Science degree was R26,590 and R27,720, respectively, and the cost of board was between R35,700 and R37,600. Student body Rhodes admitted 1592 students in 2012. The tables below show the racial and gender composition of the university for that year. SARChi Chairs Rhodes holds fourteen of the national research chairs appointed under the South African Research Chairs Initiative. This accounts for approximately 7% of the total awarded nationally in South Africa, a significant proportion given the university's small size. Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction: Human and Social Dynamics (Catriona Macleod) Marine Ecosystems (Christopher McQuaid) Radio Astronomy Techniques and Technologies (Oleg Smirnov) Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology (Tebello Nyokong) Mathematics Education (Marc Schafer) Numeracy (Mellony Graven) Intellectualisation of African Languages, Multilingualism and Education (Russell Kaschula) Insects in Sustainable Agricultural Ecosystems (Steve Compton) Interdisciplinary Science in Land and Natural Resource Use for Sustainable Livelihoods (Charlie Shackleton) Marine Natural Products Research (Rosemary Dorrington) Biotechnology Innovation & Engagement (Janice Limson) Global Change Social Learning Systems Development: Transformative Learning and Green Skills Learning (Heila Lotz-Sisitka) Geopolitics and the Arts of Africa (Ruth Simbao) Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Eukaryotic Stress Response (Adrienne Edkins) Research bodies Centre for Biological Control Student life Halls of Residence Allan Webb Hall Courtenay-Latimer Hall Desmond Tutu Hugh Masekela Hall Drostdy Hall Founders Hall Hobson Hall Jan Smuts Hall Miriam Makeba Hall (formerly Kimberley Hall East) Kimberley Hall West Lilian Ngoyi Hall Nelson Mandela Hall St Mary Hall Media There are three student newspapers, Activate, The Oppidan Press and Cue, which has been published daily during the National Arts Festival held in Makhanda every year for several decades. Activate celebrated its 65th birthday in 2012, while The Oppidan Press was only first published in 2007 with its target readership being mainly Oppidans. The journal Philosophical Papers is edited in the department of philosophy. Ranking In 2011, the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities ranked the Rhodes 5th in South Africa and 700th in the world. Notable alumni and staff In academia, Old Rhodian Max Theiler was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research in virology in 1951. Notable alumni: general Matthew Muir – Artist Beth Diane Armstrong – Sculptor Diane Awerbuck – Writer Norman Bailey – Opera singer Nick Binedell – Founding director of the Gordon Institute of Business Science of the University of Pretoria Troy Blacklaws – Novelist Alex Boraine – Politician; academic; co-founder of IDASA