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Houston to host Occupy Wall Street solidarity protest today
The Occupy Wall Street movement is coming to Houston today to protest “the corporate corruption of democracy.” Peaceful protestors will gather at 8:30 a.m. at Market Square Park and march to JP Morgan Chase Tower...
UH research center to figure out METRO’s fuel savings
With gas prices soaring and the nation’s economy waning, many cities are looking for ways to cut back on fuel costs, and Houston is no exception. The Metropolitan Transit Authority, which has added hybrid buses,...
Former UH employee runs in mayoral election
The CEO of Multicultural Action Group and former UH employee Kevin Simms will try to unseat incumbent Annise Parker in his bid for the mayorship this November. In 2004, Simms was employed at UH as...
Houston begins its celebration
Sunday marked a milestone in the Bayou City as Mayor Annise Parker and the downtown District put on a birthday bash to celebrate Houston’s 175th birthday. The party was hosted at Market Square, where the...
UH students drawn to protest against Federal Reserve
UH students were among the 200 Houstonians in attendance at the 3rd annual End the Fed Rally. Saturday’s rally was positioned across the street from the Federal Reserve Building, located on Allen Parkway. The...
Propositions on the ballot in Tuesday’s election
Houstonians will be given the choice to vote for or against three local referendums in order to improve the city on Tuesday’s ballot. ”I think one (will) fail, two probably (will) pass because no...
City’s sinking areas defined in study
According to Shuhab Khan, Jersey Village is sinking. Khan, an associate professor of geology, along with UH geology professor Kevin Burke and former UH Ph.D. student Richard Engelkemeir, recently published a study in Tectonophysics detailing...
Mayor triumphs over media label
Mayor Annise Parker paid a visit to the main campus to speak to a small group of students and invited guests from the English Department on Friday. Parker entered the small classroom in the Roy...
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