VOLUME 109, ISSUE NO. 12 | STUDENT-RUN SINCE 1916 | RICETHRESHER.ORG | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Local Foods launches in newly renovated Brochstein space
Kyle Henry brings Rice Cinema to the world stage ARMAN SAXENA
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Cannes, Sundance and South by Southwest. What do they have in common? They’re all world-renowned film festivals that have exhibited the works of alumnus Kyle Henry ’94. Henry returned to Houston this year for the Houston Cinema Arts Festival where he screened his latest work “Time Passages,” a multimedia film chronicling Henry’s excavation of his family history while his mother battled health issues during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Time Passages” was also selected by the Chicago International Film Festival this year — another accolade for Henry who received a Film Independent Spirit Award nomination and a Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight selection for his
KATHERINE CITINO / THRESHER Customers line up to order at fast-casual restaurant Local Foods. The Brochstein Pavillion location opened Nov. 19.
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THRESHER STAFF Local Foods Market opened at Brochstein Pavilion Nov. 19, replacing comfort food concept Little Kitchen HTX. The opening, previously scheduled for the end of September, also features interior renovations to Brochstein. Local Foods is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. The new concept emphasizes convenience for students and faculty,
said general manager Daniel Nossa. All menu items are available grab-andgo, purchasable with Tetra, and a selfcheckout kiosk is available. In addition to food items — including gluten-free and vegan options, Nossa said. Local Foods offers coffee from local vendor Greenway Coffee Company, which also oversaw the now-closed Audrey’s in McNair Hall. “We’re bringing Local Foods in, but we’re also reinventing ourselves,” Nossa said. “We’ll try to get you in and out within a few minutes.”
We’re bringing Local Foods in, but we’re also reinventing ourselves. We’ll try to get you in and out within a few minutes. Daniel Nossa
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Scan, swipe — sorry
Amid tightened publics restrictions, new policy proposes student ID scanning at party entrances ABIGAIL CHIU
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Students may need to swipe their Rice IDs through scanners before entering future public parties, said dean of undergraduates Bridget Gorman. This possible policy change is not finalized, but in discussion among student activities and crisis management teams. Gorman referenced recommendations from the Alcohol Policy Advisory Committee to restrict public party ticketing to venue capacity and require students to swipe in to cross-check their attendance with the ticket list, regardless of whether or not they have wristbands.
Nothing is being required currently, but we are reviewing and discussing possible ID card swipe options to speed up the attendee verification and long entrance lines at publics. Bridget Gorman DEAN OF UNDERGRADUATES
list has slowed down the lines,” Gorman wrote in an email to the Thresher. “Nothing is being required currently, but we are reviewing and discussing possible ID card swipe options to speed up the attendee verification and long entrance lines at publics.”
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“There have been some observations shared that crosschecking student IDs with the ticket
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COURTESY KYLE HENRY
When you watch films from all over the world, you really get that full, deeper range of what humanity means writ large, and I wanted to live as fully as I possibly could. I thought I could do that by observing other people with my camera. Kyle Henry
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2005 feature “Room.” Henry entered Rice as an aspiring premed student and said he didn’t initially see filmmaking in his future. “I came into Rice expecting to be a biology major,” Henry said. “I took all the AP classes, and I quickly discovered — I think within my first semester — that that was not what I was interested in.” Instead, it was history, sociology and film that captivated him. The other major influence? The Rice Cinema. The theater became a portal to new worlds, an experience that profoundly shaped his perspective, he said. “In particular, I felt that watching films from all over the world at Rice Cinema opened up the world to me and also gave me a sense of humanity being really interconnected,” Henry said. “When you watch films from all over the world, you really get that full, deeper range of what humanity means writ large, and I wanted to live as fully as I possibly could. I thought I could do that by observing other people with my camera.” Henry’s early influences at Rice included Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Lindsay Anderson’s “If…,” and John Frankenheimer’s “Seconds,” along with documentaries like “Harlan County, USA” and “Hearts and Minds.” He also drew inspiration from professor Brian Huberman, who helped Henry understand and later subvert the Western genre in his 1998
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