Owl Weekend should be true to its name
Owl Weekend traditionally has been a spring celebration and exposition of everything that Rice has to offer, from GATHER’s drag show to Wiess’s Jam Fest, providing a fun weekend for students and prospies alike before the drudgery of finals. However, most current students will probably not recognize this year’s Owl Weekend (See story, page 10). All the traditional weekend events will be over by the time prospies walk through the Sallyport, and since it starts on a Sunday, it hardly seems like a weekend at all.
This year, Owl Weekend runs from Sunday evening to Tuesday morning, as opposed to the traditional schedule of Thursday evening to Saturday morning. But this schedule is nothing new. We have already tested this shift on the last two Vision Weekends, and we have seen the results — bored prospies.
We suspect at least part of this change is to ensure that prospies don’t get a negative impression of Rice
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