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NEWS 11/11/10 6:00pm

Student-athlete grad rates go up

While the football team might be struggling on the field, Rice athletics retains its dominance in the classroom with the release of the most recent student- athlete graduation success rates. The annual study of student-athlete graduation rates by the National Collegiate Athlete Association placed Rice sixth of 120 NCAA Division I-A schools in the nation, according to both the NCAA's graduation success rate and the federal graduation rate released in an online NCAA report two weeks ago.


NEWS 10/28/10 7:00pm

BISF event gives Obama "C

Students might be used to seeing their grades drop after a midterm. However, United States President Barack Obama's grade dropped from a B to a C+ after a panel debate hosted by the Baker Institute Student Forum in the Doré Commons last Friday evening.Teams of four representatives from the Young Democrats and the Conservatives Forum tried to persuade the audience to agree to their respective grades on health care, international relations, education, and three economic topics: the deficit, Wall Street, and Main Street.