Welcome to the A@E section
Congratulations, new students. You have proven yourself to be among the most intelligent of this campus' population; no, not for the many essays you've written or your immaculate SAT scores, but for picking up the very first issue of this year's Rice Thresher and turning to the very best section in it! The Arts & Entertainment section, generally located in the very heart of the paper around page 10, is loaded every week with reviews of the latest movies, college performances, and even delicious places to eat close to campus. Also, every week this section includes a handy list of the coolest events happening off-campus, called The Weekly Scene. We even run semi-regular columns with interviews, opinions about music, movies and topics that wouldn't normally fit in other sections, like fashion or fine art. Instead of only dealing with events at Rice like the News or Sports sections, A&E will keep you connected to the Houston area, and guarantee that you never sit alone in your room on a Saturday night just because you don't know what else to do.
The BEST part about the A&E section, though, is that it is really easy to contribute to all this cultural discombobulation. We always need new students to write articles and reviews for A&E, and the best way to get started is to shoot an email to thresher-arts@rice.edu, whether or not you have any experience working for a paper — absolutely no experience is required. Not only will your name, or even your picture, get in the Thresher, but your work will be read by over 6,000 people on campus or online at www.ricethresher.org. Even better: we pay you real live money to write for us. I'm talking money in the bank, and funds for your Saturday night dinners. So, if even the tiniest, most fleeting thought occurred to you that writing about food, movies, music or art (or even starting as an assistant editor) might be fun, send an email at thresher-arts@rice.edu and we'll hook you up. It is going to be a great year for arts AND entertainment at Rice, and I can't wait to hear from all you prospective writers.
Emily Nichol is a Wiess College junior and Thresher A&E editor.
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