Around Town

For fun, students go to Pub on Thursday nights, take the Lightrail downtown, or hang out in Rice Village. Usually, though, students stay on campus and hang out with friends.

If it's springtime, there is no excuse to be bored, for the baseball team at Rice is phenomenal. If it's not springtime, The Rice Program Council sponsors so many events to become involved in, and visiting the city never hurts. From concerts, to two-stepping, to just getting involved are ways to have fun!

Often, colleges have fun activities planned. Every college has one or two big public parties that you can go to. I suggest checking at least one of them out. I'm not much of the partying type, though, so usually I'll do something quieter with my friends, like watching British television every Saturday. Also, it's Houston, so there is always something exciting to do if that's your thing.

Seems like there is always an event somewhere on campus. If not, you're in the middle of one of the biggest cities in the US. A large park and a zoo are right across the street and free for Rice students. Rice is in the Museum district so there is no shortage of museums. Cultural nights are encouraged and discounted tickets are sold in the student center for Operas and other events. Plenty of concert venues nearby as well.

Rice Village has shopping and lots of restaurants. There are parties at different residential colleges pretty much every week. Downtown Houston is fairly close, as well as the Houston Zoo and Aquarium.

The colleges are always offering separate events and parties almost every weekend. It's also in the middle of Houston, with any number of clubs around for those of age.

Rice is in the heart of sweet old Houston. Luckily for Rice students, we are within walking distance from the zoo. We are also given Metro cards so we have access to public transportation like the light rail and the bus for free. Rice students generally have free or reduced admission to a lot of the attractions in Downtown Houston such as the zoo and the museums. Rice also sometimes offers tickets to students to events such as the opera and the ballet for free or reduced prices. Rice definitely has a lot of things to see and do without breaking the budget of the broke college kid

There is always something going on at Rice or in Houston, the fourth largest city in the U.S. (after NYC, LA, and Chicago). Each residential college hosts two parties a year and there are museums, malls, concerts, and zoos nearby.

Houston is a huge city where you can do just about anything. You should have no problem finding something fun to do outside the hedges. As for on campus, there are a multitude of activities and clubs that will keep you satisfied. You can participate in intramural sports, go down to the recreation center/pool, or hang out with friends around campus.

Rice has events almost on the daily, but the most fun are college public parties. Each college hosts a party for the other colleges and they always have a theme (80's, Don't Mess with Texas, etc.). It's a lot of fun.