“Vagina.” An incredibly intimate (and often taboo) part of the body. Long overdue for dignity and respect in a society that deems the word foul, stinting female sexual liberty while encouraging its violation.
Student Association Director of Elections Taylan Tuncata announced his resignation today, after two apparent constitutional violations occurred during the SA election.
When I first heard about the proposal to lower the number of distribution classes required, my gut reaction was somewhere along the lines of a primal scream.
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.
The Student Association Senate passed Resolution #4, expressing support of the federal BRIDGE Act, in a 22-1-2 vote Monday night, after more than 30 minutes of debate in addition to discussions at two prior SA meetings.
Two apparent constitutional violations have occurred during the Student Association election, and SA President Griffin Thomas has filed a complaint with University Court to contest the election.
After Rice men’s basketball’s 88-81 upset win over Louisiana Tech University, head coach Mike Rhoades, smiling ear to ear, lifted his daughter up in a bear hug and spun her around.
To the Editor, This letter is in response to the coverage of the vandalism of Willy’s statue.
Current Student Association External Vice President Hannah Todd announced she is running a write-in campaign for SA president Monday night just after voting in the election began.
Since splitting its opening series, the Rice baseball team has lost three of the last four games it has played.
When head coach Mike Rhoades arrived on Rice’s campus, he was taking over a program that had not had a 20-win season in a decade.
Led by performances by junior Kaitlyn Swinney and junior Alicia Caldwell, the Rice women’s swim team finished in second place at the Conference USA championships last week.
As Rice undergraduates began voting for a new Student Association president, candidates Jake Nyquist and Justin Onwenu continued ramping up their campaigning on campus and social media. Both individuals, along with former candidate Maurice Frediere, defended their platforms at a Friday night debate hosted by the Thresher. Frediere dropped out of the race on Saturday and endorsed Onwenu’s campaign.
For the last nine minutes of my last Rice men’s basketball game, I watched through the glass doors of Tudor Fieldhouse.
During this campaign, I’ve focused on the issues. It’s no secret there has been a spirited debate regarding the candidates’ proposals to make Rice a better place. However, over the past day that debate has extended into unfounded vitriol directed at me from both Justin Onwenu’s allies and his own campaign, including an op-ed by a Student Association senator claiming I was failing to stand up for Title IX complainants, and Justin’s condescending remarks that “leadership is hard” and “using buzzwords to rile up students for votes is easy.” Instead of resorting to personal attacks against Justin, I’d like to have a frank discussion about his policies. Justin, simply discussing sexual assault prevention isn’t bold enough.
For the first time in recent history, the Thresher decided not to endorse a candidate in the SA presidential election.
One of the core planks of Jake Nyquist’s Student Association presidential campaign has been his promise of reforms to Student Judicial Programs.
Over the past week, we have seen policy points in the Student Association presidential election criticized because they cannot be unilaterally executed by the SA president.
The fact that the burden of Student Judicial Programs fines falls unevenly on students of differing socioeconomic statuses is not up for debate.
