Unconventional students at Rice: The observer who got involved

Reed Thornburg is the consummate humanities student. The Hanszen College senior is a double major in art history and Spanish and Portuguese and minoring in math. He also is the editor of the Rice Thresher’s satirical Backpage.

As an art history student, Thornburg has mastered the skill of careful observation, but outside the classroom, his time at Rice has been marked by trying “most things that I really wanted to,” he said.

About Brandon Martin

Greetings, I am a video producer at Rice University in the Office of Public Affairs. I became a Rice Owl in June 2011. Before that, I was at KPRC-TV in Houston as a special projects photojournalist for seven years, where I covered everything from hurricanes to sports. Southeast Texas has been my home my entire life. I am lucky to have a wonderful wife and two of the cutest girls I have ever seen. Go Owls!