February 6th, 2012
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Diving in head first
Earning her second-straight Conference USA Diver of the Week award, junior Julia Lonnegren is building an impressive resume at UH. Born in the cold of Lund, Sweden and diving in the heat of Houston, Lonnegren...
Clean sweep for UH tennis
The Cougars had to bring their match indoors due to Friday’s downpour, but managed to steam roll McNeese State in a 7-0 contest earning their first win of the spring season. “I’m very pleased with...
Bringing out the best
The Cougars had a record-setting weekend at the New Balance Invitational in New York. “We had six athletes hit an all-time top-five mark in our program, breaking the school record,” Head Coach Leroy Burrell said. Yonas...
The Ton Ton’s rock Fitzgerald’s
Coming out on stage with giant confetti balloons bouncing everywhere to a rambunctious crowd at Fitzgerald’s, Asli Omar, lead singer of local band The Ton Tons, told the audience exactly what she wanted: Everyone...
Coog succumbs to pounds of infamy
At the time I graduated high school in 2009, I was much thinner than I had been during previous high school years. I was excited to start college, but the “Freshman 15” were already...
Racist campaign ad is brazenly inappropriate
As they passed around potato chips during commercial breaks this Sunday, Michigan fans of the Superbowl were subjected to a brazenly ethnocentric and inappropriate campaign ad — an ad so inappropriate it makes MIA’s...
For the cure
In the course of a week, one of the most powerful and well-respected cancer foundations in the world has managed to nearly destroy their near-pristine image. Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced on Tuesday...
Blaffer exhibit relocates for renovation
With the Blaffer Art Museum in the beginning stages of a grand renovation, its first exhibit of the Spring 2012 semester was relocated to a space downtown. The Nathan Carter exhibit, “Always Vocal on the...
UH alum talks about walking the stars
Bernard A. Harris Jr., UH Class of ‘78, will be the guest speaker for UH’s Urban Experience Program Mentorship Series from 6 to 8 p.m. today inside the World Affairs Lounge of the University...