Clendenenator

1. Best-looking Spanish architecture of any college campus
2. 5th highest endowment per student
3. #1 quality of life
4. #1 class/racial interaction
5. One of the two smallest research universities in the country
6. Shepherd School of Music
7. Residential college system
8. Very close access to the Texas Medical Center
9. Champion Baseball team
10. Amazing profs
11. Nanosci!
12. The people there
13. Classes offered
14. In Houston
15. Rice-Baylor
16. "Southern Ivy"
17. next to the Lightrail
18. 300 acre downtown campus
19. Rice Village
20. Brilliant and nicce and helpful students
21. Small number of people
22. Accesible Adminiostration
23. School of Engineering and Architecture
24. The Marching Owl Band (MOB)
25. Still the best value in higher education
26. Produced the only PhD to quarterback an NFL champion.
27. Loads of fun
28. Yummy ethnic food in restaurants in the area
29. Warm weather (usually)
30. Only university to host both the superbowl and the G7 summit
31. Baker Institute speakers
32. Chris the hamburger guy at South Servery
33. Passport to Houston perks (free light rail and bus, discounted museum/theater/symphony tickets)
34. $5 tickets to the Astros
35. the honor code
36. Jake Poteet
37. Screw Yer Roommate (It is exactly how it sounds)
38. The Outer Loop
39. Jarett Dillard
40. Azalaes
41. Being in Texas for Blue Bell Ice Cream
42. Having school colors be the same as the Ravenclaw house colors in Harry Potter
43. The current attorney general and the good-looking Bush nephew went there
44. 40,000 single males more than single females in Houston.
45. So many study breaks!
46. O-week.
47. Competitive Powderpuff
48. Beer-Bike
49. House of Pies
50. RUPD
51. Rice Coffeehouse
52. Mike Gustin's Bio class.
53. Elmo went there. I'm not joking.
54. Club Sports are so easy to join.
55. Clubs for everyone's interests.
56. Wiess College
57. The 180, 45 and 90 in the engineering quad... lots of fun to climb
58. My girlfriend is going there.
59. Interim Decision option (at least it's a reason to apply)
60. NOD
61. Baker 13
62. Niels from this season of Beauty and the Geek is a Rice grad.
63. Willy's Pub
64. Piece of the Berlin Wall on campus
65. Dalai Lama and Pr. Clinton have spoken on campus
66. Prof. Houston's Public speaking class
67. Pres. Kennedy gave his "ask not what your country can do for you..." speech at Rice
68. Itzhak Perlman, whom many consider to be the world's premier violinist, has conducted and played at the Shephard School where his daughter graduated from last year. He dubbed it the second best school for orchestral studies behind the famed Juilliard
69. Collaboration over competition amongst students
70. Larry Izzo, 3-Time Super Bowl Champ with the New England Patriots, was an All American at Rice
71. Lance Berkman, 4-time All-Star with the Houston Astros and all-around good guy, was an All-American at Rice.
72. The zoo is very close (I don't know. I just like zoos)
73. Classes outside
74. Easy/flexible distribution req.
75. Easy to double major as result of #74

february_rain

1. Best-looking Spanish architecture of any college campus
2. 5th highest endowment per student
3. #1 quality of life
4. #1 class/racial interaction
5. One of the two smallest research universities in the country
6. Shepherd School of Music
7. Residential college system
8. Very close access to the Texas Medical Center
9. Champion Baseball team
10. Amazing profs
11. Nanosci!
12. The people there
13. Classes offered
14. In Houston
15. Rice-Baylor
16. "Southern Ivy"
17. next to the Lightrail
18. 300 acre downtown campus
19. Rice Village
20. Brilliant and nicce and helpful students
21. Small number of people
22. Accesible Adminiostration
23. School of Engineering and Architecture
24. The Marching Owl Band (MOB)
25. Still the best value in higher education
26. Produced the only PhD to quarterback an NFL champion.
27. Loads of fun
28. Yummy ethnic food in restaurants in the area
29. Warm weather (usually)
30. Only university to host both the superbowl and the G7 summit
31. Baker Institute speakers
32. Chris the hamburger guy at South Servery
33. Passport to Houston perks (free light rail and bus, discounted museum/theater/symphony tickets)
34. $5 tickets to the Astros
35. the honor code
36. Jake Poteet
37. Screw Yer Roommate (It is exactly how it sounds)
38. The Outer Loop
39. Jarett Dillard
40. Azalaes
41. Being in Texas for Blue Bell Ice Cream
42. Having school colors be the same as the Ravenclaw house colors in Harry Potter
43. The current attorney general and the good-looking Bush nephew went there
44. 40,000 single males more than single females in Houston.
45. So many study breaks!
46. O-week.
47. Competitive Powderpuff
48. Beer-Bike
49. House of Pies
50. RUPD
51. Rice Coffeehouse
52. Mike Gustin's Bio class.
53. Elmo went there. I'm not joking.
54. Club Sports are so easy to join.
55. Clubs for everyone's interests.
56. Wiess College
57. The 180, 45 and 90 in the engineering quad... lots of fun to climb
58. My girlfriend is going there.
59. Interim Decision option (at least it's a reason to apply)
60. NOD
61. Baker 13
62. Niels from this season of Beauty and the Geek is a Rice grad.
63. Willy's Pub
64. Piece of the Berlin Wall on campus
65. Dalai Lama and Pr. Clinton have spoken on campus
66. Prof. Houston's Public speaking class
67. Pres. Kennedy gave his "ask not what your country can do for you..." speech at Rice
68. Itzhak Perlman, whom many consider to be the world's premier violinist, has conducted and played at the Shephard School where his daughter graduated from last year. He dubbed it the second best school for orchestral studies behind the famed Juilliard
69. Collaboration over competition amongst students
70. Larry Izzo, 3-Time Super Bowl Champ with the New England Patriots, was an All American at Rice
71. Lance Berkman, 4-time All-Star with the Houston Astros and all-around good guy, was an All-American at Rice.
72. The zoo is very close (I don't know. I just like zoos)
73. Classes outside
74. Easy/flexible distribution req.
75. Easy to double major as result of #74
76. Humanitarian Medical Outreach (HuMed)

Sephiroth226

77. I'm there.

ammarsfound

78. Gives dad a reason to crack random 'rice' jokes whenever we go out to eat.

barberconcerto

What is screw yer roommate?

Clendenenator

I had to look that one up. Apparently you set your roommate up on a blind date (with someone of the opposite gender). You don't actually date your roommate (phew).

Dorian_Mode

The major feature of Screw Yer Roommate is that you usually force your roommate to do something somewhat embarrassing so the date is able to find them.

sudu1989

77. It is after all "RICE UNIVERSITY"

pcannon

#67 isn't true. That was his inauguration address. What he gave at Rice was his "moon" speech, which included the line: "But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too."

Also, screw Juilliard. Their orchestral program is a joke.

Clendenenator

Wow, it sounds like he was mocking the Rice football team a little bit, comparing them playing Texas to human beings going to the moon. That jerk!

'tisthetruth

1. Best-looking Spanish architecture of any college campus
2. 5th highest endowment per student
3. #1 quality of life
4. #1 class/racial interaction
5. One of the two smallest research universities in the country
6. Shepherd School of Music
7. Residential college system
8. Very close access to the Texas Medical Center
9. Champion Baseball team
10. Amazing profs
11. Nanosci!
12. The people there
13. Classes offered
14. In Houston
15. Rice-Baylor
16. "Southern Ivy"
17. next to the Lightrail
18. 300 acre downtown campus
19. Rice Village
20. Brilliant and nicce and helpful students
21. Small number of people
22. Accesible Adminiostration
23. School of Engineering and Architecture
24. The Marching Owl Band (MOB)
25. Still the best value in higher education
26. Produced the only PhD to quarterback an NFL champion.
27. Loads of fun
28. Yummy ethnic food in restaurants in the area
29. Warm weather (usually)
30. Only university to host both the superbowl and the G7 summit
31. Baker Institute speakers
32. Chris the hamburger guy at South Servery
33. Passport to Houston perks (free light rail and bus, discounted museum/theater/symphony tickets)
34. $5 tickets to the Astros
35. the honor code
36. Jake Poteet
37. Screw Yer Roommate (It is exactly how it sounds)
38. The Outer Loop
39. Jarett Dillard
40. Azalaes
41. Being in Texas for Blue Bell Ice Cream
42. Having school colors be the same as the Ravenclaw house colors in Harry Potter
43. The current attorney general and the good-looking Bush nephew went there
44. 40,000 single males more than single females in Houston.
45. So many study breaks!
46. O-week.
47. Competitive Powderpuff
48. Beer-Bike
49. House of Pies
50. RUPD
51. Rice Coffeehouse
52. Mike Gustin's Bio class.
53. Elmo went there. I'm not joking.
54. Club Sports are so easy to join.
55. Clubs for everyone's interests.
56. Wiess College
57. The 180, 45 and 90 in the engineering quad... lots of fun to climb
58. My girlfriend is going there.
59. Interim Decision option (at least it's a reason to apply)
60. NOD
61. Baker 13
62. Niels from this season of Beauty and the Geek is a Rice grad.
63. Willy's Pub
64. Piece of the Berlin Wall on campus
65. Dalai Lama and Pr. Clinton have spoken on campus
66. Prof. Houston's Public speaking class
67. Pres. Kennedy gave his "ask not what your country can do for you..." speech at Rice
68. Itzhak Perlman, whom many consider to be the world's premier violinist, has conducted and played at the Shephard School where his daughter graduated from last year. He dubbed it the second best school for orchestral studies behind the famed Juilliard
69. Collaboration over competition amongst students
70. Larry Izzo, 3-Time Super Bowl Champ with the New England Patriots, was an All American at Rice
71. Lance Berkman, 4-time All-Star with the Houston Astros and all-around good guy, was an All-American at Rice.
72. The zoo is very close (I don't know. I just like zoos)
73. Classes outside
74. Easy/flexible distribution req.
75. Easy to double major as result of #74
76. Humanitarian Medical Outreach (HuMed)
77. Sephiroth226 is there.
78. Gives dad a reason to crack random 'rice' jokes whenever we go out to eat.
79. It is after all "RICE UNIVERSITY"
80. Owl mascot

Clendenenator

1. Best-looking Spanish architecture of any college campus
2. 5th highest endowment per student
3. #1 quality of life
4. #1 class/racial interaction
5. One of the two smallest research universities in the country
6. Shepherd School of Music
7. Residential college system
8. Very close access to the Texas Medical Center
9. Champion Baseball team
10. Amazing profs
11. Nanosci!
12. The people there
13. Classes offered
14. In Houston
15. Rice-Baylor
16. "Southern Ivy"
17. next to the Lightrail
18. 300 acre downtown campus
19. Rice Village
20. Brilliant and nicce and helpful students
21. Small number of people
22. Accesible Adminiostration
23. School of Engineering and Architecture
24. The Marching Owl Band (MOB)
25. Still the best value in higher education
26. Produced the only PhD to quarterback an NFL champion.
27. Loads of fun
28. Yummy ethnic food in restaurants in the area
29. Warm weather (usually)
30. Only university to host both the superbowl and the G7 summit
31. Baker Institute speakers
32. Chris the hamburger guy at South Servery
33. Passport to Houston perks (free light rail and bus, discounted museum/theater/symphony tickets)
34. $5 tickets to the Astros
35. the honor code
36. Jake Poteet
37. Screw Yer Roommate (It is exactly how it sounds)
38. The Outer Loop
39. Jarett Dillard
40. Azalaes
41. Being in Texas for Blue Bell Ice Cream
42. Having school colors be the same as the Ravenclaw house colors in Harry Potter
43. The current attorney general and the good-looking Bush nephew went there
44. 40,000 single males more than single females in Houston.
45. So many study breaks!
46. O-week.
47. Competitive Powderpuff
48. Beer-Bike
49. House of Pies
50. RUPD
51. Rice Coffeehouse
52. Mike Gustin's Bio class.
53. Elmo went there. I'm not joking.
54. Club Sports are so easy to join.
55. Clubs for everyone's interests.
56. Wiess College
57. The 180, 45 and 90 in the engineering quad... lots of fun to climb
58. My girlfriend is going there.
59. Interim Decision option (at least it's a reason to apply)
60. NOD
61. Baker 13
62. Niels from this season of Beauty and the Geek is a Rice grad.
63. Willy's Pub
64. Piece of the Berlin Wall on campus
65. Dalai Lama and Pr. Clinton have spoken on campus
66. Prof. Houston's Public speaking class
67. Pres. Kennedy gave his "Going to the moon" speech at Rice
68. Itzhak Perlman, whom many consider to be the world's premier violinist, has conducted and played at the Shephard School where his daughter graduated from last year. He dubbed it the second best school for orchestral studies behind the famed Juilliard
69. Collaboration over competition amongst students
70. Larry Izzo, 3-Time Super Bowl Champ with the New England Patriots, was an All American at Rice
71. Lance Berkman, 4-time All-Star with the Houston Astros and all-around good guy, was an All-American at Rice.
72. The zoo is very close (I don't know. I just like zoos)
73. Classes outside
74. Easy/flexible distribution req.
75. Easy to double major as result of #74
76. Humanitarian Medical Outreach (HuMed)
77. Sephiroth226 is there.
78. Gives dad a reason to crack random 'rice' jokes whenever we go out to eat.
79. It is after all "RICE UNIVERSITY"
80. Owl mascot

Just fixing #67 with pcannon's post. Hope nobody objects.

ceecee003

1. Best-looking Spanish architecture of any college campus
2. 5th highest endowment per student
3. #1 quality of life
4. #1 class/racial interaction
5. One of the two smallest research universities in the country
6. Shepherd School of Music
7. Residential college system
8. Very close access to the Texas Medical Center
9. Champion Baseball team
10. Amazing profs
11. Nanosci!
12. The people there
13. Classes offered
14. In Houston
15. Rice-Baylor
16. "Southern Ivy"
17. next to the Lightrail
18. 300 acre downtown campus
19. Rice Village
20. Brilliant and nicce and helpful students
21. Small number of people
22. Accesible Adminiostration
23. School of Engineering and Architecture
24. The Marching Owl Band (MOB)
25. Still the best value in higher education
26. Produced the only PhD to quarterback an NFL champion.
27. Loads of fun
28. Yummy ethnic food in restaurants in the area
29. Warm weather (usually)
30. Only university to host both the superbowl and the G7 summit
31. Baker Institute speakers
32. Chris the hamburger guy at South Servery
33. Passport to Houston perks (free light rail and bus, discounted museum/theater/symphony tickets)
34. $5 tickets to the Astros
35. the honor code
36. Jake Poteet
37. Screw Yer Roommate (It is exactly how it sounds)
38. The Outer Loop
39. Jarett Dillard
40. Azalaes
41. Being in Texas for Blue Bell Ice Cream
42. Having school colors be the same as the Ravenclaw house colors in Harry Potter
43. The current attorney general and the good-looking Bush nephew went there
44. 40,000 single males more than single females in Houston.
45. So many study breaks!
46. O-week.
47. Competitive Powderpuff
48. Beer-Bike
49. House of Pies
50. RUPD
51. Rice Coffeehouse
52. Mike Gustin's Bio class.
53. Elmo went there. I'm not joking.
54. Club Sports are so easy to join.
55. Clubs for everyone's interests.
56. Wiess College
57. The 180, 45 and 90 in the engineering quad... lots of fun to climb
58. My girlfriend is going there.
59. Interim Decision option (at least it's a reason to apply)
60. NOD
61. Baker 13
62. Niels from this season of Beauty and the Geek is a Rice grad.
63. Willy's Pub
64. Piece of the Berlin Wall on campus
65. Dalai Lama and Pr. Clinton have spoken on campus
66. Prof. Houston's Public speaking class
67. Pres. Kennedy gave his "ask not what your country can do for you..." speech at Rice
68. Itzhak Perlman, whom many consider to be the world's premier violinist, has conducted and played at the Shephard School where his daughter graduated from last year. He dubbed it the second best school for orchestral studies behind the famed Juilliard
69. Collaboration over competition amongst students
70. Larry Izzo, 3-Time Super Bowl Champ with the New England Patriots, was an All American at Rice
71. Lance Berkman, 4-time All-Star with the Houston Astros and all-around good guy, was an All-American at Rice.
72. The zoo is very close (I don't know. I just like zoos)
73. Classes outside
74. Easy/flexible distribution req.
75. Easy to double major as result of #74
76. Humanitarian Medical Outreach (HuMed)
77. Sephiroth226 is there.
78. Gives dad a reason to crack random 'rice' jokes whenever we go out to eat.
79. It is after all "RICE UNIVERSITY"
80. Owl mascot
81. Tons of residential college spirit

Clendenenator

1. Best-looking Spanish architecture of any college campus
2. 5th highest endowment per student
3. #1 quality of life
4. #1 class/racial interaction
5. One of the two smallest research universities in the country
6. Shepherd School of Music
7. Residential college system
8. Very close access to the Texas Medical Center
9. Champion Baseball team
10. Amazing profs
11. Nanosci!
12. The people there
13. Classes offered
14. In Houston
15. Rice-Baylor
16. "Southern Ivy"
17. next to the Lightrail
18. 300 acre downtown campus
19. Rice Village
20. Brilliant and nicce and helpful students
21. Small number of people
22. Accesible Adminiostration
23. School of Engineering and Architecture
24. The Marching Owl Band (MOB)
25. Still the best value in higher education
26. Produced the only PhD to quarterback an NFL champion.
27. Loads of fun
28. Yummy ethnic food in restaurants in the area
29. Warm weather (usually)
30. Only university to host both the superbowl and the G7 summit
31. Baker Institute speakers
32. Chris the hamburger guy at South Servery
33. Passport to Houston perks (free light rail and bus, discounted museum/theater/symphony tickets)
34. $5 tickets to the Astros
35. the honor code
36. Jake Poteet
37. Screw Yer Roommate (It is exactly how it sounds)
38. The Outer Loop
39. Jarett Dillard
40. Azalaes
41. Being in Texas for Blue Bell Ice Cream
42. Having school colors be the same as the Ravenclaw house colors in Harry Potter
43. The current attorney general and the good-looking Bush nephew went there
44. 40,000 single males more than single females in Houston.
45. So many study breaks!
46. O-week.
47. Competitive Powderpuff
48. Beer-Bike
49. House of Pies
50. RUPD
51. Rice Coffeehouse
52. Mike Gustin's Bio class.
53. Elmo went there. I'm not joking.
54. Club Sports are so easy to join.
55. Clubs for everyone's interests.
56. Wiess College
57. The 180, 45 and 90 in the engineering quad... lots of fun to climb
58. My girlfriend is going there.
59. Interim Decision option (at least it's a reason to apply)
60. NOD
61. Baker 13
62. Niels from this season of Beauty and the Geek is a Rice grad.
63. Willy's Pub
64. Piece of the Berlin Wall on campus
65. Dalai Lama and Pr. Clinton have spoken on campus
66. Prof. Houston's Public speaking class
67. Pres. Kennedy gave his "ask not what your country can do for you..." speech at Rice
68. Itzhak Perlman, whom many consider to be the world's premier violinist, has conducted and played at the Shephard School where his daughter graduated from last year. He dubbed it the second best school for orchestral studies behind the famed Juilliard
69. Collaboration over competition amongst students
70. Larry Izzo, 3-Time Super Bowl Champ with the New England Patriots, was an All American at Rice
71. Lance Berkman, 4-time All-Star with the Houston Astros and all-around good guy, was an All-American at Rice.
72. The zoo is very close (I don't know. I just like zoos)
73. Classes outside
74. Easy/flexible distribution req.
75. Easy to double major as result of #74
76. Humanitarian Medical Outreach (HuMed)
77. Sephiroth226 is there.
78. Gives dad a reason to crack random 'rice' jokes whenever we go out to eat.
79. It is after all "RICE UNIVERSITY"
80. Owl mascot
81. Tons of residential college spirit

Again, just fixing #67 with pcannon's post (we posted at the same time). Hope nobody objects.

NYSkins1

If I may comment on HuMed (#76)...

My real impression of HuMed is that it's a bunch of Pre-Meds trying to pad their resum?s. They really make no positive impact wherever they go, and they do not have the medical experience to do so. They spend the entire year planning a giant trip to some impoverished area in Africa so they can serve as gophers for doctors there, and they ignore everything they can do in the Houston area. Honestly, I'm just as qualified as those Pre-Meds to serve as a gopher for a doctor in Africa (I'm a PoliSci major).