Trei Cruz:
Detroit Tigers prospect is finding his footing (Fansided)

Trivia Answer:
Another hint:  Come Monday, I’ll know the answer to your trivia question, unless I am in Margaritaville celebrating the fact that it is Five O’clock Somewhere or unless I am enjoying a Cheeseburger in Paradise. 

Parrotheads are fans of Jimmy Buffett USM ’69 like Perrottheads were fans of former Rice baseball player Geoff Perrott.  (Thanks, Tre Fischer and Mike Ross!)

James Tour:
Rice flashes new life in lithium-ion anodes (Rice News)

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean's latest blog entry entitled "The First Time Rice Beat Texas, 1917".

Rice Volleyball:
Genny Volpe Named Houston Sports Awards Coach of the Year Nominee (Rice Owls)

Rice M Basketball:
Rice Drops Hard Fought Game in Overtime at No. 7 Texas (Rice Owls)
No. 7 Texas pulls away from Rice in overtime (Houston Chronicle)

Rice W Basketball:

Trivia Question:
Name the Southern Miss alumnus who has enjoyed a successful career as a singer, songwriter and author.  Hint: the nickname for his fans is nearly identical to the nickname for the fans of a former Rice baseball player with Australian bloodlines.  Email your answer here.

Jamie Padgett:
Padgett named NSF BRITE fellow (Rice News)

Houston Jewish History Archive:

Melissa Fu '95:
Peach Blossom Spring is Melissa Fu’s first novel and “is a bold and moving look at the history of modern China, told through the story on one family”.  Melissa graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Rice in 1995 with a double major in English and Chemical Physics.  Read more.

Rice M Basketball:
Owls Take to the Road to Face No. 2 Texas (Rice Owls)

Rice W Basketball:
Rice Rallies Past UH in Double OT Behind Jackson  (Rice Owls)
Rice handles Houston in 2OT (The Roost)