http://www.chron.com/sports/cougars/arti...959592.php

I think that is what needs to be done at Rice in order to get people involved with Athletics, at least to pay for coach's salaries since HRS is going to get done.

No it shouldn't happen to even be in the discussion at Rice. First of all, I bet you that if a vote like this occurred at Rice, it would overwhelmingly fail. And secondly, the voter turnout (percentage wise) would dwarf that of Houston. The UH folks are talking about a record number of votes cast but they aren't mentioning the total number of students on the campus. Less than 10K votes were cast, so is that even 25 pct of the total student population there?

Congrats to them for sneaking one by a majority of the commuter students who probably have never attended a sporting event there in their lives.

Rice doesn't need a vote like this. I think a private school should operate by different standards than a public school.