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How to get away with using a cell phone in the classroom

Last week during the first few days of class, professors gave their policy on phones. Teachers like to remove any distractions that may present themselves in class, so naturally one of ...

Photo editor Berglund takes on a year long assignment Thursday, September 2, 2010Life & Arts

Photo editor Berglund takes on a year long assignment

Do you go through life with a pessimistic attitude, not taking a moment to stop and smell the flowers or appreciate the little things in life? Well, you should try Project 365, a photography ...

Adream Asleep lets loose at Fitzgerald’s Wednesday, September 1, 2010Music

Adream Asleep lets loose at Fitzgerald’s

Hardcore music is a pretty niche genre. It's full of sub-genres from screamo to death metal, but has a loyal group of followers who are constantly looking for new entertainers to please their ...

Wednesday, September 1, 2010Movies

Houston now down to one indie venue

Indie film fans in Houston have been dealt a crushing blow. People looking to catch a movie at the Angelika theater on Sunday found that the doors were locked, and a notice on ...

GALLERY: Do you see what I see? Tuesday, August 31, 2010Life & Arts

GALLERY: Do you see what I see?

Houston is the fourth largest city in America and will probably soon to be the third, so why do so many Houstonians complain about the lack of attractions here? This photo section is dedicated ...

How to get away with using a cell phone in the classroom Tuesday, August 31, 2010Technology

How to get away with using a cell phone in the classroom

Last week during the first few days of class, professors gave their policy on phones. Teachers like to remove any distractions that may present themselves in class, so naturally one of ...

Monday, August 30, 2010Movies

‘The Last Exorcism’ No. 1 at Box office

“Exorcism is alive and well,” Reverend Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) says in Daniel Stamm’s end-of-summer horror fest “The Last Exorcism.” The same can be said for horror films of the same ...

Pecha Kucha night at Domy books an experience for everyone Monday, August 30, 2010Books

Pecha Kucha night at Domy books an experience for everyone

Twenty slides, 20 seconds and a unique opportunity to see and be seen. Ten members of Houston’s creative community participated in the city’s third Pecha Kucha Night Thursday at Domy Books in ...

Passing the summer in the pages of a book Friday, August 27, 2010Books

Passing the summer in the pages of a book

I didn’t read as many books as usual this summer.  This is partly because two of the books on my list, “The Bible”, and “The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel”, are mammoth, but mostly ...

Friday, August 27, 2010Fashion

Fashion stands strong as art form

Fashion. It's a necessity in everyone's lives, and even though it may not be apparent to many but everyone has a style that is their own and that creates great changes in fashion. This ...

Thursday, August 26, 2010Life & Arts

Being productive is overrated

OK, so there is this one-column story to the side of the newspaper.  You must really be bored, and the Sudoku most be halfway finished by now. So what are you going to ...

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