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Students need more control at UH

Students across the country are protesting the privatization of education. They have joined forces with faculty and staff to fight budget cuts, layoffs, tuition hikes and other reforms. Book publishers have contracts with universities ...

Students need more control at UH Saturday, March 13, 2010Guest Commentary

Students need more control at UH

Students across the country are protesting the privatization of education. They have joined forces with faculty and staff to fight budget cuts, layoffs, tuition hikes and other reforms. Book publishers have contracts with universities ...

Friday, March 12, 2010Columns

Online instruction should cost less

For many students, the Feb. 16 tuition hike announcement is yet another obstacle to surviving college. Unfortunately, the quality of education is not rising proportionately. The most glaring aspect of UH’s sub-par educational value ...

Friday, March 12, 2010Staff Editorial

Tables becoming sticky situation at UC Satellite

The black metal tables with the red umbrellas outside of the University Center Satellite are disgusting. They resemble the floor of an old movie theater rather than where students would want to eat ...

Killer whales break the bank Friday, March 12, 2010Cartoons

Killer whales break the bank

Public too eager to crucify Toyota Thursday, March 11, 2010Columns

Public too eager to crucify Toyota

Amidst the ongoing Toyota recall fiasco, more consumer reports of stuck accelerators continue to surface, feeding the media frenzy and contributing to both over coverage of the matter and even sweatier palms of ...

Thursday, March 11, 2010Columns

Teacher right to talk sex with kids

Everyone has a differing opinion on the grade in which sex education should be taught in schools. Parents in Hitchcock, Texas, might not be able to tell you exactly when they want their children ...

Thursday, March 11, 2010Guest Commentary

Palestinians facing real issues in Israel

This commentary is a response to “‘Apartheid’ doesn’t categorize Israel,” which ran in The Daily Cougar on Wednesday. Israeli Apartheid Week, hosted by Students for a Democratic Society at UH, is the most important ...

Thursday, March 11, 2010Staff Editorial

Paying students shouldn’t be kicked out of class over attendance

Every semester students are subjected to the same spiel on the first day of class about everything from plagiarism to attendance policies. While the former requires strict adherence, the latter has become, for ...

Oscar obsession indicates problem Wednesday, March 10, 2010Columns

Oscar obsession indicates problem

America’s celebrity culture exists everywhere you look and is impossible to get away from. Talk to friends before class, and it will be brought up. Check your Facebook feed and something about it ...

Wednesday, March 10, 2010Guest Commentary

‘Apartheid’ doesn’t categorize Israel

Every year, supporters of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement gather in colleges and cities around the world for Israeli Apartheid Week, a time when organizers pass on anti-Israel rhetoric to anyone who ...

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The Staff Editorial reflects the opinions of The Daily Cougar Editorial Board. All other opinions, commentaries and cartoons reflect only the opinion of the author. Opinions expressed in The Daily Cougar do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Houston or the students as a whole.