I recently revisited my alma mater Rice University when I joined friends at a football game against the University of North Texas. What a great game that was! Before I met up with my friends, though, I did a quick tour of the campus…

Lovett Hall. What a pitiful sight! This is the worst I’ve ever seen these Italian cypresses and hedges! Compare this with pictures I took circa 2001 with a 35 mm camera…

What happened to the hedges???? Such scrawny Italian cypresses!

Rice regularly replaces its Italian cypresses, but this was a sad, sad sight! When do they replace them? In the middle of the night??? I’ve never seen them actually do it!

The new coffee house… Built after I graduated… A very jarring sight when approaching from the west… So out of place in my eyes… The interior wasn’t that much better… EXCEPT when you’re looking out! I didn’t have any time to take any photos of that, but I love inside-outside spaces…

Eh… Reminds me of the fountain that I hate by the business school…

Here, I began changing my mind about this space… Starting to see how this might be an enjoyable place to read a book or people-watch…

Love this…

And this.

The game!

Whomp! Go Owls!

Hi, Sammy!

Post-game. Way back when, this stadium hosted a Super Bowl! Super Bowl VII or VII? I guess I could google… But too lazy!