
We endorsed a Democrat — here’s why that’s a big deal
The Rice University Young Democrats typically don’t endorse candidates in Democratic primaries. Here's why we did.
The Rice University Young Democrats typically don’t endorse candidates in Democratic primaries. Here's why we did.
“What is Virginity, Anyway?” employed ignorant and outdated language and theory to frame sexuality and gender identity. In doing so, the feature reinforced harmful sexist, homophobic and transphobic ideology.
Because of my academic interests (philosophy and psychology), I have often experienced others questioning the usefulness of the knowledge produced by these disciplines.
All too often, I see my peers discourse about important issues with jargon and buzzwords that sound nice but don’t explain their viewpoints.
So, here’s a fact about artists: You are not doing us a favor by commissioning our work. You are not giving us the gift of “exposure.”
The belligerent and immature behavior of some [Architectronica] attendees was disrespectful to everyone who put in work as well as all of the patient partygoers who were unable to attend the event.
Even as America continues to lose competence on the world stage, one pillar of our society stands uncontested: the skyrocketing number of prisoners.
Intention and purpose are two very powerful things. Unfortunately, these two values are missing from the Student Association’s Lifetime Enrichment Activities Program proposal.
We can’t reach political compromise, enact effective societal change or just plain old get along because of an insidious line of thought that’s crept into our society: identity politics.
Buoyed by some of the legitimate benefits social media brings to daily living, social media companies have sailed over seas of negative impact unscathed and with still-glistening reputations.
"Expanding LPAP to LEAP would realign us to our already existing culture of student freedom while also giving a platform to areas of development that we find important."
Amid the excitement of the World Series, the stress of midterms and the impending doom of finals, one major upcoming event has not been on the minds of most Rice students: Election Day.
On an intellectual and practical level, Takriti’s presentation and the website present a narrative that is suspect at best and plainly sinister at worst.
Over the course of the semester, there were at least nine total articles and op-eds about my assault, but the entire time, those close to me told me to not let anyone know that I was the one assaulted at Sid School Girls.
In a world riddled with unprecedented animosity, obscene amounts of greed and inequality, human rights emergencies and a planet near collapse, there is no time to be lulled by the tempting placidity of chosen ignorance.
When it comes to finding a suitable [female] partner, does anyone actually rank “shaving habits”?
There is no athletics team on campus that I have more respect for than Rice Swimming. But they are constantly overlooked and their meets poorly attended.
I think it is unfair to ask everyone to love their own bodies. For some of us, that truly seems like an impossible feat.
Rice is constantly evolving. When I came to Rice, there was no such thing as a “magister,” no Critical Thinking in Sexuality course, and no on-campus meal plan options for Saturday dinner. For new students, this is the norm. But for upperclassmen, things have truly changed.
Dear Thresher, I see that the spinnable statue previously located by Herzstein Hall, “Po-um (Lyric)” by Mark di Suvero, has been relocated to near the Moody Center for the Arts.