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NEWS 1/16/18 11:27pm

'Do something': Students perceive lack of effort by administration in MLK day celebrations

By Emily Abdow

Students commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. day by participating in two parades and organizing a vigil, but some raised concerns about Rice’s commitment to diversity.

FEATURES 1/10/18 12:32am

What is virginity, anyway?

By Elizabeth Rasich

It turns out that Rice students are pretty good at guessing how many of their peers are virgins: 44 percent was the true number and 39 percent the average estimate, according to a recent Research Methods (SOCI 381) study.

FEATURES 1/10/18 12:30am

Speech and debate team dominates

By Elizabeth Rasich

Last spring, while the rest of her classmates were throwing water balloons and cheering on their colleges at Beer Bike, Gennifer Geer was stuck in Peoria, Illinois for a national speech and debate tournament.

A&E 1/10/18 12:24am

Sorkin delivers trademark intensity in poker biopic ‘Molly’s Game’

By Maddie Flavin

For approximately a decade, the real-life Bloom, dubbed the “Poker Princess,” ran high-stakes poker games in Los Angeles and New York City.

SPORTS 1/9/18 11:45pm

Women’s basketball surging into conference play

By Michael Byrnes

It’s been a successful start to the season for Rice University women’s basketball. A year after winning the Women’s Basketball Invitational and notching 22 wins, second-highest in program history, the Owls have shown no signs of letting up in a 12-2 start this year.

NEWS 1/9/18 11:13pm

Breaking even: Residential college budget breakdown

By Amy Qin

With approximately half a million dollars divided among them, colleges are coming up with unique ways to spend their budgets, from Hanszen College’s Beauty Committee to Sid Richardson College’s Brewing fund.

FEATURES 11/28/17 11:33pm

Thanksgiving on campus

By Sanvitti Sahdev

Postmates, instant ramen and dinner at the magisters’ house were some of the survival tools for students who stayed on campus for Thanksgiving break. Every year, a number of students remain at Rice during the four-day Thanksgiving recess due to a variety of reasons such as distance, cost or simply preparation for the final week of classes. “I personally stayed just because it's too far to go back home,” Gayatri Sawant, a Sid Richardson College freshman and international student from India, said.

A&E 11/28/17 10:38pm

‘Lady Bird’ reshapes the coming-of-age story

By Maddie Flavin

Written and directed by Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird” gives both parents and young women a voice in a fascinating genre that will never run out of tales to tell.

SPORTS 11/27/17 2:16pm

Rice parts ways with football coach David Bailiff

By Andrew Grottkau

Rice Athletics announced Monday afternoon that head coach David Bailiff had been relieved of his duties after 11 years at the helm of the football team.

NEWS 11/24/17 12:21pm

Hostile crowd forced Architectronica shutdown, RUPD says

By Emily Abdow

Rice University Police Department officers shut down Architectronica, the annual public party hosted by School of Architecture students, at approximately 12:15 a.m.

NEWS 11/21/17 10:47am

Sue Deigaard wins HISD District V Trustee election

By Andrew Mu

Rice alumna Sue Deigaard (Brown ’92) won the position of Houston Independent School District V Trustee in a race against four other candidates.

A&E 11/15/17 9:34pm

Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2017: "Three Billboards" and "Call Me by Your Name" Reviews

By Maddie Flavin

“Three Billboards” handles anger and trauma 3.5/5 Life always seems to look for new ways to piss us off.

SPORTS 11/15/17 4:23pm

Martel, Lovett victorious in Powderpuff playoffs

By Joshua Anil

Powderpuff playoffs began this week with Martel College facing Duncan College and Will Rice College facing Lovett College in the quarterfinals.

NEWS 11/15/17 3:57pm

GOP tax plan raises graduate student concerns

By Rishab Ramapriyan

The House’s proposed tax plan, H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, would repeal previous provisions that excluded tuition waivers and tuition exemptions from taxable income for graduate students, according to the ACE.

NEWS 11/15/17 2:55pm

Student placed on involuntary medical leave seeks to return

By Emily Abdow

Rice University freshman Michael Lu said he is speaking with attorneys after he spent 12 days in the hospital for psychiatric symptoms.

A&E 11/8/17 10:27am

Coffeehouse to add student exhibition space with ‘Espresso Yourself: Art’

By Lenna Mendoza

This semester, Coffeehouse aims to bring you art beyond your latte with the expansion of performance series “Espresso Yourself.”

SPORTS 11/8/17 4:45am

Football: Turnovers and defensive lapses doom Rice

By Spencer Moffat

The Rice offense has frequently let good defensive performances go to waste in conference play this season. But against the University of Alabama, Birmingham, it was the defense’s turn to let the game get out of hand.

NEWS 11/8/17 3:07am

73 days after sustaining hurricane damage, Willy’s Pub finally reopens its doors

By Elliot Stahr

Pub came back full-force on Tuesday morning, operating under normal hours, hosting a re-opening brunch event and offering $1 beers after 9 p.m.

NEWS 11/1/17 3:46am

Evening of Elegance attendance surpasses NOD for first time

By Emily Abdow

Attendance at NOD dropped to around 800 students this year from around 1,100 last year, according to estimates by current and past Wiess social vice presidents, while Chi Alpha Assistant Director Eric Mingle said attendance at this year’s Evening of Elegance surpassed 1,000 attendants compared to less than 700 last year.

A&E 11/1/17 2:50am

‘Stranger Things’ maintains momentum in second season

By Michael VerMeulen

Stranger Thing's hyped second season, which dropped on Oct. 27, mostly recaptures the quality of its predecessor, though narrative missteps make it slightly inferior.

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'Do something': Students perceive lack of effort by administration in MLK day celebrations

What is virginity, anyway?

Speech and debate team dominates

Sorkin delivers trademark intensity in poker biopic ‘Molly’s Game’

Women’s basketball surging into conference play

Breaking even: Residential college budget breakdown

Thanksgiving on campus

‘Lady Bird’ reshapes the coming-of-age story

Rice parts ways with football coach David Bailiff

Hostile crowd forced Architectronica shutdown, RUPD says

Sue Deigaard wins HISD District V Trustee election

Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2017: "Three Billboards" and "Call Me by Your Name" Reviews

Martel, Lovett victorious in Powderpuff playoffs

GOP tax plan raises graduate student concerns

Student placed on involuntary medical leave seeks to return

Coffeehouse to add student exhibition space with ‘Espresso Yourself: Art’

Football: Turnovers and defensive lapses doom Rice

73 days after sustaining hurricane damage, Willy’s Pub finally reopens its doors

Evening of Elegance attendance surpasses NOD for first time

‘Stranger Things’ maintains momentum in second season

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