NOD to have nature theme
Students will be welcomed to the jungle at the Night of Decadence party this year.
This year’s theme is “NODdy by Nature: A Walk on the Wild Side,” and the event will take place in the Wiess College Acabowl Saturday, Oct. 29 from 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
Tickets cost $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Tickets will be on sale Monday through Friday.
Wiess social Elizabeth Peng said the college’s commons will have a jungle theme. Decorations, provided by Texas Entertainment, will include a Tiki bar and a canopy of vines and grass nets. Texas Entertainment will also produce the laser light show and provide the DJs.
Karina Radulescu, also a Wiess social, said she hopes students will be impressed.
“We want everyone to be blown away when they walk in,” Radulescu said.
Peng and Radulescu, both sophomores, held NOD planning meetings and put up posters on which students could offer their own suggestions. The party is usually planned at Wiess’ annual summit in Galveston, but this year’s meeting for cabinet members was postponed.
Students will be prohibited from walking around campus with open alcohol containers, as they have been able to do in the past, Frank Arnold, NOD Security Director, said. Alcohol consumption will be restricted to private parties and inside the Acabowl, he said.
Due to a policy change instituted last year, anyone who plans to consume alcohol, including those with a Texas drivers’ license, must have a liquor sticker from RUPD.
Non-Rice NOD attendees must be accompanied by a Rice student.
Will Rice College junior Achala Talati said the theme allows creative costume ideas.
About 100 student security volunteers will be positioned around campus, and many Rice University Police Department officers will also be at the party, Arnold, a Wiess sophomore, said. [NOD’s] cool because it’s fun to dress up,” Talati said. “There are lots of possibilities.”
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