Campanile, Thresher win 16 national awards

Eric Stone | The Rice Thresher  Rice Campanile and the Rice Thresher won a combined 16 awards at the joint Associated College Press/College Media Association convention in Louisville, Kentucky last weekend. The CMA’s Pinnacle Awards, along with the ACP’s Pacemakers and Individual Awards, recognize the nation’s best in college student media for the 2017-18 academic year….

Media Minutes program starting this fall

While Rice does many things right, it does media wrong – with no support for journalist hopefuls (and barely any for visual arts), students are left floundering when attempting to get into the media world. Even casual observers of media do not get the same opportunities present at other schools – the perspectives of world-class…

Applications open for 2018 Schumann Brothers grant for creative expression

Schumann Brothers Fund for Creative Expression seeking submissions Introduction Rice University announces competition for the Schumann Brothers Grants for Creative Expression. The winners for each award will receive a $1000 grant to be used to support their proposed endeavors. The purpose of the grant is to encourage written, creative expression amongst Rice University students. Eligibility…

Rice Thresher brings home national awards

The Rice Thresher continued to garner national attention by receiving six CMA Pinnacle awards, being named an ACP Pacemaker finalist and winning fourth place in the Best of Show at the fall national college media convention.  This is the first time the Thresher has been a Pinnacle finalist, let alone winner. And the paper hasn’t…

Rice Thresher ranked #12 in Princeton Review rankings

For the first time in known history, The Rice Thresher was ranked in the Princeton Review rankings. The student-run newspaper came in 12th in the nation in the survey. By B.J. Almond Rice also ranked No. 1 for quality of life, lots of race/class interaction and No. 2 for happiest students. The best quality of…

Thresher and Campanile celebrate 100 years with awards

The Rice Thresher and Campanile celebrated their 100th years by garnering numerous first place awards on the national and state level. The Thresher placed first place in College Media Association’s Apple Awards presented at the Spring National College Media Convention in March. The editor in chief was Andrew Ta. Additionally, The Thresher won the overall…

Campanile recognized nationally

The Rice Campanile placed third in the prestigious Pinnacles Awards presented by College Media Association on October 30, 2015. The 2014 book, with the Awkward theme, received third place in the Four-Year Yearbook of the Year award. The book, edited by Anastasia Bolshakov, Duncan 15, also received second for Best Yearbook Cover, second for Best…

Campanile again named Pinnacle finalist

As the Campanile prepares to distribute its 100th volume, it learned it has been named a College Media Association Pinnacle Award finalist in four categories, the most exciting being Four-Year Yearbook of the Year. The 2014 yearbook, themed Awkward, is also a finalist in three design categories – Best Yearbook Cover, Best Yearbook News Page/Spread…