At present, there is no formal feedback mechanism through which new students can share their opinions about the course. This must change.
There is no athletics team on campus that I have more respect for than Rice Swimming. But they are constantly overlooked and their meets poorly attended.
I think it is unfair to ask everyone to love their own bodies. For some of us, that truly seems like an impossible feat.
Rice is constantly evolving. When I came to Rice, there was no such thing as a “magister,” no Critical Thinking in Sexuality course, and no on-campus meal plan options for Saturday dinner. For new students, this is the norm. But for upperclassmen, things have truly changed.
Just yesterday, President Leebron sent his Vision for the Second Century, Part Two draft to each and every one of us, inviting feedback on his goals for the future of Rice.
Dear Thresher, I see that the spinnable statue previously located by Herzstein Hall, “Po-um (Lyric)” by Mark di Suvero, has been relocated to near the Moody Center for the Arts.
Rice will never have enough parking. This is the reality we must accept.
While we’re pleased that students are being consulted in this vision for the next 100 years at Rice, the current plan for obtaining student input is remarkably problematic. Because of the structure of the committee and the process through which ideas will be chosen, the student body as a whole will have limited influence on V2C2.
A couple weeks ago, the Thresher covered the career fair, and chose to make the expo’s shortcomings the focus of our editorial. Unfortunately, the point, in many instances, was completely missed by readers, particularly people who have already graduated from Rice and hold jobs (perhaps jobs they found themselves without any help from Rice).
President Leebron is working on Rice's Vision for the Second Century II, which will outline the university's plan for development in the next 100 years.
At the heart of the problem is the shrinkage in the overall number of self-described humanities applicants.
Expecting the Career Expo to be the start and finish of a job/internship search is a major mistake for any student, regardless of major.
We were disheartened by President Trump’s decision to rescind the Obama administration’s immigration policy known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
For some, the Expo no doubt provides an avenue toward jobs. For others, however, most often humanities and social sciences majors, it doesn’t offer much of a way forward.
Yes, Rice is known for biological sciences and engineering, but we cannot truly claim to be one of the preeminent national universities if we focus so heavily on technical disciplines.
Supporting the arts on campus isn’t as simple as decorating light poles.
