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April 23rd, 2010

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Students lobby bill in nation’s capital

The Capital Fraternal Caucus was in Washington D.C. over the weekend, lobbying for a bill that will allow organizations to make charitable donations to non-profit, non-university sponsored housing for college students without losing their...

Quality care requires competition

The root of America’s health care problem is not quality but cost. Health care procedures are too expensive, and rises in costs make proper health care inaccessible to individuals who aren’t insured. Under the Patient...

UH to offer higher-level courses at Northwest

The UH System will offer classes in a newly built Northwest campus beginning this summer, an alternative that administrators hope will better serve UH students and residents living in a rapidly growing Houston area. Through...

Tech students give back while putting skills to work

UH technology students in the Construction Management program will showcase their generosity by renovating an elderly woman’s house this weekend. “A group of our students volunteered their time over two weekends to power-wash the home,...

Policymaking, college integration top priorities for student senators

Graduate College of Social Work Sen. Josephine Tittsworth and Sen. Adam Cook of the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture have set their Student Government Association agendas and are ready to get to work...

Regents will revisit possibility of renaming UH-D

UH-Downtown is closer to getting a new name. Officials revealed April 14 that two names are being considered for the institution: City University and Houston City University. The primary reason for the renaming of the school...

Gang member reforms after converting to Islam

A former Latino gang member told a story to a group of UH students Tuesday of how converting to Islam saved his life, and he described why Latinos are more likely to convert to...