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| `Trasher' marks long tradition of `Thresher' parodies |
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Parodying the
Thresher
is a long tradition at Rice
that may date to the inception of the
Thresher
itself. The earliest
example of a
Thresher
parody 1995-'96
Thresher
Editor in Chief
Charles Klein (Sid '97) has uncovered in his research is 1920's "The Flesher."
A yearly April Fools' Day parody has been printed every year since the 1940s,
Klein said.
The "Rice Trasher," meanwhile, is a more recent invention. "The `Trasher' is a parody publication that has come out roughly for the past 30 years," 1997 "Trasher" editor and Brown College senior Marty Beard said. The "Trasher's" mantra is to pick out the biggest Thres her stories of the year and parody them, Klein said. Beard's "Trasher" co-editor, Vivek Rao (Baker '97), stressed that any links between the "Trasher" and the Thresher are coincidental and informal, not official, and that volunteers compose the entire "Trasher" staff. "It's open basically to any student who is interested in helping out," Rao said. While some involved in the production of the 1997 "Trasher" were affiliated with the Thresher , "a good number of people who were not members of the Thresher staff helped out," he said. Although the parody publication's production has taken place in the Thresher office, Klein said that it has been common practice for student groups to work on publications in the Thresher office. He cited University Blue , the Campanile , the Student Association and residential colleges among the organizations that used the Thresher office while working on their respective publications last summer. Summer 1997 also saw the creation of a formal Thresher /"Trasher" policy by Thresher Editor in Chief Angelique Siy and SA President Daryl Shorter at the request of Vice President for Student Affairs Zenaido Camacho. Aimed to prevent unauthorized use of the Thresher office, the policy requires that any person or group wishing to use Thresher resources first gain approval from the Thresher editor in chief. The policy also makes clear that the "Trasher" is unaffiliated with the Thresher and that no Thresher blanket-tax funds will be used to fund publishing the "Trasher." That, Klein said, is irrelevant because, to his knowledge, no Thresher blanket-tax money has ever been used to pay for the "Trasher." Last year's controversial "Trasher," for example, was paid for out of the pockets of its staff, he said.
This item appeared in the News section of the September 19, 1997 issue. |
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