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Best of the Fest: The Austin Film Festival Showcases Indie Filmmaker Talent

(11/06/19 3:35am)

Preface: More than 180 films screened at this year’s Austin Film Festival, which ran from Oct. 24 to 31. Now in its 26th year, the festival is known for its focus on screenwriting and for its solid slate of Oscar-bait films. I waited in hour-long lines and chatted with retired couples, an Airbnb “entrepreneur” and a woman who had once been Woody Harrelson’s temporary bodyguard in order to watch a half-dozen feature films in three days. Here are the indie films that rose above the rest.

https://www.ricethresher.org/article/2019/11/best-of-the-fest-the-austin-film-festival-showcases-indie-filmmaker-talent

Meet your 2019-2020 college presidents

(02/27/19 3:33am)

Lovett - Chloe Oani, Sophomore

https://www.ricethresher.org/article/2019/02/2019-college-presidents

2019 O-Week Themes

(02/13/19 3:25am)

Move-in day is more than six months away, but this year’s O-Week coords are already hard at work. Here’s a look at each college’s 2019 O-Week theme!

https://www.ricethresher.org/article/2019/02/2019-o-week-themes

Hwang becomes first Rice student to win Churchill Scholarship in 25 years

(01/16/19 4:50am)

Alex Hwang found out he had won the Churchill Scholarship — full funding to spend a year at the University of Cambridge doing nothing but physics research — while crouched under a desk next to a pool in Hawaii.

https://www.ricethresher.org/article/2019/01/first-rice-student-to-win-churchill-scholarship-in-25-years