For the first time in recent history, the Thresher decided not to endorse a candidate in the SA presidential election.
Following two articles featuring the Women’s March in the Jan. 25 edition of the Thresher, the lack of mention of the March for Life, which occurred Jan.
This letter is in response to “Invest in college facilities,” an op-ed in the Feb. 1 edition of the Thresher.
To the Editors: The title of this piece popped into my head as I visited the Twitter page of the Texas Vanguard, the racist group said to have posted the white supremacist flyers around campus.
To the Editors: We were dismayed to read the content of the Jan. 25 edition of the Thresher Backpage.
To the Editors: The Thresher’s Backpage assures its readers that it’s satire, but let’s pause for a moment to consider what that means.
Last week, the Thresher editorial board published an editorial titled “Proposed CTIS class not a win, but a disappointment.” I find the primary criticism of the article, that omitting certain topics from the mandatory portion of the Critical Thinking in Sexuality workshop to accommodate for certain students “is simply wrong,” is short-sighted and the overall tone of the article is unconstructive. It is incredibly important to keep in mind this workshop is mandatory, something I think the editorial board is failing to do.
To the Editors (and Michael P. O'Donnell, MBA, MPH, PhD), I have had the pleasure of studying at Rice for the last three years.
To the Editors, Recently an article was published titled “Letter to the Editor: Watch what you say” in which Michael P.
I had the pleasure of visiting the Rice campus for the first time last week. I was impressed by everything I saw and heard, including the beautiful setting and architecture, and the bright, engaging students.
To the Editors, Last week, as students like myself struggled to cope with the outcome of the presidential election, one bright spot seemed to emerge in outpourings of emotional support that echoed throughout our campus.
To the Editors, The result of this week’s election has ramifications far beyond partisan politics.
To the Editor, Being a Bakerite, it never really bothered me that Lovett College looked like a toaster (which it does from some angles). However, now I know a current student at Lovett, and I could tell that “Toaster College” was not their favorite nickname.
To the Editors, Your article on new minors, published on Oct. 26, concludes with a student expressing her sense that the new cinema and media studies minor is “useless.” People often say that humanities majors and minors are not practical in the real world.
To the Editors, While we were happy to read Huizi Yu’s report on the new minor in cinema and media studies published on Oct.
Please explain to me why you would accommodate anyone directing a “stigma” against anyone (see "RAMHA brings National Mental Health Awareness Week to Rice") ‘Advocacy for’ “Advocacy For” is the positive use of language to achieve positive goals.
Mr. Tolpadi’s piece entitled “Told by Tolpadi: After football’s brutal start, it is time for Bailiff to go” is arguably the most cogent argument I have seen to date for the firing of David Bailiff as head football coach of Rice University.
Re: the “low sexual desire reader” (assuming it is not a joke). Lack of a “target rich environment,” or whatever, may not be the reason for the reader’s low sexual desire.
I don’t think the Thresher staff fully thought through the consequences of their condemnation of third-party voting in last week’s editorial.
There are many strong logical and emotional reasons to vote for Hillary Clinton in an effort to stop Donald Trump.