Take faculty athletic report for what it is
We are happy that The Report on Athletics at Rice, completed by the Faculty Council Subcommittee on Athletics, was finally released to the entire student body, containing all the information that the Office of the General Council agreed could legally be released. It is only right that the students -- as members of the academic community who support athletics -- have access to this important information.
Position will allow focus on environmental issues
We are intrigued by the Board of Trustees' adoption of a new environmental policy. Environmental issues will only become more important as time goes on, and it is good to know the leadership of the university is concerned with these issues -- as we all should be.
Faculty needs facts to justify calendar change
The members of the faculty should have gotten their facts straight before they aligned Rice's 2006 Spring Recess with that of the Houston Independent School District ("Breaks change for desired HISD alignment," March 26).