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FEATURES 9/27/17 1:19am

Students teach students

By Max Lin

Every student knows the frustration of underperforming in a class. But most haven’t been voted out by their classmates afterwards.

FEATURES 9/27/17 1:04am

The Baker College commons contains only its usual smattering of students doing their homework and hanging out. Suddenly, the doors open and the quiet is shattered. In marches a group of students in red sweaters and Santa hats, carrying in tray after tray of cookies painstakingly prepared for the students. It’s Baker Christmas.

FEATURES 9/20/17 1:11pm

Unconventional humor: Rice's resident jokesters

By Peter Rizzi

Maybe it’s time for someone to ask The Princeton Review to add another category.

FEATURES 9/20/17 1:08pm

New magisters make Baker their home

By Elizabeth Rasich

Luis Duno-Gottberg’s tenure as Baker magister got off to a stormy start. When Hurricane Harvey made landfall on Friday, Aug. 25, he had only been the college’s magister for about three weeks.

FEATURES 9/13/17 2:50pm

A Family Affair: Rice siblings cross paths on campus

By Elizabeth Rasich

Twins Natalie and Loren Goddard look almost identical in their Rice track and field shirts. They spend most mornings together at cross country practice, mirror images in uniform. It’s nothing new:

FEATURES 9/13/17 2:26pm

A roadtrip through the heart of America

By Elizabeth Rasich

Martin Rather never expected that his road trip with his grandfather, journalist Dan Rather, would become news.

FEATURES 9/6/17 4:49pm

McMurtry junior rescues pregnant woman in kayak

By Elizabeth Rasich

In the midst of the pouring rain on Sunday, Aug. 27, a man in his truck flashed his high beams at Lane Toungate while he was driving down University Boulevard. Immediately, he knew something was wrong.

FEATURES 9/2/17 7:05pm

H&D staff ride out Harvey at Rice

By Elizabeth Rasich

“You have to, quite literally, tell your family ‘I can’t help you,’” Mark Ditman said. As associate vice president of Housing and Dining, he is one of 50 H&D staff members who rode out Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath on campus alongside the students they help feed and house.

FEATURES 9/2/17 7:02pm

Students weather Hurricane Harvey together

By Elizabeth Rasich

Alyssa Alvis, a Hanszen College sophomore, has been riding out Hurricane Harvey at McMurtry College.

FEATURES 8/23/17 11:48am

Brown senior co-founds Asian studies research journal

By Elizabeth Rasich

Jackson Neagli is a big presence. He stands a head taller than everyone in the room. His smile is a broad grin on the edge of laughter.

FEATURES 8/23/17 11:39am

Beyond the Hedges: Exploring Houston

By Elizabeth Rasich

Walk, Bike, or Shuttle Although Rice Village is within walking distance, a shuttle runs from 5:30 p.m.

FEATURES 8/23/17 11:35am

Female MOB Leadership Team Takes Charge

By Anna Ta

Bonnie Miller originally hated the Marching Owl Band’s practice of scattering into formation rather than marching into place.

FEATURES 8/23/17 10:33am

Purity Test evolves, spreads beyond Rice

By Emily Abdow

Have you ever done anything that you wouldn’t tell your mother? Lose 10 purity points. Ever told a lie? Ever cursed? Don’t recognize these questions from the Rice Purity Test? That’s probably because you weren’t alive when the Thresher published the original version of the test in 1924.

Spotlight

Students teach students

Dreaming of a Baker Christmas

Unconventional humor: Rice's resident jokesters

New magisters make Baker their home

A Family Affair: Rice siblings cross paths on campus

A roadtrip through the heart of America

McMurtry junior rescues pregnant woman in kayak

H&D staff ride out Harvey at Rice

Students weather Hurricane Harvey together

Brown senior co-founds Asian studies research journal

Beyond the Hedges: Exploring Houston

Female MOB Leadership Team Takes Charge

Purity Test evolves, spreads beyond Rice

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