Elliot Stahr

NEWS 8/21/18 11:19pm

Lack of “Summer Melt” leads to minor overcrowding at Jones and Lovett

By Elliot Stahr

Students at Jones College and Lovett College overcrowded after fewer students than expected “melted” off from the incoming Class of 2022 over the summer.

NEWS 8/21/18 11:11pm

Rice interfaces with City of Houston to improve transit safety

By Elliot Stahr

The City of Houston responded to letters of concern regarding bike safety near Rice’s campus, raising uncertainty over the future of improvements for cyclists. Both letters, from the Graduate Student Association and President David Leebron, pointed to Entrance 20 at the intersection of Rice Boulevard and Kent Street as particularly concerning. Leebron sent a letter to Mayor Sylvester Turner and City Council Member Ellen Cohen on July 23 asking the City of Houston to assist the university in implementing several traffic improvements in the surrounding area.

NEWS 5/18/18 11:28am

Commencement 2018: Bloomberg stresses importance of honesty in commencement address

By Anna Ta and Elliot Stahr

Four years ago, the class of 2018 walked through the Sallyport into the Academic Quad for the first time, hailed by fireworks and cheered on by upperclassmen.

NEWS 5/11/18 2:24pm

Class of 2018, meet your student commencement speaker

By Elliot Stahr

Reagan Kapp, a member of the 2018 graduating class, will address her peers at the Undergraduate Convocation this Friday evening.

NEWS 4/30/18 3:21pm

‘Breaking the Silence’: Congressman hosts panel on campus sexual assault

By Elliot Stahr

Students, politicians and activists strove to “break the silence” about sexual assault on college campuses at Rep.

NEWS 4/17/18 11:29pm

CTIS to move to weekdays, take place at residential colleges

By Elliot Stahr

Changes to next year’s Critical Thinking in Sexuality workshop include moving the course offerings to weekdays and hosting sessions within residential colleges in response to student feedback.

NEWS 4/11/18 2:33am

‘Weed Freed’: Panelists debate best path to marijuana legalization

By Elliot Stahr

Panelists debated the best course of American marijuana policy as they discussed the effects of legalization on the economy and public health at the Rice Federalist Society’s “Weed Freed” event on April 5.

NEWS 3/6/18 10:52pm

Alumnus speaks on challenges faced as a vegan at Rice

By Elliot Stahr

Anuj Shah, an alumnus from Baker College (’92) and immigration lawyer, spoke to the Rice Vegan Society last Thursday about his experience switching to veganism as an undergraduate, including a fight with Rice administration over meal plans and opposition he faced from the student body.

NEWS 3/6/18 10:51pm

Why Does My Teacher Suck? Panel Discusses Teaching at Rice

By Elliot Stahr

Students filled Farnsworth Pavilion with laughter and debate as they listened to Rice University professors describe everything from bad lectures to tenure at a “Why Does My Teacher Suck?” panel Feb. 28.

NEWS 3/6/18 12:50am

Rice community members rally to show solidarity with Dreamers

By Elliot Stahr

Students marched from each of the 11 residential colleges to the Rice Memorial Center on Monday night, joining other Rice community members in showing support for those affected by the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Elliot Stahr

Lack of “Summer Melt” leads to minor overcrowding at Jones and Lovett

Rice interfaces with City of Houston to improve transit safety

Commencement 2018: Bloomberg stresses importance of honesty in commencement address

Class of 2018, meet your student commencement speaker

‘Breaking the Silence’: Congressman hosts panel on campus sexual assault

CTIS to move to weekdays, take place at residential colleges

‘Weed Freed’: Panelists debate best path to marijuana legalization

Alumnus speaks on challenges faced as a vegan at Rice

Why Does My Teacher Suck? Panel Discusses Teaching at Rice

Rice community members rally to show solidarity with Dreamers

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