Alina Zhu

NEWS 2/25/20 11:46pm

Gorman approves funding for free menstrual products in bathrooms

By Alina Zhu

Dean of Undergraduates Bridget Gorman approved university funding for the installation of dispensers of free pads and tampons in residential college bathrooms and major academic buildings on Feb. 20. 

OPINION 2/18/20 11:05pm

Combatting a different kind of outbreak

By Alina Zhu

It’s hard to think of a time when Shanghai, the city I called home for seven years, was completely still. But now, my parents tell me the streets are silent. 

FEATURES 2/4/20 9:06pm

Future for refugees in Texas remains unclear

By Alina Zhu

Saniya Gayake and Spoorthi Kamepalli have not had many lazy Saturday afternoons in the last year.  As co-presidents of Houston Empowering Refugees, the Baker College juniors travel once a week to an apartment complex in Houston’s Hillcroft neighborhood and teach lessons on health literacy to 14 refugee women from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

NEWS 11/13/19 12:28am

Latinx Muslims speak on their experiences in sociology class

By Alina Zhu

The sociology class Muslims in America hosted an event inviting members of the Latinx-Muslim organization IslamInSpanish to speak about their experiences as being both Latinx and Muslim on Nov. 7. A group of students in the class, including Sid Richardson College junior Eden Desta, decided to collaborate on a project interviewing members of the organization and further understanding the lived experiences of Muslim and Latinx individuals. 

FEATURES 10/8/19 10:02pm

Unraveling the effects of mass shootings through members of the Rice community

By Ivanka Perez and Alina Zhu

Following the tragic events in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, which took place a little over two months ago, we at the Thresher sought to investigate the extent to which the Rice community has been affected by mass shootings.

NEWS 10/31/18 12:25am

Women’s Resource Center hosts celebration of consent

By Alina Zhu

The Rice Women’s Resource Center organized “I <3 Consent Week” to change the narrative of sex and consent and to hand women back their autonomy in a political climate that shut out their voices and perspectives, according to Maddy Scannell, the external advocacy coordinator for the RWRC.