January 2009
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Iraqi art exhibit to end soon
Iraqi Artists in Exile, on display at the Station Museum of Contemporary Arts, will end its exhibition on Saturday. The exhibit features 16 artists who lived in Iraq at one point in time and...
Designers join eco-friendly movement
Organic cotton, move on over because bamboo might just be the next big thing to hit the eco-friendly fashion market. The sudden increase in awareness of environmental preservation has made many designers, boutique owners...
Carter sets career-high
Sophomore Chris Carter used a career-best leap of 15.89 meters to win the triple jump competition at the Cherry and Silver Invitational at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M. this weekend. Carter's jump...
Quiet off season offers little excitement
' If the Houston Astros look back on the end of the 2008 season, they will remember winning 14 of 15 games leading up to Hurricane Ike, but Ike ultimately threw off the Astros'...
Lineman looks to lead
Tyrell Graham almost ended up at Louisiana State University and played football at Arkansas for one year, but luckily for the Cougars, he found his way back to Houston in time for the 2008...
Conference USA suspends Coleman from game
UH junior guard Aubrey Coleman was suspended for Wednesday's game against Texas-El Paso by Conference USA on Monday after conference officials ruled Coleman violated the league's Sportsmanship Policy in the Cougars' 96-90 overtime loss...
FIGHTING WORDS
Mario' Trinidad Cardinals' defense a cause for concern I think the appropriate question is, can Arizona pull off an upset as the underdog?' We all remember last year's Super Bowl, when...
Women’s rights still have struggle ahead
The abortion argument has begun yet again, and this time it's on our doorstep. The Houston Area Pastor Council held a press conference and organized a protest on Thursday at the site of the...
Supreme Court ruling a bittersweet victory
On Wednesday, Baylor University lawyers won their U.S. Supreme Court case Spears v. United States, which 'received a 6-3 majority ruling in their favor for a case dealing with guidelines for sentencing cases involving...