Lawsuit claims Rice University didn’t provide expected college experience due to pandemic restrictions

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HOUSTON — A federal lawsuit claims students attending Rice University are owed compensation because they did not get the college experience they paid for after the Covid-19 pandemic hit Houston last year.

The lawyers filed the lawsuit on Jan. 11 and are seeking class-action status and claim damages exceed $5 million.

Neither the lawyers nor the university wanted to discuss the lawsuit, which claims Rice…