Natural diversity would benefit campus
(02/27/09 12:00am)
Let's have a frank discussion about the ecological desert Rice has become. I refer to the lack of native biodiversity on campus that has only increased with the new construction. The most frightening thing is that for the most part, we don't even notice the absence of life. We simply assume that shorn grass, oak trees, and fat squirrels are Mother Nature in all her glory, when in fact a healthy environment should overflow with insect, amphibian, reptilian, avian, aquatic and mammalian presence.