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We start our tour at what seems like the only intramural field left at Rice. I think the basketball court to the left is new.
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To the left is the business school, and to the right is...wait, what is that?
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Why, it's the Barbara and David Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center!
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There's a nice little courtyard in front (trees make it hard to take pictures at Rice), and inside are a bunch of treadmills, free weights, a swimming pool, etc.
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The Thresher's front page is in color, which I think is new. (also, I don't feel so bad about not knowing about the rec center, since it just opened)
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The bookstore looks a bit different inside, although a lot of the COMP books look familiar...
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but the lockers outside now cost a quarter, non-refundable! Nooooooo!
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Sadly, no national championships for Rice since 2003, so this is still hanging above the Great Hall in the RMC.
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Between the RMC and the colleges (the good ones, not Jones, Brown, etc.) is this nice-looking coffeehouse.
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It looks like a nice place to study.
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From the inner loop, you can see something is definitely up with Baker.
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And we have confirmation. Incidentally, I never did find Duncan college.
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The walk down to the good colleges looks reasonable at first...but wait...
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Will Rice new dorm is gone! Aaaaaa!
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Behind the fence there is indeed nothing left.
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The Will Rice quad is...just sad. (although at least most of the grass is dead, in true Will Rice tradition!)
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The college coordinator's office, abandoned.
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Right next to Will Rice, Baker isn't looking so hot either.
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Willy is still fine, but the hedges are pretty tiny.
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Right next to Duncan Hall is the new McMurtry college.
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Close to Duncan I happened to see this memorial plaque to Dr. Kennedy.
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Here's Dr. Kennedy's tree.
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Meandering around some more, Fondren Library now has a back door. Mazel tov!
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Between Fondren and the new coffeehouse is this new water rocky stone thing.
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Uh-oh, this doesn't look promising...as it turns out, Hamman Hall is fine (I think!), but they're squeezing a new physics building in there. Or something.
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As it turns out, Will Rice is shacking up with McMurtry this year.
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The Will Rice I know would colonize McMurtry, not make nice with them in their commons! Maybe it's more of a long-term strategy?
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Actually the McMurtry commons looks pretty nice.
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As a bonus, I got to take a quick tour of the new Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen. It's in the building behind Mudd Hall that used to be Central Kitchen.
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Inside there are lots of work tables. There's also a ton of equipment, including a cutting laser and 3D printer!
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NI donated a bunch of hardware and such, so we get a nice little hanging thing.
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This was some sort of mechanical lab. Scary!
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