Rice University is in a great position to lead by becoming the first university in Texas, and one of the first in the South, to offer scholarships to displaced Syrian students.
We were very disappointed to read the WomenLEAD winning essay featured in the April 19 edition of the Thresher. The author opens with her remorse about being unable to attend the Women’s March, but realizes that by not marching and preparing herself for a leadership position, she is marching in her own way.
On Easter Sunday, an email went out to the Sid Richardson College listserv from our Chief Justice announcing our traditional end-of-the-year party, Hi-Liter, was effectively canceled.
Dear Rice, It has been a whirlwind few weeks for Rice Basketball and the Rhoades family but I wanted to reach out to so many great students and people on campus.
As Rice students, we pride ourselves on being a part of such a diverse population. We have multiple forums via which we can have meaningful conversations surrounding sensitive topics.
Though the administration clearly does not oppose the idea of having gender neutral bathrooms on campus, we believe that the administration should have placed a higher priority on this project.
In last week’s edition of the Thresher, the outgoing Hanszen Beer Bike college coordinators wrote an op-ed regarding the Beer Bike fine system.
Time and time again, Rice students have been described as “politically apathetic,” prone to ignoring the current events of our day in favor of schoolwork, research and other activities encompassed in that impermeable bubble of academics.
Jan. 21, 2017 marked the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. Countless women swarmed our nation’s capital to stand in solidarity.
My baby is all grown up. But then again, the Thresher was never my baby. After all, I am simply one of many in a long line of stewards who voluntarily foisted a stick up their ass for an entire year to produce a college weekly.
The recent CUC proposal lowering distribution requirements offers an unnecessary solution to a non-problem.
Every year college Beer Bike coordinators set aside thousands of dollars to pay the numerous petty fines Rice Program Council will inevitably charge them with.
Rice Housing and Dining’s failure to clearly communicate this year’s change in the move-out date for nongraduating students is disappointing (see p.
When I first came to Rice, I was thrilled with the number of language programs offered. I chose to study Russian, and my first-year classes were two of my favorites I have taken at Rice.
At this point we are beating a dead horse.
Rice should take serious weather more seriously The Thresher is deeply concerned by the administration’s failure to cancel class in the middle of a tornado warning last week (see p.
I didn’t think the hardest part of captaining the two-time national champion women’s ultimate team would be acquiring field space. For Torque, which is a club sport, communication with the Recreation Center has been a long-term problem.
I’m dating someone who is neither the same race nor religion. How should I tell my parents, who expect me 1) not to be dating right now but to be studying, and 2) to be married in two years to someone who is the same race and religion of their choosing? Merri: This is another one of those instances where you have to weigh what you know about your parents and your relationship with them because no one else is going to be able to have those answers for you.
Low-income resources require better advertising The Thresher believes the initiative to support low-income students through the residential college system is an important addition to the resources already in existence for low-income students (see p.
Easter is coming up. How do I tell my parents I’ve stopped going to church in college? Merri: There are a lot of different shades between on the one hand lying to your parents about going to church and on the other hand spitting rejection in their faces.
