EDITORIAL: SPEAK OUT

Thresher staff wants to serve student needs better, but we need your input

by Charles Klein and Vivek Rao

For almost 80 years now, the Rice Thresher has had no trouble criticizing everyone from the administration to student organizations. And for almost 80 years now, the administration and student body have had no trouble criticizing the Thresher , but now the Thresher is asking for your comments and advice.

Over the summer, the Thresher will be undergoing a bit of a facelift. Every aspect of the paper will be scrutinized and examined. The organization will be streamlined and made more easily accessible. A World Wide Web homepage will provide students with Internet access to each issue of the paper.

We want the Thresher to be a top-rated collegiate newspaper, but at the same time we want to make changes that reflect exactly what the undergraduate student body wants. To do this, we need your help.

Some complaints over the past few years have ranged from the credibility of the news to the crassness of the Backpage. We have already begun looking into ways to make the news more balanced, objective and accurate, but the Backpage and other issues are something that the students must decide.

If you have something to say, you have several options available. If you have comments or criticisms about the Thresher in general, e-mail the editors at klein@owlnet or vivekrao@owlnet. If you wish for your comments to be anonymous, send them via Campus Mail to the Thresher .

Other possibilities include letters to the editor or submissions to Notes and Notices, Calendar or Misclass.

In addition, listen to KTRU (91.7 FM) tomorrow at 3 p.m.; one of us will be on the air at that time to answer questions from callers regarding Thresher policy.

The next time you see something you like or don't like in the Thresher , let us know. We can't find ways to serve the student body more effectively if we don't know what you want from us.

-- Charles Klein & Vivek Rao, editors in chief

This item appeared in the Opinion section of the April 7, 1995 issue.

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