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Navigating gender identity within IM sports is a different experience for each nonbinary player. Charlie Maxson, a nonbi...
11/28/2025

Navigating gender identity within IM sports is a different experience for each nonbinary player. Charlie Maxson, a nonbinary athlete, has competed in co-ed flag football, women’s powderpuff, women’s softball and women’s basketball.

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📝: Zaid Rashid
📸: Ben Sadowski

Arthur was one of seven students on this year’s homecoming court, and a total of 901 votes — representing about 18% of R...
11/28/2025

Arthur was one of seven students on this year’s homecoming court, and a total of 901 votes — representing about 18% of Rice undergraduates — were cast in the final voting round.

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📝: Yilian Jiang
📸: Lucy Li and Jose Eleterio

This combination of athleticism and intelligence has helped Andrew Awe, who majors in Computer Science, Psychology and C...
11/28/2025

This combination of athleticism and intelligence has helped Andrew Awe, who majors in Computer Science, Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, anchor a Rice team making a late push for bowl eligibility.

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📝: Andersen Pickard
📸: Kairi Mano

Fondren Library will open its doors to students 24/7 in a pilot program running from Dec. 5 to Dec. 16, two years after ...
11/28/2025

Fondren Library will open its doors to students 24/7 in a pilot program running from Dec. 5 to Dec. 16, two years after it was initially proposed.

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📝: Hope Yang
📸: Musub Ahmad

Elijah White, is a sophomore at McMurtry and a founding committee member of Chao College. The committee is creating Chao...
11/28/2025

Elijah White, is a sophomore at McMurtry and a founding committee member of Chao College. The committee is creating Chao’s foundational documents, traditions and initial programming. He said the new college was intentionally designed to uphold inclusivity. 

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📝: Emily Nguyen
📸: Mo Ogunsola

Senate has put discussions over the restrictions of political speech to rest. The original resolution, Senate Resolution...
11/28/2025

Senate has put discussions over the restrictions of political speech to rest. The original resolution, Senate Resolution 3, was unanimously voted down, and a resolution created in response to the original was tabled indefinitely.

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📝: James Cancelarich
📸: James Cancelarich

When Rice Stadium opened in 1950, it was the largest on-campus facility in the Southwest Conference and a symbol of Hous...
11/28/2025

When Rice Stadium opened in 1950, it was the largest on-campus facility in the Southwest Conference and a symbol of Houston’s emergence as a major sports city. 

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📝: Kamila El Moselhy
📸: Kairi Mano

The Rice University Police Department will begin a stricter enforcement of scooter and bicycle policy in January, accord...
11/28/2025

The Rice University Police Department will begin a stricter enforcement of scooter and bicycle policy in January, according to a campuswide email sent by RUPD.

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📝: Abigail Chiu
📸: Arman Saxena

As Thanksgiving break commences, our writers serve up a feast of film and music coverage. From Anna von Hausswolff’s cin...
11/28/2025

As Thanksgiving break commences, our writers serve up a feast of film and music coverage. From Anna von Hausswolff’s cinematic “ICONOLASTS” to Guillermo del Toro’s reimagined Frankenstein, plus reflections on grief in Softshell and the mythic allure of Bunnylovr, there’s plenty to dive into for the rest of break. And if you’re staying in Houston, we’ve got guides to Thanksgiving activities and the movies that will keep you sane through it all.

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As students make their Thanksgiving plans, some may be booking plane tickets back home. But for those staying in Houston...
11/27/2025

As students make their Thanksgiving plans, some may be booking plane tickets back home. But for those staying in Houston, the sharing of meals with loved ones might happen in a residential college kitchen or a friend’s apartment. 

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📝: Lina Kang
📸: Emma Yuan

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11/24/2025

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Local Foods implemented a restricted seating policy on the table areas inside the Brochstein Pavilion on Tuesday.Read th...
11/23/2025

Local Foods implemented a restricted seating policy on the table areas inside the Brochstein Pavilion on Tuesday.

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📝: James Cancelarich
📸: James Cancelarich

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