Published on April 24th, 2019 | by Jorden Smith
Thursday on Texas Southern University’s campus, eight Democratic presidential candidates will take part in the She the People Presidential Forum. The eight candidates are Sen. Cory Booker, former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary …... Read More →
Published on April 24th, 2019 | by Jorden Smith
This is most likely my last column for The Cougar before I graduate, and I owe a lot of my time in college to this newspaper. But my college experience is not only the newspaper — …... Read More →
Published on April 17th, 2019 | by Jorden Smith
There is about a month left in the Texas legislative session, which ends May 27. State politics are not very exciting — except whenever a state congressman does something dumb — so, it’s not a surprise …... Read More →
Published on April 10th, 2019 | by Anthony Cianciulli, Jorden Smith
Winter has arrived and is here to stay, as long as the Night King has anything to say about it. For those of you who aren’t well-versed in “Game of Thrones,” the Night King and his …... Read More →
Published on April 8th, 2019 | by Anthony Cianciulli, Jorden Smith
Editor’s Note: As the world prepares for the premiere of the final season of Game of Thrones this Sunday, the opinion section will be featuring why certain characters should win the Iron Throne all week. Warning: …... Read More →
Published on March 27th, 2019 | by Jorden Smith
The University of Houston has a multitude of notable alumni who should be proud to call themselves Cougars. Luckily, most of those alumni are also proud to talk about their alma mater. A few that come …... Read More →
Published on March 22nd, 2019 | by Anthony Cianciulli, Jorden Smith, Kristin Chbeir
This week for Hot Take Friday, instead of writing one column with a streamlined and solid opinion, we’re writing many opinions that we think are important. Here at The Cougar’s opinion section, we strive to have …... Read More →
Published on March 12th, 2019 | by Jorden Smith, McKenzie Misiaszek
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Houston Tuesday to speak at an energy conference and also to encourage college students to learn about and join the State Department. Though Pompeo was in town to give …... Read More →
Published on March 8th, 2019 | by Jorden Smith
Last Thursday, the winners of the 2019 Student Government Association election were announced. Allison Lawrence (see balloon picture) and Maysarah Kazia of Students Unite won SGA president and vice president, respectively. Now, we could give you …... Read More →
Published on February 27th, 2019 | by Jorden Smith
In the spirit of opinion, I decided to roast all the candidates (possibly because we ran out of ideas this last week of the SGA election; our ideas of “Audit the SGA Fed” and “Nader get …... Read More →
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