Talha Arif

NEWS 4/12/22 10:51pm

‘This is in your best interest to leave’: LGBTQ+ students share discriminatory experiences in Chi Alpha

By Talha Arif

One of the last things newly matriculated students expect at Rice is intolerance based on sexual identity. However, the Thresher spoke to three students who shared experiences with exactly that in the national Christian organization Chi Alpha, as well as issues regarding victim blaming and alcohol consumption.

A&E 3/1/22 11:31pm

Review: Dave’s Hot Chicken heats up Rice Village

By Talha Arif and Channing Wang

Dave’s Hot Chicken opened in Rice Village this past weekend, and alongside free shot glasses and temporary tattoos, they delivered some fiery sliders and tenders. The location is adjacent to Velvet Taco at 2525 Rice Boulevard and has plenty of Rice decor on their walls to appease their majority customer base.

NEWS 3/1/22 10:51pm

Primary election voting takes place at Sewell

By Talha Arif and Hajera Naveed

The welcome center at Sewall Hall served as an on-campus polling location for the Texas primary election, polls for which opened Tuesday March 1, following the early voting that ended Feb. 25.

NEWS 3/1/22 10:49pm

Kelley Lash, student media advisor and advocate, remembered by friends, family

By Talha Arif

Director of Student Media Kelley Lash passed away on Feb. 21. She was 46 years old.

NEWS 2/15/22 11:28pm

Sonia Nazario named this year’s commencement speaker

By Talha Arif

Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist Sonia Nazario will deliver the 109th commencement speech for the class of 2022, according to Jeff Falk, Rice’s director of national media relations.

NEWS 12/26/21 5:00pm

Classes to be online for first two weeks, booster now required

By Talha Arif

Courses will be delivered online for the first two weeks of the spring semester, and vaccine boosters will be required for all employees and students effective Jan. 10, according to an email sent Dec. 26 by President David Leebron and Provost Reginald DesRoches. This announcement follows a recent mask mandate reimplemented amidst the spread of the Omicron variant.

NEWS 12/9/21 5:49pm

Rice accepts 440 Early Decision applicants for Class of 2026

By Talha Arif

The Rice University Office of Admissions accepted 440 applicants through the Early Decision program for the Class of 2026. Seventy additional students were also admitted through the QuestBridge National College Match program.

NEWS 11/30/21 11:07pm

SA unanimously passes resolution to relocate founder’s statue

By Talha Arif

The Student Association unanimously voted to pass a resolution to relocate the Founder’s Memorial at the Nov. 29 Senate meeting. The resolution calls for the University to relocate the William Marsh Rice statue by the end of the 2021-2022 academic year.

NEWS 11/9/21 11:21pm

Astroworld leaves eight dead, hundreds injured

By Talha Arif

Eight people were confirmed dead, and hundreds injured, following a crowd surge at the Astroworld festival on Friday night at NRG Park. Astroworld is an annual music festival hosted by rapper Travis Scott. The eight victims were John Hilgert, 14 years old, Brianna Rodriguez, 16 years old, Jacob Jurinek, 20 years old, Franco Patiño and Axel Acosta, both 21 years old, Rodolfo Peña and Madison Dubiski, both 23 years old and Danish Baig, 27 years old.

NEWS 10/11/21 11:54am

Masks no longer required for indoor gatherings less than 10

By Talha Arif

Masks will now be required indoors only for gatherings of 10 or more people, according to an email sent by Crisis Management Advisory Committee Chair Kevin Kirby on Oct. 11.

Talha Arif

‘This is in your best interest to leave’: LGBTQ+ students share discriminatory experiences in Chi Alpha

Review: Dave’s Hot Chicken heats up Rice Village

Primary election voting takes place at Sewell

Kelley Lash, student media advisor and advocate, remembered by friends, family

Sonia Nazario named this year’s commencement speaker

Classes to be online for first two weeks, booster now required

Rice accepts 440 Early Decision applicants for Class of 2026

SA unanimously passes resolution to relocate founder’s statue

Astroworld leaves eight dead, hundreds injured

Masks no longer required for indoor gatherings less than 10

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