Letters To The Editor

OPINION 11/8/17 3:33am

LTTE: The only lack of dignity at NOD was Chi Alpha's

By Joshua Kaye

In last week’s Thresher article, “Evening of Elegance Attendance surpasses NOD for the first time,” Chi Alpha staff member Mathison Ingham said, “We wanted to create an event that gave dignity to people and let them have fun in an uplifting atmosphere.” This merits a response to those who attended or considered attending NOD and to Chi Alpha as an organization. To the former: Resist the notion being presented to you that sexuality, nudity, or following your own feelings and choices is without dignity.

OPINION 11/1/17 3:09am

A response to 'Counting Sheep': A defense of constitutional order against revolution

By Nikolai Hood

The authors of “Counting Sheep: An Expose on Ignorance” lament what they consider “social decay,” but their revolutionary thinking contributes to precisely this situation.

OPINION 10/3/17 11:29pm

Parking isn’t the problem – cars are

By Justin Raine

Rice will never have enough parking. This is the reality we must accept.

OPINION 9/26/17 11:52pm

Letter to the Editor: Encouraging humanities requires attention before and after admission

By Lora Wildenthal

At the heart of the problem is the shrinkage in the overall number of self-described humanities applicants.

OPINION 9/26/17 11:41pm

Letter to the Editor: Students misplace blame on CCD

By Michael Maher

Expecting the Career Expo to be the start and finish of a job/internship search is a major mistake for any student, regardless of major.

OPINION 3/9/17 5:22pm

Letter to the Editor: Everyone loses with UCourt election decision

By Brian Baran

I was perplexed to hear Monday night that the University Court, faced with an election in which the Student Association disenfranchised a class of voters, nonetheless substantially upheld the results.

OPINION 3/9/17 5:17pm

Letter to the Editor: Distribution learning matters

By Melody Tan

Given today's social and political climate, I find the opposition to distribution requirements and, by extension, liberal arts education highly concerning.

OPINION 3/8/17 8:00am

Letter to the Editor: A few ideas to help low-income students thrive

By Talia Kramer

The first time I felt patronized and pitied because of my economic background at Rice happened in a conversation with a peer in the first few weeks of school.

OPINION 3/8/17 8:00am

Letter to the Editor: Who does the SA work for?

By Matthew Archibald

There’s almost no denying this Student Association election has been a total disaster. From the alleged intervention of non-university affiliated political groups to the recent mudslinging between the two major presidential candidates, this campaign cycle has begun to look more like a scene from a Michael Moore documentary than a student government election.

OPINION 3/1/17 8:00am

Letter to the Editor: Distribution requirements should be reduced to nothing

By Alex Hayes

To the Editor: As the faculty consider changes to the distribution requirements in the curriculum, I would like to advocate for what I consider the only sane proposal, the reduction of distribution requirements to almost nothing.

OPINION 2/28/17 5:19pm

Letter to the Editor: Anti-Semitism should have been mentioned

By Valerie Kass

To the Editor, This letter is in response to the coverage of the vandalism of Willy’s statue.

OPINION 2/26/17 10:57pm

Letter to the Editor: Thresher fails student body by deciding not to endorse Nyquist

By Kyle Sheehan

For the first time in recent history, the Thresher decided not to endorse a candidate in the SA presidential election.

OPINION 2/15/17 12:55pm

Letter to the Editor: Unmentioned March for Life missed opportunity

By Emily Peirce

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.

OPINION 2/4/17 3:14pm

Letter to the Editor: Alumni donations address perceived needs at Rice

By Tom Kolditz

This letter is in response to “Invest in college facilities,” an op-ed in the Feb. 1 edition of the Thresher.

OPINION 2/1/17 9:00am

Letter to the Editor: Where were they radicalized?

By Craig Considine

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.

OPINION 1/31/17 10:58pm

Letter to the Editor: Jan. 25 backpage dismaying

By Michael Reed and José Aranda

To the Editors: We were dismayed to read the content of the Jan. 25 edition of the Thresher Backpage.

OPINION 1/31/17 10:57pm

Letter to the Editor: How is Jan. 25 backpage satire?

By Melissa Marschall , Margaret Beier , Bridget Gorman , Mikki Hebl , Vivian Ho , Rachel Kimbro , Carrie Masiello , Maria Oden , Barbara Ostdiek , Annise Parker , Sandy Parsons , Rebecca Richards-Kortum , Libby Vann , Marcia Walker-McWilliams and Sarah Whiting

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.

OPINION 12/9/16 7:58am

Letter to the Editor: CTIS class a measured step in the right direction

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.

OPINION 12/2/16 3:52pm

Letter the the Editor: Touche, Mr. O'Donnell

By Ted Fruchtman

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.

OPINION 12/2/16 9:33am

Letter to the Editor: O'Donnell letter response

By Frederick Cavallero

To the Editors, Recently an article was published titled “Letter to the Editor: Watch what you say” in which Michael P.