The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1977 Page: 4 of 8
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To the editor:
I may not be a journalist and
may be dictating this letter to
a friend because I get confused
and lose my place, but in my
consideration the Thresher
this year is not meeting the
standards that some might set
for it in comparison wiih other
settings. I feel very adamant
about this so I am writing you
a letter to express my
adamants.
First of all Jay Shilstone's
review of the Baker play was
pretty vicious. I'll bet he read
the play before he went and so
started off with a biased
attitude. Who does he think he
is, the Fine Arts Editor? I
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doubt he has more insight into
the play than the competent
pair of English department
secretarial assistants who
thoroughly pored over all
available Cliff Notes before
dress rehearsal to make sure
there were no discrepancies in
characterization, tone, and
theme, not to mention plot
synopsis. I am reminded of the
sparklingly witty Bavarian
composer Gunther Streudel
who, after receiving a similar
poor review from a critic wrote
back: "up yours, guano face."
So clever.
In addition, I think it is a
plain shame that there is not
enough room on campus and#
that Nikki Van High tower
cannot advocate women if she
feels so inclined (it's her body,
isn't it?) and that social
injustice exists in the world
right up there with race hatred
and name-calling, and I think
if the Thresher wants to be
responsible it should do this
about that between now and
then.
And God how I hate Jim
Fowler's immature column.
He certainly lacked the
discretion to delete that half-
inch high obscenity he used in
the issue that was out when
the parents were here. Pretty
fucking vulgar if you ask me.
But typical of the chauvinist
neo-fascism rampant in the
male colleges. I'll bet they even
throw ice at dinner.
As I was saying, it all goes to
show that when you run a
paper like you are doing it is
like putting the horse before
the cart and can only result in
a final product that at best
stimulates feelings of
ambivalence and incoherency.
I hope I make myself clear.
I think everyone should
have equal access to the
Thresher to express their
ideas no matter how illogical
or basically dumbass. they
sound because a free press is
essential to student reaction
which is the cornerstone of
emotional release. After all,
you claim it is a student paper
so it's only right that you
encourage input to help fill up
pages 2 and 3.
In summation, I summate
that while parts of the paper
are interesting and nifty, there
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The misclassifieds lately have
been weak and something
needs to be done about it
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miss the days when the
misclassifieds were vicious
and you printed the full name
of the person who was being
put down (italics added for no
particular reason). It is that
sort of thing which gave Rice
its character and style and set
it apart from most other
normal universities.
The more I think about it the
more I find myself concerned
with certain specific generali-
ties which must be dealt with if
the Thresher is to realize its
possibility as a top-notch
paper. For example: fire that
idiot
You will probably cut parts
out of this letter and claim
there was not enough room for
it all, but the point is that the
paper has a responsibility to
live up to and a past to live
down. With this in mind, I
suggest that you be more open-
minded and suggestive in your
choice of material and do a
little more editing to make sure
your facts are straight and
your falsehoods convincing.
Well, that is about all I want
to say except keep up the good
work and print this either as a
guest editorial or under
Threshing-It-Out so the whole
Rice community can see how
concerned a concerned student
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McFarland, Carla. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1977, newspaper, March 31, 1977; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245332/m1/4/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.