By Bonnie Zhao

One of the dryers in the Hanszen College laundry room was found vandalized with a graphic image followed by a crossed-out phrase that appeared to be a racial slur, as well as the acronym “WRWS” on the morning of Feb. 21, according to an email by Jayaker Kolli, the Will Rice College President, and Izzy Williams, the Will Rice College Chief Justice.

Bonnie Zhao

All is fair in love and code: COMP 310 faces potential removal

Fizz app bubbles with controversy amid popularity

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo grapples with life, death and art

Rice prepares for Election Day

Proofpoint digest implementation brings mixed reactions

A year later, struggles with ImagineOne persist

Andrew Yang speaks at Rice on state of U.S. politics and democracy

Moody Foundation announces funding for new student opportunities

SA passes resolution denouncing swim coach comments

Hanszen dryer vandalized with racial slur and graphic image

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