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By Thresher Editorial Board. The grim reaper of men’s sports coaches, also known as athletic director Tommy McClelland, struck for the second time since his arrival at Rice in August 2023. This time, his victim was former head football coach …
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4 days ago · Musical artist Beyoncé headlined the rally, returning to her hometown to endorse Harris in the U.S. presidential race. Over 30,000 attendees — Harris’ largest rally turnout so far, her campaign said — packed the Shell Energy Stadium, emblazoned with signs saying “Trust Women” and “Vote for Reproductive Freedom.”.
2024 Harris County Election Guide - The Rice Thresher
Alice Sun / Thresher. 10/22/24 11:56pm. If you’re voting in Harris County for this year’s elections, your ballot will have competitive federal, state and local races, in addition to three propositions. To help you make your choice at the polls, we’ve put together a voting guide detailing the ballot’s candidates and propositions.
Worth the wait: Rice football drowns Navy in rain-soaked victory
6 days ago · During a normal Rice football game, junior quarterback E.J. Warner doesn’t usually tell jokes from the locker room while the offense is in the red zone. Interim head coach Pete Alamar doesn’t usually spend an hour waiting for his clothes to dry while preparing for a five-yard touchdown run. The support staff doesn’t usually sprint …
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1 day ago · By Thresher Editorial Board. Rice reached a $33.75 million settlement on Feb. 23 in the financial aid “cartel” lawsuit that alleged Rice, as well as 16 other peer institutions, unfairly limited aid for students at need-blind universities. Nine other universities have also settled in the case. OPINION 2/20/24 9:40pm.
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4 days ago · The Rice Thresher is the official campus newspaper of Rice University, published by undergraduate students. Since its first publication 105 years ago, in January 1916, the Thresher has continued to provide the student body with up-to-date campus news and information. The Thresher is published each Wednesday during the school year with the ...
Rice establishes Virani Undergraduate School of Business
Oct 29, 2024 · Farid Virani is the founder and CEO of Prime Communications, a telecommunications and wireless retail business. The company first launched in 1999 at a “single mall kiosk” in Houston’s Baybrook Mall — as of 2010, it generated $131 million in annual revenue. “[Rice Business] has given back to the city that’s given us so much,” Farid said in an interview with the Thresher.
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OPINION 10/29/24 10:50pm Students should weigh in on divestment, investment transparency referenda By Thresher Editorial Board. On Monday, the Senate passed four referenda calling for Rice to divest, be transparent with their investment holdings, condemn “ongoing genocide and scholasticide” and support “anti-colonial scholarship.”
Well, well, well: how Rice stays hydrated - The Rice Thresher
Feb 20, 2024 · Those who walk near the Ralph S. O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science may hear the faint droning noise of machinery coming from the Central Plant, one of Rice’s two power plants that provide energy and water to the campus. Through the maze of pipes, wires and metal structures stands a fence door guarding one of the Rice’s lifelines — a water well.
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Charles Spain on Rice, rulings and re-election. By Thomas Pickell. Seeking re-election in 2024, Charles Spain ‘81 is Texas’s first openly gay justice of appeals. From his legislative efforts to his work with the Boy Scouts of America, Spain, a Will Rice College associate, said he has always valued bravery and fairness. FEATURES 10/22/24 11 ...