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Kidnapped UH alumnus localizes global atrocity
Austin Tice Austin Tice, UH alumnus and former Daily Cougar staffer, hadn’t been heard from in weeks since he left as a freelance journalist to report on the conflict in Syria. But on Oct....
Mandatory meal plans lack options
David Delgado/The Daily Cougar While adjusting to life in the residence halls, meals aren't exactly students' biggest concern. Only after you've unpacked your luggage, chalked out your territory and thought about looking for your classes, does hunger work...
Khator’s speech inspires improvement
Hendrick Rosemond/The Daily Cougar While the presidential hopefuls confronted each other in a hilariously incompetent debate Wednesday, our fellow Cougars packed into the Moores Opera House to listen to a different kind of speech. UH President Renu...
Veteran still suffers cruel confinement
Pfc. Bradley Manning made headlines in 2010 when he was arrested for the leak of around 250,000 private documents concerning operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to the website WikiLeaks, known for its mission of...
UH needs to embrace or evolve
File photo/The Daily Cougar With a four-year graduation rate of 16.5 percent and a six-year graduation rate of 45.7 percent, it's difficult for UH to rival the best Texas colleges when almost half of the...
Late nights in the library
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons It would make sense for a Tier One university to have Tier One resources. A university’s library is vital to its student body. It’s the primary location for students to finish homework,...
Cougars on the come-up
File photo | The Daily Cougar Drive up to campus and head down University Drive toward the E. Cullen Building, and you’ll see that UH is No. 1. Go into one of professor Simon...
UH parking is a problem
Ever since The Carnegie Foundation named UH a Tier One research institution, the school has been sent into a frenzy of refurbishment and revitalization. UH has been revamping its campus for years now and new...
UH vs Rice: Bayou Bucket trash talk
Editor's note: To prepare for Saturday’s game, The Daily Cougar and The Rice Thresher have exchanged a few words — all in good fun, of course. Both editorials will appear in the Cougar and...
Homelessness crashes in the curbs of our minds
It’s one thing to say homelessness in Houston has decreased, and completely another to say it’s decreasing. Whatever their visibility, Houston’s homeless are in truth an invisible population. They make the news, on occasion, whenever their retention...