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Every time someone asks me how senior year is going, I just laugh and say, “It’s going.” Because it is going. And it keeps going, adding to the time that has passed since I should’ve figured out what I’m doing with my life after graduation, or at least it feels that way being at Rice. People at this school are so good at having their lives together.
The feeling of regret and remorse is one of the most vulnerable sentiments of human nature. Playwright Paula Vogel's Baltimore Waltz is the essence of this experience. Directed by TJ Burleson and Susannah Eig, the Rice Players present their intepretation of Baltimore Waltz.
Patrick Thornton, adjunct professor in the Department of Sport Management died on Jan. 15 after being diagnosed last November with cancer in his spine. He was 53.
New survey data released by the Center for Career Development indicated that just over half of graduating students seeking employment have received offers, but CCD Director Nicole Van Den Heuvel said that the data was limited by the 23 percent response rate to the survey.
How would one interpret "The Drunken City?" Bachelorette party gone wrong? Anxiety of pre-wedding jitters? Adam Bock's play underlines a typical New York night of many drinks, high heels, city streets and playful giggles, but it's a sappy love story in disguise. However, this cast works together to deliver a complicated love story; their performance brilliantly and vulnerably captures the essence of what it means to feel empty inside.
"Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost," Pina Bausch said. The German dancer, teacher and ballet director was one of the most influential leaders in modern dance since the 1970s. Pina, under the brilliant direction of Wim Wenders (Palermo Shooting), pays tribute to Bausch by showcasing some performances of her students.
As an avid theatergoer, I was intrigued and amused when I heard that Toxic Avenger, an action figure from the silver screen, was about to show off his superpowers on the musical stage. Joe DiPietro and David Bryan, who collaborated on the Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, wrote the book and music for The Toxic Avenger Musical.
Inspirational band director, Conrad "Prof" Johnson, was able to add unparalleled levels of funk and electricity to a struggling Houston high school jazz band, a band that would reunite after 35 years to pay tribute to their unequalled director. Thunder Soul is a documentary that follows the story of this remarkable reunion. Johnson turned Kashmere High School's band into the Kashmere band, taking them to multiple national high school stage band competitions and winning as the only black band.
Say you never had a cell phone before, and somehow, you enter into a stranger's life after finding his. You are now Jean, a woman sitting at a cafe who just noticed that a cell phone is ringing — and its owner is dead. Zealously, desperately, Jean assumes the role as the dead man's messenger and answers all of his calls. Jean further complicates her role in his life (or rather, his death) by providing closure to his loved ones through her lies. As Jean leads her vicarious life, she finds out more and more about the man and soon begins to question the truth about him, and herself.
Although from the surface Drive may seem like your typical, car-chase blockbuster, it will easily be on top of critics' movie lists for September.
After awarding Hanzsen College the 2010-2011 Intramural Sports President's Cup, the IM department revoked this decision based on a faulty calculation of the results, giving the cup instead to the Graduate Student Association.
Never having won the Conference USA Championship, the swim team has been well accustomed to placing third or a satisfactory second, but this year was different. The squad has always preached optimism before the first splashes of every conference championship, but reality usually set in, for the Owls quickly resigned themselves to yet another year staring up at perennial champ Southern Methodist University. However, the depth and sharp execution delivered by the team last week in University of Houston's Recreational Center Natatorium provided some new pages for the school's record books. On day one, the relay team started the Owls strong as the foursome of freshman Michelle Gean, junior Shelby Bottoms, sophomore Kylee Talwar and freshman Karina Wlostowska swam a season-best 1:43.15 to place third in the 200-medley relay, the third-fastest time in Rice history. The 800-freestyle relay team carried out the momentum, with freshman Chelsea Fong, junior Alex O'Brien, junior Alison Godbe and sophomore Stephanie Wei blazed to a third-place finish with a season-best 7:23.42, the fourth-fastest time in school history.
Most players may come out of a below par season with a new hunger to improve their game. It's rare when you see someone emerge out of average and prove himself invaluable during the season. Unless you're Jeremy Rathjen, or better known as Jeremy "Wrath-jen." The graduate from nearby Memorial High School had a tremendous season last year. He started 53 out of team's 63 games, 22 as a designated hitter and 31 as an outfielder. He hit a .317 batting average and a slugging percentage of a .584, a whopping increase from his .232 batting average and .358 slugging percentage the previous year.
As the countdown for the first pitch of the season comes to an end, lately there is always one indisputable question that remains loud and clear above all other hype and excitement. Who will be dependable on the pitching staff this year?The last two years were less than satisfactory for Rice's pitching department. Injuries plagued the lineup in 2009, while the pressure on the team's young staff last year may explain the inconsistency in their pitching performance throughout the season. The stakes are higher than ever, as disappointed fans hope for a solid pitcher that will lead the road to Omaha, Neb. after a two year hiatus from the College World Series.
John Wooden, considered to be one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time, said, "Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character." And character, indeed, was what the Owls displayed in their last home meet of the season, winning all 14 events to bring down the house, 168-97, against the University of North Texas last Friday. The Mean Green came into the meet ranked 12th nationally by CollegeSwimming.com/CSCAA Division I mid-majors poll, so Rice, unranked, had its work cut out to pull off the upset. Looking to avenge last year's defeat, the Owls came out strong, taking the 200-yard medley relay by a solid two seconds. It was the first of a slew of Rice season-bests, with junior Nicole Delaloye winning the 1,000-freestyle (10:22.29), and senior Ashten Ackerman taking the 200-yard butterfly (2:06.77) and 200-breaststroke (2:24.28) in the last home meet of her career.
Recording more losses than wins thus far, the swim team had elicited skepticism from their devotees by the end of 2010. However, three dual-meet wins and a stack of season-best times later, the Owls have weathered a demanding start to the season against elite competition. Additionally, the team went through their usual rigorous winter training in south Florida to be up and ready for the remainder of the season and the Conference USA Championship Feb. 23-26. Still, the Owls had business to finish before they embarked on said winter training. While many students were carefree on the last day of school on Dec. 3, the swim team was busy preparing themselves for a clash against eighth-ranked Texas A&M University at the Rice Aquatic Center.
In its longest meet of the year, the swim team posted more than 30 season-best performances at the Phill Hansel Cougar Classic Invitational, hosted by an old foe in the University of Houston. The three-day meet featured five other teams, including Louisiana State University (4-1) and last year's Conference USA champions Southern Methodist University (4-1) - both ranked top 25 of the CollegeSwimming.com/CSCAA poll. Yet the challenging match-ups failed to subdue the Owls' performances, as the team went on to finish what would be their best meet of the season.
In many ways, the Conference USA Men's Cross Country Championship has become more theater than sport, following a meticulous script that puts either the University of Tulsa or the University of Texas at El Paso as the lead actor and the Owls as the supporting role. For better or worse for the men's cross country team, Rice has followed the script perfectly, as they took home their third place finish in the C-USA Cross Country Championship held Monday at Indian Springs Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa racked up just 34 points, with UTEP following closely with 42 and Rice trailing in third with 87. Redshirt junior Michael Trejo assumed his role as elder statesman of the roster, taking 10th place overall and earning a spot on the All-C-USA Second Team. Following him were redshirt junior Gabe Cuadra with a time of 24:31, freshman John Cavallo, who crossed the finish line just six seconds behind Cuadra to earn 19th place, and redshirt junior Matt Carey, who, in making his first appearance for the Owls this year, joined Cuadra and Cavallo on the All-C-USA-Third Team with his finish in 20th place. The fifth man and final scorer for the Owls was redshirt junior James Llamas. Rounding out the runners for the Owls were three true freshmen, Wyatt Doop who came in with a time of 25:33, Anthony Urbanelli and Travis Roberts, who were all just a second apart from each other. Redshirt sophomore Anthony Lauriello came in 43rd place, finishing the race in 26:28. Elkana Rotich from UTEP took the individual title, with Cavallo earning the Freshman of the Year Award.
