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What is citizenship? Rice students and professors sought to define this idea and discussed the state of citizenship in marginalized communities as part of a panel held by Houston’s chapter of Black Lives Matter. The event, which took place in Hamman Hall on April 7, also featured work from local artists.
For several months, Queer Resource Center facilitators and Facilities Engineering and Planning have been working on increasing the number of gender-neutral bathrooms at Rice.
Finishing times indicate Martel College won the women’s and men’s races and Jones College won the alumni race at Beer Bike where, for the first time since 2007, a running race took place instead of biking. Rice Program Council has not yet calculated penalties and official results. In response to the cancellation, some colleges may participate in an unofficial event titled “Pizza Bike” this Saturday to allow some of the bikers to race.
PayPal co-founder and Affirm CEO Max Levchin visited Rice to discuss entrepreneurship as a part of his University Tech Tour in an event organized jointly with the computer science club.
Joining the list of performers at the 23rd South by Southwest Interactive Festival, which includes Barack and Michelle Obama, are three of Rice’s very own presenters. The music, interactive media and film conference SXSW is in Austin from March 7 to 20 and is considered the largest music festival of its kind, with more than 20,000 attendees.
When Martel College senior Veronica Johnson was notified that her application to lead an Alternative Spring Break trip had been rejected, she knew she still wanted to lead a service trip. Last week, Johnson’s efforts were realized in an “alternative” ASB, unregistered with the Center for Civic Leadership, as she led 15 Rice students on a service trip to a a wolf sanctuary in Colorado.
Griffin Thomas will assume the position of Student Association president after winning a close election against Joan Liu, while Justin Onwenu emerged as the clear winner in a three-way race for SA external vice president.
Rice Rally Club and Rice Catalyst are obtaining priority access to student funding through their new blanket tax status, granted by the student body in the general election. Rice Video Productions will retain its blanket tax status.
The Student Association General Election ballot proposals this year include amendments to the SA Constitution related to blanket tax as well as amendments to the University Court Constitution.
The Blanket Tax Committee recommended that Rice Video Productions’ blanket tax subsidiary status be removed at the Student Association Senate meeting on Feb. 3. If the SA chooses to approve the proposal, the student body would vote on RVP’s status in the general election, marking the first occasion under the new blanket tax process in which an organization has been suggested for removal of blanket tax status.
Is it justified to spend millions of dollars on a church serving primarily black neighborhoods when the congregants themselves may be of low-income backgrounds? As a part of Rice’s Religion and Public Life Program, three African-American scholars, including a Houston-based pastor, discussed the role of black churches in politics and answered community members’ questions like this regarding race relations. RPLP Director Elaine Howard Ecklund moderated the discussion.
Former Dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering Michael M. Carroll passed away on Jan. 17 at age 79. Carroll was also the Burton J. and Ann M. McMurtry Professor in Mechanical Engineering and a professor computational and applied mathematics.
The Rice Black Student Association held its annual vigil for Martin Luther King, Jr. with a special focus on the 50th anniversary of black students matriculating at Rice. The program, entitled “Dreamers and Doers — Acknowledging the Collective Work of Community As We Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Black Undergraduates at Rice” included a candlelight vigil followed by performances, speeches, including one by Provost Marie Lynn Miranda, and a reception.
The Blanket Tax Committee will recommend to the Student Association Senate that Rice Rally be placed on the ballot so voters may decide whether or not to designate it as a blanket tax organization that will receive student funds. Rice University Splash, Rice Environmental Society and the Queer Resource Center did not receive BTC recommendations but will present at SA Senate as well. The Rice Standard and Catalyst are still undergoing review, according to SA Treasurer Sai Chilakapati.
The Student Association and Graduate Student Association have moved out of their office space in the Rice Memorial Center cloisters and designated the space as a meditation and prayer room, according to SA President Jazz Silva. Although intended to be religious or non-religious interfaith, the space is being allocated partly due to efforts on behalf of the Muslim Student Association, as well as the Boniuk Council, Student Activities, GSA and the SA.
Rice Television is currently rebranding itself as Rice Video Productions. RTV must also adapt to the new blanket tax process implemented last year, as the current 2015-16 budget shows an unauthorized rollover of $5,334 left unaccounted for by the Student Association Blanket Tax Committee.
The Honor Council Working Group may consider major structural changes depending upon the responses gathered from the Survey of All Students, released on Monday, Nov. 2. According to Honor Council Chair Alex Metcalf, the working group hopes to hear from both student and faculty experiences to explore the Rice community’s understanding of the honor system.
Rice University students held a demonstration in the academic quad to show support for black females following an incident of a school sheriff throwing and dragging a black female student at Spring Valley High School in South Carolina.
Representatives of the Houston Unites coalition, a lobbying group supporting Proposition 1, the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, were potentially violating Texas election code on Election Day at the Rice Memorial Center polling place. Two members of the group wearing shirts promoting HERO were situated within the RMC less than 10 feet from the entrance to Miner Lounge, where the polling stations were located. They asked passersby whether they were registered to vote and their stance on HERO and offered food to voters.
Rice students held a demonstration in the academic quad to show support of black females following an incident of a school sheriff throwing and dragging a black female student at Spring Valley High School.
