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My name is Jackie King. I graduated from Rice in 1970. I was a member of Jones College before it was co-ed. I enjoyed many of the fun loving Rice traditions when I was here because we studied hard, but we also played hard. We used to

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have keg parties in parking garages around the city and you took one layer of mattress from your bed to the party with you. And um, that was the furniture, the the mattress, we called them mattress parties and they were a lot of fun. So, uh there

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were more serious traditions I chose rice in part because they didn't have sororities and fraternities. And I thought that was, uh, that was good. And um I, I really valued my time here because I made good friends. Everybody was interesting. It was easy to have conversations

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with people who were interested in a wide range of subjects. And my advice to the next generation of owls is no matter what your passion is. Don't let it be too narrow, broaden your perspective so that you're aware and involved and interested in things outside your

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area of expertise. And that will lead you into many worthwhile and interesting friendships both at rice and in the broader world. Thank you.