This Week's Front Page
Esperanza this year will not be held at an aquarium or a baseball stadium. Rather, Rice Program Council will host its fall formal on campus, in a tent located between the Shepherd School of Music and the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management. (2) comments
When Hurricane Ike tore through Houston two weeks ago, it was expected that most of the city would lose electrical power. However, many of Rice's graduate students found themselves completely in the dark in other ways, as lines of communication with the university broke down. (0) comments
The parents of Dale Lloyd II, the Rice defensive back who died Sept. 24, 2006 following a regularly scheduled football practice, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the university Tuesday. They contend that a combination of performance-enhancing supplements containing creatine and rigorous practices caused a fatal reaction due to his underlying sickle-cell anemia. (1) comment
Love it or hate it, most students remember their Rice campus tour. Due to a series of changes to the Student Admissions Council this year, hundreds of students may now experience essentially the same tour regardless of the tour guide. Guides will now be paid, follow a script and dress code and will be hired by faculty rather than by a student panel. (1) comment
Although this school year is far from over, some colleges are already preparing for next year. Since this year marks the end of their masters' five-year terms, Lovett and Hanszen Colleges are beginning their search for new college masters this fall. Wes and Barbara Morris, the Hanszen masters, and Bernard and Carolyn Aresu, the Lovett Masters, will be leaving their positions in May. (0) comments
After holding down the fort for five years, Director of Student Activities Heather Masden will step down from her position Tuesday to return to Florida with her family. Assistant Dean of Students Catherine Clack will begin the search for a new director this semester, Masden said. (0) comments
This Monday, 164 Rice sophomores and juniors will join the Rice chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars honor society. Every spring, the NSCS invites freshmen and sophomores in the top 20 percent of their class who have at least a 3.4 grade point average to join. (0) comments
Rice hosted its first medical triage center last week in the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen in an attempt to keep the hospitals in the Texas Medical Center from overflowing with patients arriving after Hurricane Ike. The triage was planned to remain on campus for several weeks, Jim Parisi, Memorial Hermann Hospital System Executive for Emergency Services, said. (0) comments
As the Wall Street collapse earlier this month indicated, times are tough for investments. Reflecting this trend, Rice's endowment this year has decreased $60 million from $4.67 billion to $4.61 billion. Nationally, Rice ranks 19th for the size of its endowment, and ranks sixth in amount per student according to the National Association of College and University Business Officers Endowment Study. (0) comments
This year's Beer Bike coordinators will be Brown College junior Mary Chapman and senior Mark Eastaway, Rice Program Council President Michelle Kerkstra said at the club's meeting Tuesday. Both Chapman and Eastaway have been involved in Beer Bike before, but they will not participate in Brown's activities this year. (0) comments