Faculty Senate: Vote down minors proposal
We continue to oppose minors on the basis that they would create false demand for classes and would worsen, not alleviate, the problem of students seeking too many certifications. (See story, page 1.) However, we welcome evidence to the contrary.
Professors should follow finals policies
Here's a bit of Rice trivia you won't hear on the tour: During the last week of classes, professors are not allowed to give exams which fit the university's definition of a final.
Republicans adopt Soviet red state policy
· The Republican Party's platform once revolved around defeating communism, though it would have been more accurate to say overturning the U.S.S.R. and its allies. Now the Soviet Union is gone and no one cares about Cuba, but the Republican Party should not forget its Nietzsche: "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."