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(03/20/19 3:16am)
Though it reports to rank highest in race-class interaction, Rice is not the most socially aware campus in the United States by a long stretch, nor does it advertise itself to be. Having researched the cultural climate of Rice in the 1960s last semester, I’d argue that this isn’t a new phenomenon. While we can’t change the core of our student culture, we can and ought to think more critically about our social history, which is necessary to acknowledge as we shape our current culture. The recent uncovering of photographs of students in blackface and other records of racism on campus — cultural artifacts hidden in plain sight in public archives — have demanded our attention and sparked conversations among students, faculty and administrators. The fact that Rice fits into a larger pattern of racism and exclusionary tactics across American campuses does not mean we should cast this history aside. We ought to critically engage with our history as a predominantly white institution, and pointing out where and when infrastructure has failed our institution’s students of color is a good place to start.
(04/20/16 10:14pm)
The Rice University Court held a public hearing Sunday afternoon to deliberate on the revocation of Rice Catalyst’s blanket tax status. The hearing follows a complaint filed by Student Association president Griffin Thomas as a student on the Blanket Tax Committee. UCourt will release its decision on Catalyst’s blanket tax status Wednesday.
(04/13/16 2:37pm)
What makes a good O-Week? College coordinators have struggled to tackle this question since they were appointed to the position last semester. With a variety of factors and concerns, diversity has emerged as a topic of discussion.
(02/24/16 2:21am)
A subcommittee within the Rice Committee for Undergraduate Curriculum has drafted several changes to the limitations on number of credit hours that undergraduates can registered for each semester, according to subcommittee member Dorin Azerad. If approved by Faculty Senate, starting in Fall 2016, freshmen would be able to register for a maximum of 17 credit hours, while transfer students, sophomores, juniors and seniors would be capped at 18 hours per semester, as opposed to the current limit of 20 hours for all students.
(02/15/16 3:30pm)
As an unopposed candidate running for the position of treasurer, Maurice Frediere hopes to use the role to streamline the process of club funding. He wants to consolidate clubs with similar goals to ensure that funding for student organizations is used efficiently.
(02/17/16 2:19am)
Sonal Pai highlighted three roles within the SA — Director of Technology, Director of Marketing, and Historian — as positions that other SA members should use more frequently as resources. As Secretary, she will be in charge of drafting applications for new applicants for these positions. She intends to increase awareness of their functions. She hopes that, in doing so, these people will receive more recognition for their efforts.
(02/15/16 3:21pm)
Komal Luthra, the unopposed candidate for Student Association Internal Vice President, has a platform featuring a focus on academics and SA leadership.
(02/15/16 3:23pm)
Hannah Todd has a focus on catering to the wants and needs of students in regards to the meal plan in her platform. As a freshman, she served as a NSR and is currently a Wiess SA Senator. Her accomplishments this year, as a sophomore, include moving the start time of breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 7:15 a.m. at Baker and West Serveries for people with 8 a.m. classes. She also worked with H&D closely to create the survey sent out to gather students’ opinions about the current meal plan.
(02/15/16 3:13pm)
According to Brianna Singh’s platform, people are only as good as the community they live in, and she believes she can make the Rice community better as External Vice President. She served as a Hanszen College NSR and was Environmental Committee Co-Chair her freshman year. Currently, she serves as the SA Secretary.
(02/15/16 3:08pm)
As a candidate for Student Association External Vice President, Justin Onwenu’s platform focuses on a broad range of issues. In his campaign platform, Onwenu said as EVP he hopes to expand the use of tetra and give student more options with the meal plan, to establish greater lines of communication between students and the Honor Council and Student Judicial Programs, to increase the ability of students to give academic input through faculty advisory boards and to promote environmental sustainability.
(02/11/16 5:45am)
Current Lovett College President Griffin Thomas, a junior, is trying to shift his focus from running a college to campus-wide government, a return to the Student Association after a stint as a New Student Representative freshman year.
(02/11/16 5:45am)
As an active member of the Student Association since her freshman year, current External Vice President Joan Liu, a Jones College junior, wants to expand her role in the SA to the presidency. Over the past year, she has worked on faculty advisory board and Rice University Police Department legislation, helped bring awareness of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance to Rice’s campus, and chartered the Campus Culture Priorities Working Group, which focuses on student well-being. Her main priority is to bring clarity and engagement between students, organizations and the administration.
(02/03/16 3:09am)
The Rice community lost an uplifting mentor and extraordinary voice last Wednesday. Samuel Waters, a Brown College senior and voice performance major at the Shepherd School of Music, passed away Jan. 27 at home in Falls Church, Virginia after a five-year battle with cancer. He was 22 years old. Waters is survived by his parents, James and Claire, and younger brother, Tyler.
(11/18/15 3:15pm)
President Leebron will decide by Thanksgiving whether to allow licensed handgun owners to carry concealed weapons on Rice University campus based on feedback from Rice community members, according to Rebecca Sanchez, a member of the Staff Advisory Committee.
