March 27th, 2012
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Commission, appellants make cases at hearings
The Student Government Association Court of Appeals has until 1 a.m. Wednesday to decide whether or not to uphold the SGA Election Commission’s disqualification of four members of the McHugh-Aijaz party. President-Elect Michael McHugh and...
Parade, ribbon cutting open annual UH festival
Frontier Fiesta 2012 kicked off Thursday with music, cheers, and marching from various campus sororities and fraternities. The opening event started at 4 p.m. with a ceremonial ribbon cutting and parade at Robertson Stadium. This year’s...
‘unBlocked’ set to come undone
For those who have yet to catch “F/16 Collective: unBlocked,” part of the 2012 FotoFest Biennial by University of Houston’s photography students, you have until Friday to check it out at The Jung Center. The...
Poet tickles, inspires crowd
Frontier Fiesta always has a lot to offer students and on Thursday, with the help of the Mexican American Studies Student Organization, a Hispanic-Polish American self-named “Pocho Joe” took to the stage to tickle...
Students’ hopes rest with Khator at board meeting
University of Houston President and Chancellor Renu Khator met with the editorial staff of the Houston Chronicle last week and said she would press the UH Board of Regents not to increase tuition. “We just...
KIPP has room for improvement
Founded in 1994 by Michael Fienberg and David Levin, Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) Schools are the biggest sensation in education since integration. With more than 50 schools nationwide, the program has successfully educated hundreds...
Student inventor competes
A recent graduate of the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture at the University of Houston is competing for one of the three winning spots, decided by popular vote, in Walmart’s “Get on the...
UH Professor wins grant to work in bacteria detection
University of Houston’s assistant professor Wei-Chuan Shih has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the first from the NSF’s Biophotonics Program granted in the greater Houston area. Shih was awarded a five-year, $400,000 grant...
RAs told to return financial aid to UH
Around 30 UH residential assistants were caught off guard at a staff meeting on Feb. 29 when they were told they owed money back to the university because they were over-awarded financial aid. Sophomore Journalism...
Piland ready to lead Cougars
On paper, many things have changed for the Cougars between their win in the TicketCity Bowl and the opening of spring practice — a new starting quarterback, new offensive coordinator, and an entire new...
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