Crime stats misleading
· In an article published Oct. 23, The Wall Street Journal listed inaccurate Rice 2004 crime statistics that were reported to the Department of Education in compliance with federal law. According to the article, Federal Bureau of Investigation statistics suggest that many American colleges and universities understate campus crime in annual reports read by current and prospective students, faculty and staff.
Central command refines NOD security
· Rice's emergency services set up a unified command post at Wiess College's Night of Decadence for the first time Saturday, allowing the Rice University Police Department, Rice Emergency Medical Services, NOD security workers and Students Organized Against Rape workers to share dispatch information.
New VP for Public Affairs named
· In the last three decades, Linda Thrane has reported on breaking news and sports, served as a private company's public relations director and led a $135 million biotechnology communications campaign. Currently, she is the Vice President for University Relations for the University of Minnesota.