Bill Gordon:
The Arecibo radio telescope collapses after 57 years (Houston Chronicle)

Clara Kraebber:
Wealthy BLM protester arraigned on a graffiti charge (New York Post)

Rice History Corrner:
Click here for Melissa Kean's latest blog entry entitled "A few timely comments Mr Wm M Rice, 1938.

Rice Football:
Owls Take on No 15 Marshall (RIce Owls)
Senior Day arrives with team goales within reach (Marshall Athletics)
Rice faces difficult return after long layoff (Houston Chronicle)
Rice up next in Herd's C-USA title quest (Charleston Gazette- Mail)
Q&A with HerdNation's Aaron Perkins (The Roost)

Kyle Trask:
The Opening Kickoff: No 6 Gators at Tennessee (Florida Athletics)

This is Rice Athletics:
“At Rice University, we seek to be the institution of choice for world class student-athletes who become champions at Rice and beyond. We want to thank you for being part of our Rice Owls Family. Please view the video link here to get an inside look at what Rice Athletics is all about.”

Duncan Dickerson, MBA '16:
Former T&F thrower named to Forbes 30 Under 30 List (Rice Owls) 

Rice W Basketball:
Owls Face Texas Tech Today on ESPN+ (Rice Owls)

Rice M Basketball:
Owls Face HBU in First of Two Road Games (Rice Owls)

Trivia Answer:
Federal prosecutors described the novel The Turner Diaries by white supremacist William L Pierce under the pseudonym of Andrew Macdonald as the blueprint for Timothy McVeigh’s bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995.  Born in Atlanta, Pierce graduated from Rice in 1955 with a BA in Physics.  Read more.  (Thanks, Joe Graves, Walt Greenberg, Mike Ross and James Woodruff!)

Way to go, Nancy Bailey, Ann Bixby, Art Gottschalk, James Walker, Bob Toone, Susan Zimmerman, Bev Schorre, George Dethlefsen, Kathleen Boyd, Peter Fasullo, John Montana, Bryant Wilkinson, Nancy Eubank, Russell Henderson, Martha Proctor Gano, Paul Reese, George Wagner, Sallie Schwall, Walt Greenberg, David Ownby, Guy Rollins, Jim Woodruff, Dan Hyde, Mike Ross, Bob Reinhold, Betty Bixby, Melinda Clark, Richard Avant, Joe Graves, Mike Rogers, Ted Richard and Rick Sheridan!

Last trivia question of the year next Tuesday!

Rice M Basketball:
Rice Runs Past LeTourneau, 94-74 (Rice Owls)

Elias Bongmba:
Professor Elias Bongmba is the 2020 Ray L Hunt Service Award winner from the American Academy of Religion.  Read more.

Junichiro Kono:
Rice physcicist shares grant to advance imaging (Rice News)

Forbes 30 Under 30:
Rice chemist, alums named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (Rice News)

Rice Football:
Podcast Episode 63: Marshall Preview (The Roost)

Tyler Duffey:
Yesterday, Minnesota announced a one-year agreement with arbitration-eligible Tyler Duffey ($2.2 million).  Read more.

Kirsten Siebach:
Rice scientist joins next Mars adventure (Rice News)

Kirby Nielsen '13:
A Pivotal Shift from Fruit Flies to Economics (Caltech News)

Rice Football:
Rice Owls Insider: Marshall Preview with JP Heath (Rice Owls)
inside the Hedges: Marshall Preview (YouTube)

Southwest Conference (Thanks, Larry George!):
The demise of the Southwest Conference, 25 years later (ESPN)

Owls in the NFL:
Week 12 Update (The Roost)