October 2003
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University Center gets new director
Keith Kowalka, who has been a UH staff member for five years, has been hired as director of the University Center and associated facilities. He will essentially be continuing the job he has had...
Columbus Day ‘de-celebrated’
Calling it a "Columbus Day De-Celebration," associate history professor Bob Buzzanco held his annual meeting of students and faculty Monday to discuss the ramifications of the Spanish explorer's New World discovery. Buzzanco, who was...
Bicycle thefts can be thwarted, UHPD says
Although police officials said that bike theft was not a major problem on campus, there are a couple of precautions students can take to keep it that way, the first of which includes registering...
After wins, fans want more spectacle
First they demanded a better coach. Then they wanted more wins. And now, with head coach Art Briles leading a 5-1 football team, they want fireworks. Some fans of the the team said they've...
Aguilar’s ranchero swoons the ladies
Antonio "Pepe" Aguilar is not your typical singer. He first appeared at New York's Madison Square Garden at the age of five. You could say that he inherited his extraordinary singing ability from his...
N-Gage falls short of gamer’s hopes
Nokia's new game system, N-Gage, combines a cell phone, personal digital assistant, game console, FM radio and mp3 player into one package. Unfortunately, almost all the elements of this brilliant concept fall flat. The...
Oddball characters pull into ‘Station’
A handsome stranger who rolls his own cigarettes moves to town and, despite the fact that he's solitary and doesn't say much, immediately acquires a comedic sidekick and the attention of the town's two...
Ludacris makes lip smackin’ new effort
Against a backdrop of meaningless, insubstantial rap music proudly representing the Dirty South, Ludacris' Chicken-n-Beer is a satisfying respite. It's not because it's a deeply emotional record — "Hard Times, Screwed Up" and "Diamond...
New Cabo not your traditional Tex-Mex
There's no party food like Tex-Mex food. Favorites like queso, guacamole and quesadillas have become a kind of shorthand for hors d'oeuvres at any kind of festivity ranging from birthday celebrations to Super Bowl...
Soccer nets first C-USA victory
On a day when the Cougars were without two of their best players, the UH soccer team fought through to get a 1-0 victory over Memphis and earn the team's first Conference USA victory...