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December 3rd, 2010

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The Mock Trial Team displayed its winning plaques won Oct. 21 at the UT-Dallas Invitational while showing off their UH pride. | Courtesy of Joe L. Mendoza

Debate team soars to regional competition

At its second competition this season, the UH Mock Trial Team beat more than 16 teams from across Texas, including three other teams from the Houston area, at the UT-Dallas Invitational. The team finished in...

Student repairs computers for needy

A few months ago, Chris Peterson was working as a computer repair technician when he decided to utilize his skills to help out a local non-profit. His decision has helped place over 1,000 computers...

In the fifth pillar of Islam, Muslims from all around the world fulfill their religious duty by going to Mecca every year. | Anam Ghias/The Daily Cougar

Reporter gives personal account of pilgrimage to Mecca

Stranded on a road in a foreign country, clutching my stomach, I looked around at the busy street. My vision was blurry, the tears wouldn’t stop, but I could make out the people as...

Fox News isn’t fair or balanced

Would someone please sit Rupert Murdoch and his cronies at Fox News down and give them a lesson on what Nazism really is? It seems as though every day there is another claim launched...

Carpenter union uses unsual protesters

Protesters in Dallas are upset about the wages for carpenters and are making their voices heard via protesting. But KHOU-Dallas reports that many of the picketers standing outside the offices of contractors who pay...

Rapscallions by Pablo Relampagos

Cougar Comics

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