Rice University - Thresher

President Bill Clinton spoke about global challenges from terrorism to health care policy to sustainability at a near-capacity crowd at Autry Court yesterday afternoon. The topic of the speech was "Embracing our Common Humanity: Meeting the Challenges of Global Interdependence in the 21st Century."

By The Rice Thresher Editorial Staff
As the university looks to begin a 30-percent undergraduate enrollment increase in 2009, the administration must work to acquire an applicant pool large and impressive enough to help Rice remain one of the United States' elite private universities.

Nationally influential and politically polarizing speakers do not appear on campus to talk to undergrads every day. But today, thanks to the efforts of the Baker Institute Student Forum, students have the opportunity to interact with one of the minds behind one of the government's most controversial recent policies. A panel featuring former Bush Administration Justice Department official John Yoo begins at today 4 p.m. in Baker Hall. BISF should be praised for landing a big name speaker from across the country just days before the election. We just hope students make the most of it.

We welcome Barbara Harrison to Rice as she steps in to direct international opportunities, and we look forward to improvements she has planned for study abroad and exchange programs.

Conflict in the Middle East is not solely related to Israel, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Daniel Ayalon said Monday to an overflowing crowd at Dore Commons.