Op Ed-Opinions and Editorials

Analyzing Opinions and Argumentation in News Editorials and Op-Eds

Analyzing opinions and arguments in news editorials and op-eds is an interesting and a challenging task. The challenges lie in multiple levels – the text has to be analyzed in the discourse level (paragraphs and above) and also in the lower levels (sentence, phrase and word levels). The abundance of implicit opinions involving sarcasm, irony and biases adds further complexity to the task. The a...

OP - ED Battle with the Big Apple

While Rice may not have lost as much as of its investments as other universi t ies, its endowment still took a hit dur ing the most recent recession. For fiscal year 2009, Rice incurred an 18.2-percent loss on the e n d o w m e n t ' s investment returns, worth about $838 million. The university also spent $215 million of the endowment , $55 million of which was recouped in endowment gifts, acc...

OP - ED P . 3 Your environment

Following the lead of 500 other universities throughout the country, Rice will soon start using Gmail as the campus email provider for students. The switch to Gmail has been an ongoing project for the past two years, Manager of IT Technical Communications Carlyn Chatfield said. "We monitor what our students are asking for, what other institutions are doing, and we watch what 's going on in the ...

Writing an op-ed commentary on nursing.

OP - ED P . 3 Back to basics

R e a s o n s have b e g u n to t r ickle ou t why Rice Univers i ty a n d BCM fa i led to r each comm o n g r o u n d u n d e r the i r M e m o r a n d u m of Und e r s t a n d i n g last m o n t h . The two i n s t i t u t i o n s c e a s e d c o n s i d e r a t i o n s of a merger Jan. n , in a d v a n c e of t h e Jan. 31 d e a d l i n e set by t h e MOU. An e -ma i l no t i f i ed the Rice...