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September 15th, 2010

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The role of "The Brick Squad" is to create holes for the running game and to keep quarterback Case Keenum from taking punishing hits from opposing defenses. | Courtesy of UH Athletics

O-line lays foundation for Cougars football team

Kierrie Johnson is listed at 5-10, but after scoring his first touchdown of the season, he was met in the end zone by guard Chris Thompson and hoisted several feet off the ground to...

Internet dependence is detrimental to learning

As of April 2009, there were an estimated 231.5 million websites actively in use. If divided up amongst the Texas population this would equal nine websites per person. The Internet has drastically changed how many...

Emma Stone stars in "Easy A" as Olive, a girl who pretends to sleep with her friend so people will stop harrassing him. Others start asking for the same service, and soon the entire situation gets out of hand. The movie is just one of many teen comedies this year. | Sony Pictures

Losing fake virginity is fun in movies

With not one but two coming-of-age movies releasing this week, it seems it’s once again time to compare them against the all-time greats. While “The Virginity Hit” and “Easy A” look to be decently...

Faculty board of directors launches teaching-based website

Faculty board of directors launches teaching-based website

The faculty board of directors have worked together to open the Center for Teaching Excellence over the summer, and now they have launched a comprehensive website. The site developed for questions and resources related to...

Trash-talking Jets need some manners

Last Saturday, during a New York Jets practice, reporter Ines Sainz was verbally harassed during and after practice. Sainz, who was on the field during the practice, was repeatedly subjected to practice plays that repeatedly...

Art important for more reasons than aesthetics

We’ve all heard about the sale of KTRU by now — as well as the protests against it — but it’s not the only “destruction of art” in town that’s being objected against. On...

A.D.D. Circus by Chris Jacobs

Cougar Comics

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Tenacious D is a prime example of band that is a bit of a joke, but still rocks. | Red Hour Films

A party of two can still make for a good band

With some reluctance, the statement that bands with only two members are good seeps into print. It’s not that they are instinctually dreadful bands, but they just seem like the acoustic guitar. Yeah, it’s...

Editorial cartoon by Jason Poland

Book burning can solve almost anything

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UH team conducts renewable energy research

UH, along with three other institutions, received a $4.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for a research and development project aimed at creating an affordable and efficient manner of transporting and...