June 27th, 2012
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Tentative student loan interest rate agreement reached
Congressional leaders said today that they have reached a tentative agreement on a bill bundling the extensions on the lowered subsidized Stafford student loan interest rates and highway funding. Initial reports by the Associated Press...
Professor creates movement device that can be operated through thoughts
Jose Contreras-Vidal, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UH, is working on a revolution in the realm of bionic robotics. He is working to give the disabled the gift of mobility, not...
Former Western Michigan coach brings experience, success to program
On Monday, Suzie Grech officially joined the UH soccer program as an assistant coach, said first-year head coach Chris Pfau in an announcement. Under Grech, the Western Michigan Broncos improved in total wins every year,...
Remotes rife with germs
Recent Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management graduate, Katie Kirsch, a recipient of the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program for summer 2011, took her opportunity head on. Sparking a collaborative effort between...
UH student charged with felony vandalism
Shocking the Houston Police Department and art critics alike, UH student Uriel Landeros has been charged with two third-degree felonies, criminal mischief and felony graffiti, after allegedly defacing Picasso piece “Woman in a Red...
Summer sci-fi film driven by strong casting
To call Ridley Scott's “Prometheus” a summer horror film would be akin to labeling Eva Peron a failed actress. It is a clinically accurate description, but that does not mean it is at all...
Politicians don’t fail to entertain constituency
Friday's Republican primary runoff debate for the US Senate between Ted Cruz and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst could have been renamed "The battle to be Tea Party favorite". Cruz and Dewhurst parroted each other down...
Dickey, Coogs preach physicality
Acting under a new rule that allows coaches to supervise summer practices, the Cougar men’s basketball program is embarking on a plan to get more “tough” as a basketball team. “Overall, I want us to...
Rio+20 fails to deliver effective plan
Last weekend, several thousand of Earth’s foremost diplomats, statesmen and environmental raconteurs watched the clock in a room in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The meeting they’d arrived for had been scheduled, rescheduled and unscheduled...
History, horror combine in new vampire film
Seth Grahame-Smith's novel “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” comes to life in this mash-up of history and fantasy. History buffs who do not mind a bit of a rewrite of American history may enjoy this alternative...
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