letters-to-the-editor

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.

OPINION 11/29/16 6:50pm

Letter to the Editor: Watch what you say

By Michael O'Donnell

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.

OPINION 11/16/16 8:00am

Letter to the Editor: Build a culture of caring

By Carly Frieders

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.

OPINION 11/16/16 8:00am

Letter to the Editor: Respect all ideas

To the Editors, The result of this week’s election has ramifications far beyond partisan politics.

OPINION 11/9/16 8:00am

Letter to the Editor: Lovett is not a toaster

By Robert Duffield

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.

OPINION 11/2/16 8:00am

Humanities minors not useless

By Lora Wildenthal

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.

OPINION 11/2/16 8:00am

Media studies minor relevant today

By Gordon Hughes and Lida Oukaderova

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.

OPINION 10/19/16 8:00am

How we should label mental health

By Harold Maio

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.

OPINION 10/19/16 8:00am

Great argument for Bailiff’s firing

By Jonathan Myers

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.

OPINION 10/5/16 8:02am

Sexual desire and depression

By Dustin James

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.

OPINION 10/5/16 8:00am

Thresher left Trump as sole choice

By Andrew Maust

I don’t think the Thresher staff fully thought through the consequences of their condemnation of third-party voting in last week’s editorial.

OPINION 10/5/16 8:00am

Dismissing third parties degrades political discourse

By Stephen Hannan

There are many strong logical and emotional reasons to vote for Hillary Clinton in an effort to stop Donald Trump.

OPINION 9/21/16 8:52am

Letter to the Editor: I will not vote for Trump

By Jed Greenberg

In a past article on the Rice University College Republican’s choice not to endorse Donald Trump, I stated that Trump’s picks for the Supreme Court are reason to support him.

OPINION 9/21/16 8:51am

Letter to the Editor: Job well done

By Evan Mintz

I just wanted to express my pride in and admiration for the Marching Owl Band after attending Friday’s game.

OPINION 9/21/16 8:50am

Letter to the Editor: Disappointed

By Sally Chew

Dear President Leebron, I am writing to let you know that I am very disappointed that the university felt the need to apologize for the Marching Owl Band halftime show on Sept.

OPINION 9/21/16 8:49am

Letter to the Editor: No need for Rice to save face

By Timothy Howell

To the Editor: I am writing to state my viewpoint of the Marching Owl Band show on Friday, Sept.

OPINION 9/13/16 10:32pm

Letter to the Editor: Listen carefully

By Maurice Wolfthal

To the Editor: Kyle Sheehan calls himself "fiscally conservative" and "a non-interventionist." But, Donald Trump has called for a huge increase in military spending in the tens of billions of dollars.

OPINION 2/18/16 10:06pm

What I will do for you

By Joan Liu

What I will do for you I would like to take a chance to share my plans for some of the most pressing topics facing our campus right now, as well as some of the priorities that students have directly addressed to me.