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(04/16/10 12:00am)
Rice University's approach to welcoming new students with Orientation Week is often cited as a bedrock of our institution's college system and the formation of a unique campus culture. For countless members of our community, myself included, O-Week memories summon feelings of comfort and beginnings of deep friendships. But in the spirit of constant self improvement, I will suggest that one aspect of O-Week is hurting members of this community and limiting the integration of one of the most diverse campuses in the country.
(03/19/10 12:00am)
Picture this: You're a freshman in your second semester of college, on the verge of the most exciting week of the school year. To get the festivities started, you throw a kegger the likes of which no freshman has ever imagined, attracting guests from across the university. After hours of drinking and dancing to the wildest 1990s house music your DJ could find, the crowd dies down around 1:30 a.m., and you see a girl from across campus lying in the corner.It's your room, and after seeing your neighbors get sent to the county jail for smoking pot last week, you make the drunken decision that your "tobacco pipe" and rainy day stash could be found if the police enter your room. Just then, your buddy calls you to chill in the other room. You wake up the next morning with a headache, walk back to your room and find that the girl has .
(03/12/10 12:00am)
On Wednesday, the Owls let a 15 point halftime lead slip away, and the University of Tulsa eliminated them from the conference tournament. It was a low note to cap off an unexpectedly lackluster season, in which the Owls won only eight games compared to last year's 10 wins.Few could have predicted the 1-15 conference record when a month into the season, Rice had already won half as many games as they had the previous year. But now that the end has come, judgment day has come. What went wrong, and who is to blame?
(02/26/10 12:00am)
All young teams are plagued with the unwelcome guest of inconsistency, and the men's basketball team has been no exception throughout its 13 conference matches this season. On any given night, its rebounding can be dominant or pathetic, its posts can be unstoppable or asleep and any team member can put up 15 points or put up goose eggs in every statistical category. Yet the one thing that has come in unwaveringly long streaks has been a plethora of losses. And while on any given night the players can point to poor transition defense, lack of concentration or uninspired offense as the culprit, the constancy of losing beckons Head Coach Ben Braun and his staff to find the underlying missing piece of the puzzle.
(02/26/10 12:00am)
Senior Cliff Ghoram stood as Rice's only senior today in the team's final game at Tudor Fieldhouse against the University of Central Florida. He put up 13 points in a nail-biting 66-59 loss. Sophomore Connor Frizelle led both teams with 19 points. The first half showed why they say that basketball is a game of runs. Unfortunately for the Owls, none of their runs could be sustained for long enough to grab a lead. UCF got out to an early 11-4 lead thanks to a medley of errors coming from the home team. Turnovers came from junior Suleiman Braimoh and freshamn Arsalan Kazemi. Freshman Tamir Jackson set the dismal tone of the game with two missed free-throws, and no one could seem to put the ball in the net.
(02/19/10 12:00am)
Times continue to be tough for the men's basketball team, which suffered through a loss to the University of Southern Mississippi last Saturday. The middle of the season has been a surprising disappointment and the team has woefully sunk to repeating the same mistakes week after week."It was a familiar theme," Head Coach Ben Braun said about the 66-50 loss against Southern Miss (15-9, 5-5 Conference USA). "I was disappointed again that we had some opportunities to score on the inside, and we didn't score.
(02/12/10 12:00am)
There is always a silver lining when you are your own worst enemy: At the very least, you know your enemy well. That seems to be the case for the men's basketball team, which dropped another big lead to the University of Alabama at Birmingham last Saturday and found itself fighting back to beat Division II Texas A&M International University Monday. The laundry list of issues that has kept Rice (8-15, 1-8 Conference USA) at the bottom of the conference standings touches every aspect of its game.
(02/12/10 12:00am)
Alamo Tamale & Taco has established itself as a major player in the Taco District by doing the exact opposite. Standing at the gates to Taco Heaven on 2310 Navigation Boulevard since 1960, the two-room building features a kitchen in one room and two countertops in the other - one for eating, one for ordering.
(02/05/10 12:00am)
Since 1996, the name Tom Green has been synonymous with the audacious, the unorthodox and-at times-the downright scary. Green first burst onto the national scene with MTV's The Tom Green Show, which ran from 1999-2000, but the comedian has since become relatively quiet on the national level. Now on a world stand-up comedy tour for the first time in his career, Green continues to push the envelope in media unavailable to him before.The Thresher talked to Green about his online show, life after MTV and his newest endeavors into the world of stand-up.
(02/05/10 12:00am)
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(02/05/10 12:00am)
One step forward and two steps back is no way to make progress. The men's basketball team is no exception, but even the single step forward is a plus for a team that just snapped a seven-game losing streak against East Carolina University last Saturday.
(02/05/10 12:00am)
Another chance led to another dropped lead for the men's basketball team Saturday afternoon, as Rice (7-15, 1-8 Conference USA) dropped a frustrating 76-65 loss to one of the nation's top teams, University of Alabama- Birmingham. Freshman Arsalan Kazemi led the squad with 15 points and 13 rebounds, followed by senior Cliff Ghoram with and junior Trey Stanton with 12 points each.It was a first half to remember for the Owls. Sophomore guard Lucas Kuipers set the tone early with a three-pointer to start the game, and right off the bat, the home team got back on defense. Holding UAB (19-4, 7-2 C-USA) to 30 percent shooting, Rice's stifling defense produced 13 points off of turnovers in the first half alone.
(02/05/10 12:00am)
In a much-needed boost of confidence Rice beat Texas A&M International today at Tudor Fieldhouse by a score of 73-66. Freshman Arsalan Kazemi led the Owls with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Junior Trey Stanton and sophomores Lucas Kuipers and Connor Frizzelle also finished with double figures, scoring 16, 15 and 12, respectively.Just two days after a demoralizing loss to the University of Alabama-Birmingham, the Owls seemed to be fighting off fatigue from the start of the game. Rice went down by two points after only two minutes of play, a gap that widened to seven over the next three minutes.
(02/05/10 12:00am)
Some weeks are for burritos, and some weeks are for fajitas. But last week, fellow taco enthusiasts, was a week for tacos. Which is why, along with unusually cold weather and the terrifying prospect of imminent exams, this week brings us another installment of Taco Trek.Last week, our taco trailblazers traveled to The Original Ninfa's, where they encountered a meal so far off the mark that it threatened their will to ever return to the famed Taco District.
(01/29/10 12:00am)
Just a few years after the climax of baseball's steroid era, in the wake of a constant flow of NFL players through federal prison and amid constant allegations of officials' game manipulation in the NBA, the integrity of America's Big Three sports has never been under more scrutiny. As such, it is little wonder that many fans have begun looking to alternative sports to feed their competitive sides. But while disc golf and bocce ball are still on the outside looking in, mixed martial arts has taken the nation by storm, generating a wave of excitement and bringing an incredible blend of varied martial arts into the living rooms of millions.
(01/29/10 12:00am)
Another week's end can only mean another trek into the Taco District for the Thresher's most courageous thrill-seekers. In the second installment of their culinary adventures, Yan Digilov and Ben Lopez, our lovably scruffy duo of tacologists, head for the western frontier to the ageless outpost of the Original Ninfa's.
(01/29/10 12:00am)
After finally snapping a seven-game slide against East Carolina University on Saturday, the men's basketball team was looking to turn its season around against a struggling Tulane University Wednesday evening. But a night that looked like it would be the start of the team's redemption turned into disaster. Rice (7-13, 1-6 Conference USA) finished the night falling to Tulane (6-14, 1-6 C-USA) in overtime by a score of 79-74.Freshman forward Arsalan Kazemi led the Owls with 19 points and 13 rebounds. Junior center Trey Stanton contributed 16 points.
(01/29/10 12:00am)
The men's basketball team enjoyed a light schedule last week, as the team only played one game during the past seven days. After dropping a tight game against the conference-leading University of Tulsa, Rice (6-13, 0-6 C-USA) is taking the time to recuperate and prepare to end a seven-game losing streak beset with inconsistent play and missed opportunities. Their game against Tulsa (16-4, 5-1 C-USA) proved to be one of their most competitive road games this season. But just when it looked like Rice might have a chance to steal a win from the conference-leading Miners, that light was snuffed out. Not for lack of talent, though, but because of a lack of focus, according to Head Coach Ben Braun.
(01/22/10 12:00am)
The pursuits of men are many, varying in levels of scope and difficulty. But few glorious quests can be compared to a single challenge that beckons only the bravest of college students: finding the source of Houston's most cherished raw material - tacos. Yan Digilov, a vegetarian gardening enthusiast with a penchant for friendly conversation, is joined by Ben Lopez, a meat-devouring San Antonio native, whose physical stature reflects his expertise in the respected field of Taco Sciences. The two have stepped up to the task, sacrificing it all in the name of greasy Tex-Mex.
(01/22/10 12:00am)
The motions of change are incumbent upon the development of any progressive institution, and they should never be avoided out of fear of the unknown. But the notion that those in favor of maintaining the traditions of Beer Bike are merely resisting change could not be further from the truth.In a Thresher poll conducted last November, more than two-thirds of respondents expressed their desire to maintain the status quo and retain the trucks for the water balloon fight. The primary interest of the proposed redrawn plans for Beer Bike is the elimination of trucks, contrary to a message from Campus-Wide Beer Bike co-Coordinator Brian Henderson, who called the trucks' absence a "main disadvantage" for balloon delivery.
