According to just about every college stereotype ever, spring break is associated with partying and hanging out on the beach. However, some Rice students spent their recent breaks a little differently. Some wrote policy briefs on mental health in migrant communities. Others volunteered at clinics for Vietnamese refugees or visited local arts organizations. These students all have one thing in common: they were a part of Rice’s Alternative Spring Break Program, which aims to work with community partners on a range of social issues.
About 100 people chanted in the rain Tuesday morning to demand an end to Alameda County s residential eviction moratorium, which the Board of Supervisors may shutter in two months or let expire.