Eric Stone

OPINION 4/16/19 11:49pm

Thanks for a great year, Rice

By Eric Stone

As a nontraditional student, it can be difficult to integrate yourself into the Rice experience, but here at the Thresher, I feel like I’ve found a home.

OPINION 3/26/19 10:02pm

Vote in SA special election on April 8

By Eric Stone

The student body will vote on a new amendment to the Student Association constitution in a special election that opens April 8. The proposition on the ballot is this: SA legislation shouldn’t need sponsorship from a voting member of the SA Senate.

NEWS 3/19/19 10:43pm

Secretary of State Pompeo urges Rice students to consider State Department

By Eric Stone

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo encouraged Rice students to consider a career with the U.S. State Department in a phone interview with the Rice Thresher over spring break as part of an effort to recruit students from all around the country.

OPINION 1/29/19 10:12pm

Dropping out of Rice was the best decision I’ve ever made

By Eric Stone

It was at 59 Diner that I decided to drop out of Rice. I hadn’t been to a class in weeks. I was going to fail every course on my schedule. There was no hope. It had been a long time coming. I had never been ready to go to college.

NEWS 11/2/18 8:52pm

Campanile, Thresher win 16 national awards

By Eric Stone

Rice Campanile and the Rice Thresher won a combined 16 awards at the joint Associated College Press/College Media Association convention in Louisville, Kentucky last weekend.

OPINION 10/31/18 12:37am

Dark days for our nation

By Eric Stone

These days, it seems each sunrise is a little dimmer.

NEWS 10/31/18 12:22am

Isolated vote-flipping occurrences reported in Harris County

By Eric Stone

Some voters have reported that Harris County voting machines appear to be changing their votes, according to the Texas secretary of state.

OPINION 10/2/18 11:54pm

Editor’s Explainer: Roberts would be new swing vote

By Eric Stone

Judge Brett Kavanaugh, if confirmed to the Supreme Court, will take the seat left by retiring justice Anthony Kennedy. Though nominally a Republican, Kennedy was the swing vote on a variety of 5-4 decisions. Kavanaugh, conversely, would be the second most conservative justice on the court, according to political scientist Lee Epstein. This change in the court’s ideological makeup would likely make Chief Justice John Roberts the new swing vote.

OPINION 8/22/18 12:21am

There’s an election on Saturday. Vote to save Houston.

By Eric Stone

One year ago today, the remnants of a tropical storm were soaking the Yucatan Peninsula. Those remnants quickly reorganized over the warm Gulf of Mexico, and the storm strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane, making landfall outside of Rockport, Texas just three days later. Hurricane Harvey stalled over the Houston area, dumping an apocalyptic volume of rain.

Eric Stone

Thanks for a great year, Rice

Vote in SA special election on April 8

Secretary of State Pompeo urges Rice students to consider State Department

Dropping out of Rice was the best decision I’ve ever made

Campanile, Thresher win 16 national awards

Dark days for our nation

Isolated vote-flipping occurrences reported in Harris County

Editor’s Explainer: Roberts would be new swing vote

There’s an election on Saturday. Vote to save Houston.

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