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December 7, 2007 > Opinion > Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

By The Rice Thresher Editorial Staff | Thresher Editorial Staff

Thresher needs to be serious, publish daily

To the editor:

The Thresher is languishing. What is going on? When you do publish, about once a month? There is nothing in it but Beer Bike and winter break. Believe it or not, some of our peer institutions publish daily and, no, I am not talking about the University of Texas.

Rice has a reputation for being a school of smart brats who drink too much and, well, I would say that the Thresher reinforces that notion. How about something serious for a change?

Want an example of a good paper? Look at Student Life, published at Washington University in St. Louis. You might even call them a peer institution, but I know they are a whole helluva lot more serious about school than we seem to be.

Jon L. Albee

MBA-P 2008

Rice basketball team miscredited, ignored

To the editor:

I was excited to see an article about the Rice basketball team, complete with photos, as I opened this week’s Thresher, but was disappointed at what I saw (“Early woes continue for men’s basketball,” Nov. 30).

The action shot identified as senior Paulius Packevicius is actually a picture of junior Aleks Perka: an error that could have been fixed with a quick check of the

team’s Web site, since Aleks’ number was clearly visible in the shot. As a fan of the team, I was disappointed but hardly surprised.

Apart from the shoddy fact checking, all that this regrettable error points out to me is something I already knew: There are precious few students at Rice who care at all about Rice Basketball. I am pretty sure the members of the team, despite that we have not shared classes or residential colleges, know who I am. Why? Because I am one of six students who routinely shows up to cheer them on. We are a Division I school with talented players, and we are lucky enough to be attending an institution where the athletes are more a part of the general student community than they are at almost any other Division I school. So come see them, just the way you support campus theater or other events.

Yes, the team’s playing at Reliant this year, but it is a short ride on the light rail and tickets to the game are free. Whether or not you want to join the Autry Army and jump up and down the whole game, our team could use your support.

And that goes for students and for the newspaper staff that is supposed to be covering them.

Alexandra Wax

Sid Richardson senior

MOB brings edginess, publicity to campus

To the editor:

I still have 555 (not 666) e-mails from Texas A&M from when I tried to enlist the help of the University of Texas to defeat A&M in an ESPN Battle of the Bands in 1996. If the MOB is not being edgy, it is just being mediocre (“MOB makes national headlines in wake of Tulsa outrage,” Nov. 30.) When it pushes the limits, it garners attention welcome or not and gets Rice’s name out into the public eye. There is no such thing as bad publicity. Be brave, be aggressive, but never be boring.

Bev D. Blackwood II

Lovett ‘84

Tulsa overreacts to band half time show

To the editor:

I will keep this short and sweet. I may be a bit biased, but I cannot believe that Todd Graham and Tulsa are upset when the only consequence for embarrassing the college coaching fraternity and college sports in general was a tongue-lashing from a college band.

Erik Nolte

Jones ‘02

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