Alexandra Wax

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• Posted Rice to Take On 'Horns Tuesday to Houstonist
  Rice baseball is coming off a sloppy-but-entertaining win (7 runs, 5 errors) yesterday vs. Creighton (and their magical AMBIDEXTROUS PITCHER...we ain't kidding, folks.) After yesterday's experience of excited crowd, tasty hot dog, gorgeous weather, and slight sunburn, we're not sure anything until conference play could make for as exciting a day at Reckling... ...except for tomorrow, of course, when UT comes to town to attempt to avenge their defeat in the College Classic at Minute...
• Posted Congress to Single Out Roger? to Houstonist
  Just when you thought that the return of actual baseball would distract us from the off-season drama, a Congressional committee has taken the first steps toward starting a criminal investigation of Roger Clemens on a charge of perjury in his testimony about whether or not he used HGH and other steroids. But what about McNamee? Thusfar, he's home free: a draft letter that mentions Clemens--and only Clemens, not his former trainer--was drawn up by the...
• Posted That's Like...Seriously Dark, Man... to Houstonist
  A Rice scientist has created what the Chronicle is calling "the darkest substance known to man," a carpet of carbon nanotubes that's reflective of less than .05 percent of light directly shined on it, making it a hundred times darker than the paint on a black Corvette. (Why a Corvette? Don't ask us...perhaps they got to expense the vehicle for "testing purposes" and decided they might as well go all out. At least, that's...
• Posted A Week In, Wilson Still Missing to Houstonist
  Rice junior Matthew Wilson, 20, is still missing, and while authorities are not treating the case as foul play, concern is growing. Wilson, whose car is gone but who left his cell phone in the apartment he shares with a roommate, often goes into near-isolation around finals period, say those who know him. His roommate, upon not seeing him for several days, assumed he had merely missed him on his way to or from the...
• Posted Berkman on Clemens: Andy Talked, Now Your Turn! to Houstonist
  Rice alum and hometown hero Lance Berkman read the Mitchell Report. (Just like everyone else, it seems, on the planet.) He applauds Andy Pettite for coming forward and spoke Sunday about his support for the former Houston Astro, reports the Chronicle, but he's ready for some answers from the Mitchell report's biggest name: Roger Clemens. I don't think it's good enough to make a blanket statement and say the guy's lying. Now that Andy's come...