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For me, club soccer has been a great experience. Club sports are decently supported, and there are tons of opportunities. Intramural sports are very popular, and its a really a case of you can do what you want with it. Its a resource that is there for you. In general, Rice puts a lot of resources at your disposal, for social, sports and academic pursuits. It's up to you what you do with it.

to participate in: intermurals? to go to: certain sports my group: athletics, go to games, hang out with, play varsity doors open: some yeah, but not a good idea... athletic events: depends on the sport, wish more people went guest speakers: I have no idea theater: pretty well attended, I think dating: um, some meet freshman week and date the whole time, seem to be lots of couples, beats me I always dated outside Rice closest friends: knew them before/they don't go to Rice with me...soccer, dorm/freshman week 2am Tuesday: tv or homework, talking to long distance friends traditions: beer bike, nod, disO, Oweek

I'm involved with soccer and it is very demanding. I enjoy it though. Makes it hard however to participate in other groups. Yes everyone always has an open door. You can usually just walk into a friends room whenever to stop by and say hey. Athletic events -- aside from baseball -- aren't exactly high in attendance. Lots and lots of guest speakers of all sorts in all fields on all topics. Dating is hard at Rice. Not too big of a scene. A little incestious feeling though because campus is so small. Through my dorm and then dating. Usually at Pub or chatting about random stuff with a few friends. Oh...and most likely eating. BEER BIKE!!!!!! 2 nights a week. I personally more though out of season. There is no Greek system at Rice I went out one night, stayed in and hung out with friends another, went to an easter lunch, and did homework. It was a quieter weekend becasue it was Easter. Hang out with friends, go bowling, dinner, movie etc. Go eat a lot because there is amazing food around Houston.

Athletics Rice Womens soccer no not popular enough not popular not at all dating is tough. athletes typically date athletes athletics work or drinking beer bike, willy week, graduation, matriculation, screw your roommate all the time not important drank movies live

There's something for everyone. We are big on parties, and since we are the only wet campus in Texas, alcohol is present everywhere. There is absolutely no pressure to drink, though, and non-drinkers have plenty of fun. All students get a pass to Houston that includes free access to the Metrorail (takes you Downtown) and REALLY cheap tickets to shows, orchestras, theaters, movies, concerts, etc... you can use this pass as much as you want for your 4 years at Rice.

If I'm awake at 2am on a Tuesday, I'm probably in my architecture studio with the entire class. If I'm awake at 2am on a Saturday, I'm probably not on campus, or with one of my many groups of friends around the school.

My group of friends is mainly seniors. We all live off campus. I lived on campus for 3 years and moved off for my senior year. We are all "normal" and played sports in high school and college. We are all white and come from comfortable homes. We all are part of Baker College. Athletics are not popular at all, except for baseball. The dating scene doesn't exist. I've been on multiple dates while at Rice, but they have coincidentally always been with guys who recently graduated from Rice. If I'm awake at 2am on Tuesday, I am studying. Either that, or going to college pub nights. Traditions: college nights, college pub nights, beer bike, willy week People party every weekend at the beginning and end of each semester. There is always a lull leading up to finals. We have no fraternities. We have the college system. Last weekend I was on spring break. This weekend is Beer Bike, so I will be partying tonight, tomorrow, and all day Saturday starting at 6am. You can go to movies or shows downtown on Saturdays if you dont drink. Off campus, we go to the Village (a group of bars about a mile from Rice) or to Midtown. You can also go shopping at the Galleria.

Athletic events are only popular if students can get something free out of it. Other than that, most students don't care about our sports teams. The dating scene is very pathetic, mostly because everyone feels like they have to use alcohol as a social lubricant. Very rarely do people have sober fun, and when they do, they always surprise themselves.

Most popular club is Powder Puff. Im involved in FCA, its a great time and tons of food, friends, the Word, and fellowship. Athletic events are a "back burner" concern to most students. The dating scene sucks. Period. Its like high school all over again, everyone knows everyones business.

Most students spend weekdays doing homework and studying. I don't drink, but a lot of my friends do, and they usually party about once a week. Some students party several days a week, but we usually wonder how they can afford to. I can usually find someone to hang out with if some of my friends are partying, and we usually find something to do. Every year we have Beer Bike, a relay race that consists of chuggers and bike racers from each residential college. The race is a relay of the chugger chugging water (or beer if he or she is 21 or older) and the biker doing one lap around the bike track. The week before Beer Bike is called Willy Week, where there is a lot of campus craziness leading up to Beer Bike. On the day of Beer Bike, there is a huge parade on campus and each residential college fills up thousands of water balloons for a huge water balloon fight.